(52 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBISACE.^. 



sublon^a. Pnnicula cloiiffata, lincari-oljloiijja, 4-5 jjoII. longa, scmel bisvc composita, ramis solitariis, 



adprcssis, paucitloris, laxifloris ; pcdiccUis spiculis l)revioribus ; raclii ann^ulata, ^/«/ira. Spicula 



acuta, 3-5 lin. longa, f;liiuiis obsoletis. Flosculi ncutri plcrumque 3-nen'ii, mucroiiati, marginc 



tcnuicLliati, bcrmaphroilito glabro vix ^ breviorcs. Palea inferior nervis 7 coiispicuis, acuta; 



superior subbrcvior, binerria, bicarinata, carinis tenuiciliatis, apice bifida. 



This is very close indeed to the following species, C. Dombei/ana, and is principally to 



he distinguished hy its extremely small, almost invisible glumes, smoother rhaehis, and 



more glabrous leaves, with more strongly marked secondary nerves. Fendler says, 



" this grass spreads in many places of the primeval forest so as to exclude all other 



plants, and even deadens shrubs and trees, forming cane-brakes or ' carizals.' " Jameson 



asserts that the plant is found from the level of the sea up to 12,000 feet elevation. 



19. C. DoMBEVAXA, Kuntb, Gram. ii. 553, tab. 191 ! Panicula elongata, angusta, ramis 

 erecto-patulis, laxijioris, glumis parcis sed conspicuis ; foliis angustis, subtus piibe- 

 scentibus, "venulis transvei'sis obsoletis, tamen sat crebris" (fide Iluprecht). — 

 Enum. 128 ; Su]^A. 350 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. I. c. 610 ; Eupr. /. e. 123, tab. vi. 

 fig. 22 ; Steud. I. c. 337. 

 lla/i. Peru, Dombey; in Nova Granada, Bogota! Tolima! Goudot ; Ecuador, "in syh-is ad flum. Chan- 



cbar, alt. 4000-GOOO pod. s. m.," Spruce, no. 0093 ! 

 ('idmus solidus, 9-10-pedalis, arcuatus, ramosissimus, ramis tcrctibus obsolete scabriusculis, ramulis 

 tlorifcris subpedalibus, subdiphyllis ad uodos fasciculatim emmpcutibus. Folia lauceolata, basi in 

 pctiolum brevem coniplanatuin attenuata, apice acuminato-subulata, margine incrassato serrato 

 cincta, 2-3^ poll, longa, sub 3 lin. lata, supra glabra, viridia, subtus tenuiter pubescentia glau- 

 cesccntia, nervis sccundariis 6-8 subiuconspiciiis (" vcnulis transvorsis byalinis obsoletis, tamen sat 

 crebris," fide Rupr.). VagituB sulcatiE, glabriusculse vel inferiorcs hirsutse, supcrne saepe margine 

 longe ciliatse, ligula rotundata, brevi vel sublonga, hirsuta vel glabra. Panicula elongata, oblonga 

 vel lincari-oblonga, 3i-5-pollicaris, interrrupta, ramis erecto-patulis, raraulisquc abbreviatis, cum 

 rhachi angulata vel tcretiuseula pubescenti-villosis vel scabris. Spiciila 2.]-3 lin. longa, sessilis vel 

 brevitcr pedicellata, colorata, pubcscenti-birtclla, glumis parvis sed compicnis, obtusis vel raro acutis, 

 e.\terne pubescentibus. Flosculi ncutri 3-5-ncn'ii, acutati, apice ciliati, hcrmapbrodito subpubenilo 

 if-i breviorcs. Palea inferior (hermapbroditi) ncr\'i8 7-8 prominulis, supornc violasccns, acutata; 

 superior brcvior vel longior, quadrinervia, supcrne bicarinata, apice bidentata ct pubcnda. SquamuUB 

 inaequalcs, duac oblique ovatae, tertia minor ovato-cUiptica. Stylus eito bifidus in stigmata 2 

 plumosa. 



The preceding species may prove to be a form of this; but in Clntsquea the length of 

 the glumes usually affords good characters. In this species they are conspicuous, and 

 sometimes a line and upwards long, whereas in C. Fenclleri they may be said to be almost 

 altogether absent. 



19 bis. C. LiGULATA, Munro. Panicula elongata, angusta, ramis erecto-patulis, Ictjijloris ; 

 glumis inajqualibus, acutis, supcriorc 2 lin. Joncjd ; tlosculo secnndo neutro hcrma- 

 phroditum ocquante ; foliis angustis, subtus glabris, vcnulis transversis nullis, ligula 

 elongata. 



Hub. in Nova Granada, prope Bogota, Lindiij, no. 1125 ! (ex herb. Mus. Paris.) ; ins. Juan Fernandez? in 

 fruticctis ct sylvaticis montiuni cditiorum, Bertero, no. 1131 ! (folia tantum). v. s. 



