66 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



datis anbcequalibus, flosculis ucutris \-^ l)rcvioril)us, foliis lanceolatis, subtus pube- 

 rulis vel pubescenfibiis vcnulis transversis plus minus conspicuis. — Enum. 428; 

 Suppl. 351 ; Trill, in Act. Petrop. I. c. GIG ; Rupr. /. c. 123, tab. ix. fig. 20 ; Steud. 

 Syn. 33G. C. pubescent, Steud. /. c. 337. C. Vuldkiensis, Em. Desv. in Gay, Fl. 

 Chil. vi. 446; Walp. Ann. vi. 1041. C. intermedia, Steud. in Lech. Fl. Chilensis 

 (nomcn tantum). Arundo quila, Poir. Enc. vi. 274 ; Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. Mant. 

 ii. 479. An etiam A. quila, Molina, Geog. Nat. and Civil Hist, of Chili, i. 12G 

 (1809) ? Naatm quila, Roem. et Sch. Syst. vii. 2. 1361. 



Hab. in Cliili, Dombeij ; Valparaiso, Capt. King ! Wilkes ! ; Valdivia, Bridges, 821 ! Philippi ! Lechler, 525 ! 

 & 525 a ! ; ins. Cliiloc, Capt. King I Anderson ! v. s. 



Culmus ramosissimus, elatus, internodiis saepc 9 poll, longis, farctis, laevigatis vel apicc scabris ; raniulis 

 floriferis patulis, 6-15 poll, longis, subcomprcssis, vel 4r-5-phyllis vel polyphyllis, ad nodos fasciculatis. 

 Folia herbacea, lanccolata vel lineari-lanceolata, 2-4-6 poll, longa, 3—4—7 lin. lata, basi cuneata, 

 interdum ina;quilatera, apicc acutato-subulata, marginc cartilagineo remote spinuloso, supra glabra, 

 subtus glaucesccntia, puberula vel pubcscentia, pilis longis sjepe iuspcrsis, ncrvo centrali prominulo, 

 secundariis 6-10, venulis transversis subinconspicuis vel in var. Valdivieiisi conspicuis pellucidis. 

 Vaginee glabrae, apice pilosiuscula:, margine ciliatie, infra petiolum mcmbrana brevi ciliata terminatae, 

 ligula ciliato-pilosa. Panicula 2-G poll, ct idtra longa (pedalis teste Steud. ad C. pubescens) , rhachi 

 angulata, pubcsccntc vel hirsuta, ramis cito patulis, sa;pe densifloris, inferioribus interdum 1^-2| 

 poll, longis, pcdiccUis brcvibus. Spicula ovata, 2—3 lin. longa, pallida vel colorata, subuitida vel 

 puberula, glumis cuspidatis subaequalibus, flosculis neutris ^— i brevioribus. Flosculi neutri sub- 

 aequales, S-o-nerves, cuspidati, saepe discolores, hermaphrodito glabro vel pilis bre\-ibus adpressis 

 hirto \-], brenores. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) nerns 7 distinctis, acuto-mucronata ; superior 

 brevier vel longior, +-6-nerns, apicem versus subbicarinata, apice emarginata. Squamu/a hyalinae, 

 infeme 4— 5-ncrves, apice obtusae et pilifcrae. S/ylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 plumosa. Fructus 

 immaturus lincari-oblongus, glaber vel pubcrulus (teste Stcudel). 



I liavc fortunately had numerous specimens of this plant to examine, and feel, after 

 careful comparison, that I am justified in considering all the species named above to be 

 either identical with or mere varieties of the original C quila. Kunth's drawing repre- 

 sents an unusual state, with the panicle shorter and less compound than it generally is. 

 Lechler's no. 525 contains a specimen of this state. C. Vuldicieusis, which has the trans- 

 verse veinlets more conspicuous and the spiculae more hirsute than usual, has, I think) 

 been created by a misapprehension of Philippi's as to what the true C. quila is ; for in 

 Linn.fa, xxix. 103, he says that " in C. quila gluma; aristatas stmt, spiculam subae- 

 quantes." I do not know what his authority is for this statement, which certainly does 

 not coincide with Kunth's description or figure. I must refer to this again in describing 

 the following species. Tiiis plant is stated by various collectors to be called by the 

 inhabitants " Quila," " Kili," or " Keelee." 



20. C. TENUIFLORA, Philippi in Linnuja, xxx. 20G. Panicula decomposita, elongata, 

 graoili, ramis demum divaricatis, rhachi scabro-hirsuta, glumis longis spiculam 

 cBquanlibus vel superantibus, foliis angustis sul)tus ylabris vel puberulis. — C. quila, 

 Em. Desv. /. c. 4^i7 (non aliorum) ? C. ciliata, Philip. I. c. xxxiii. 299 ? 



Hab. in Cbili, ^'aldivia, San Jose in nemoribus, Santiago in maritimis, Philippi !; Cbiloe, Germain, v. s. 



