fil. COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



rani\ilis G-H, valde iiueqiialibus, a<l nodos fasciculatis, brcvioribus (floriferis tantum) 4 poll, longis, 



r('ii(iuis sub])C'(lalil)us, iiifcrnc foliosis, supcrnc floriferis. Folia lanceolata, 3-4 poll, longa, 4-6 lin. 



lata, basi aftniuala, apice sctacco-acuminata, marline scrrato asperrima, sni)ra scabra, subtus 



strigoso-liirsuta, puiictulis niinutis aspera, ct basin versus uno latere ad costam pilosa (ut in C. lep- 



iophtjUa, Nces), ncrvis scciiiulariis 8, vix ronspicuis. Vaffina; inferiorcs hirsuta;, supcriores glabre- 



seentea, margine supernc longissimc fimbriatjc, infra pctiolum riu-mbrana conspicua alba tonniuatae, 



ligula clongata. Panicula \\\ dccomposita, 2-3-pollicaris, vix (in ramulis foliiferis) e vagina suprema 



e.\scrta, foliis superata, rliaelii strigoso-hispida, ramis brcvibus divaricatis et cito refractis, axillis 



glandulosis, pcdicellis brcvibus vol brevissimis. Spicula acuta, 3 lin. longa, pubescens vel hirsuta, 



glumk fere obsoletis. Fhscvli neutri subacquales, paucincrvii, ovati, mucronati, carinati, margine 



ciliati, herniaphrodito pubcsccntc duplo brcviores. Palcn inferior (flosculi fcrtilis) mucronata, 



ncrvis 7 conspieuis, inter ncrvos strigoso-hispida; superior sspissimc longior, bicarinata et inter 



carinas hirsuta, apice bifida, bimucronata. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 divaricata. Ovarium 



(immatiirum) subtrigonum. 



This approaches C. anelythra in many respects, but is easily distinguished by its foliage, 



which is very dissimilar. The nearly obsolete glumes separate it from C. scandens and 



C. jHillUIa. Nuttall, in his MS. notes on the grasses collected in Wilkes's Expedition, 



has marked this plant as constituting a "new genus," having apparently overlooked the 



very diminutive glumes. 



22. C. scANDEXS, Kunth. Syn. i. 25i. Panicula decomposita, rhachi amjitlata scabra, 

 ramis brcvibus divaricatis, axillis glandulosis, glumis hrecihus obtiis/s vel acutis, 

 flosculis neittris distincte nercosis, foliis iineari-lanceolatis, glabris. — Enum. 428 et 

 Suppl. 350 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. /. c. 616 ; Rupr. /. c. 123, tab. vi. fig. 21 ; Steud. 

 I. c. 337. C. Jamesoni, Steud. I. a. 337. Nastns chusque, 11. B. K., Xov. Gen. i. 201 

 (1815) ; Rojm. et Sch. Syst. vii. 2. 13G0. N. chusqiiea, Rasp. Ann. d. So. Nat. v. 442. 

 Bambma chusque, Poir. Enc. Suppl. v. 494. Mustelia anmdinacea, Cav. ined. teste 

 Steud. Nomencl. 361. 

 Hab. Ecuador, Quito, " in montanis frigidis prope St. Fe de Bogota, monte Quindiii Loxre," Humboldt, 

 Bonpland ; " prope Tambcllo," Jameson, [no. 0.30 ! ; in Nova Granada, Lindeti, 252 ! (c Triana) ; " in 

 montibus juxta Bogota, Ilolton, no. lOi! Lindig, no. 1047!; Peru?, Jameson, v. s. 

 Culmus scandeus, altissimus, gracilis, internodiis aspcris, ramulis dense fasciculatis, glabris, nitidis, valde 

 iuaequalibus, 4—12 poll, longis, interdiim proliferis bipedalibus. Folia lanceolata vel lineari-lanceo- 

 lata, 3— t poll, longa, 4-5 (rarissime 9) lin. lata, in pctiolum attenuata, angustato-subulata, margine 

 Ixvi vel vix serrato, membranacea, glabra vel subtus pilis paucis sparsis vix pilosa, supra viridia, 

 subtus pallidiora, ncrvis sccuiidariis fi-8 conspieuis. Vagina glabrae, infra pctiolum membrana 

 clongata sfcpe ciliata termiiiatie, ligula brcvi vel plus minus clongata (nulla, teste Kunth). Panicula 

 dccom])Osita, sub-3-pollicaris, plcruniquc longe exscrta, ramulis patentibus cito divaricatis, sub- 

 secundis, abbreviatis, s;cpc dcnsifioris, axillis glandulosis, rhachi angulato-scabra, pcdicellis brcvibus. 

 Spicula (ssepe piUchre variegata) laneeolato-cylindracca, 2-3 lin. longa, acuniiuato-subulata, glabra vel 

 pubescens, glumis parvis, obtusis vel supcriore longiore acuta. Flosculi neutri distincte nervoai, 

 ovati, apice subulati, colorati vel pallidi ; superior herniaphrodito parum brevior. Palea inferior 

 (flosculi fcrtilis) multinervia, mucronato-subulata (basi cximie lutesccns, fide Rupr.); superior binervia, 

 apice bifida, laciniis subulatis. Sli/lus cito bifidus. Squamuhe insequales, ovato-oblongic, membra- 

 nacea;, glabrie. 



Tills appears to lie a long, slender, decidedly clinibhig plant. The branchlets occa- 



