56 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEyE. 



Hah. in Bnisilia, Sf/fow]; in moiitc Itaeolunii ct Scrra de Carassa, alt. 5000-0000 \K-d. s. m., liiet/el ; in 

 ultissimis ])ctrosis, Scrra do Itanilw' da Villa ct alibi in districtu Adamantum j)roviucia2 ]\Iinarum, alt. 

 3000-4000 ped., Marttus; Organ Mts. in sumniis, Gardner, no. "jDIO! v. s. 



Ciilmi 4— 6-pedales, solidi, "fruticeta densissima strucntes;" intcrnodiis brevibus, 1-2 poll, longis, nigro 

 maculatisj dense ramulis scmivcrticillatis ad nodos creberrimis, inferue adprcssis, stricte arrectis, 

 superue latioribus et dense foliosis tectis. Fo/ia linearia, subulato-acuminata, quasi acerosa, rigida, 

 scssilia-, raraulorum suprcma ultrapollicaria, inferiora breviora, vix lincain lata, utnnqnc {j:labra, subtus 

 7-11-ncrvia, ncrvis secundariis a tertiariis vix distinj^iu-iulis. Vay'inte striatae, lateribus liir.suta2 vcl de- 

 mum glabresccntcs, apicc biauriculatic, li;(ula nulla. Punlcula scmel composita, dcpaujjcrata, lincari- 

 oblonga, deusa, plus minus pollicaris, spifulis distincte pcdiccllatis, rliachi pcdiccUistpic pubenilis. 

 Spicula 3-lincalis, subfusiformis, obtusiuscula vol acutiuscula, opaca, demum fuscesccns. Ghnue 

 ovatas, minutae, obtusie. Flosculi ueutri subajquales, 3-nervcs, mucronulato-acuti, sub Icnte dorso 

 asperiusculi, discolores in specim. e Sellow, concolores in spec, e Gardner, hcrmaphrodito brevissime 

 strigoso-hispido fere dimidio vel ^ bre^dores. Palea inferior mucronato-acuta, 7-nervis, superiorem 

 obtusam obsolete quadrincrvem subaequans vel superans. Squamulce apice fimbriatse, inferne ner- 

 vatae. Stylus fere ad basin dinsus, stigmatibus plumosulis. " Ovarium lanceolatum, in stylum sim- 

 plicem attcnuatum " (Nees) . 



Trinius states that this is one of the numerous plants called " Taquarra," as 1 have 

 already mentioned at p. 48. 



G. C. PuRDiEAXA, Mum'O. Panicula semel composita, 2-3-pollicari, spiculis puhe- 

 scentibus, glumis hrevibus obtusis, palea inferiors flosculi hcrmaphroditi longissime acu- 

 minata, foliis angustis subtus non tessellatis. 



Hub. in Nova Granada, " in humidis Monte del Moro, prov. Yelcz," Purdie. v. s. 

 Culmus apice nutans, internodiis iufcrioribus crassis, asperis, spathis hirsutis involutis, semipedalibus et 

 ultra, superioribus gradatim minoribus sub 3 poll, longis, ramulis numcrosissimis, sub 8 poll. longis> 

 ad nodos inferiorcs dcnsissimc fasciculatis. Folia ramulorum florifcrorum lincari-lanccolata, basi 

 attenuata, vix petiolata, apicc sctacco-mucronata, margiue vix scrrata, 1-3 poll, longa, 1-1| lin. lata, 

 glabra, ncrv-is secundariis utroque latere 2 subtus conspicuis, venulis transversis nullis. Vagince 

 glabrae, sajpe coloratae, ligula brevi dorso pubescentc. Panicula termiualis, semel composita, ramulis 

 paucispiculatis, adprcssis, sub 2 poll. longa, lineari-oblonga, rhachi scabriuscula. Spicula angusta, 

 brevipcdicellata, 5 lin. longa, pubescens. Gluma 2, breves vel brevissimae, obtusse, coloratae, birsu- 

 tiusculae. Flosculi neutri nervosi, inaequales, superior ^ longior sub 3-liucalis, oblougi, apice 

 mucronati, 5-7-ncrvcs, dorso pubescentes vcl liirsuti et marginc ciliati. Palea inferior lloris hcrma- 

 phroditi 5 lin. longa, dorso inferue glabra, superue pubescens, 7-9-nervis, apicc subulato-acuminata ; 

 superior paulo brcvior, fere glabra, superue tautum subbicarinata, apice bisubulata. Squamulce 3, 

 oblique laneeolatae, nervosae, toto margiue fimbriatae. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 plumosa. 



Purdie says this is called " Carisa " by the natives ; but that appears to be a word used 

 for many species, indeed for cane-brakes generally. The long-pointed lower palea dis- 

 tinguishes this from all other species with short glumes. 



7. C. CuMiNGii, Nees in Linntea, ix. 487. Panicula plerumque semel bisve, raro magis 

 composita, contracta, lineari-oblonga, 1-3-pollicaris, glumis Idiiceolaiis cusjndafis, 

 foliis angustis, margine cartilaginco, subtus non tessellatis. — Rupr. I. c. 122, tab. vii. 

 fig. 19 (tab. ix. fig. 19, dubia) ; Steudel, I. c. 336; Em. Desv. in Gay, Fl. Chili, vi. 

 418, tab. 83. fig. 1 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 1044. Artindo qullHiiffa, Molina (fide Cuming). 



