71 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



IX. Nasti:.S. 



.lusMcu, Cfii. Plant. ;?9(17i)l) ; Kunth. Enum. 429; Suppl. tab. .32. fi;;. 3 ; Lam. 111. t. 201. fig. \b,c,d; 

 Ijidl. (itii. Plant, no. <MW. S/emmalo.ijjermum, P. dc H. Agrost. Ill, tab. .xxv. fig. ') (1812). Chlo- 

 othaniiiiis'^ Biisc in PI. .Iiiiigli. i. 387; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 41 L Bambiisce, sp., Bory. 



Sjticula siirsum denritumque imporfccta, brevipedirellaia, compressa, disticha, 5-7-flora, flosculis 4-5 

 infcrioribus unipalcaccis, neutris, glumis similibus scd gradatim increscentibus, flosculo 1 [penultimo) 

 hipaleaceo, Ijcrmaphrodito ; terminali pedicellato, tabescente, conspicuo. Glumce 2, breves, coriacese, 

 hirsuta;, niiiif/nam ffemmiparee. Palea inferior co.stato-ncrvosa, ncrvis prominulis, apice brcvi- 

 nuKTonata, superiort-m biearinatam profnndc caiialiculatain subajquans. Stamina 6, antheris apice 

 biloi)is, fonneetivo nou elongato. Stylus ad basin usiiuc trifidus, vel potius styli 3, stigniatibus 

 brcvibus, interne plumosis. Srjiiainulte'S, eiliatte, integra;, obtusa;, inicquales, diia; majores. Caryopsis 

 glabra, ba.si indnrata, stylorura basibiis coronata, ovato-coniea. 



(irainina in Borbonia, MadagiwcariaV et Snmatra? indigcna, arborca, ramis e nodis fasciculato-verticil- 

 latis, apice floriferis. Folia coriacea, angusta, venulis transversis nullis vel inconspicuis. Vaginae 

 apice longe fimbriatiE. InHorescentia panicula tcrminalis, bis terve eomposita. 



Limited as above, Nastits i.s certainly a very good genus, and is a very interesting 

 connecting link between the Triglossa; and the true Baral)oos. I have no doubt concern- 

 ing the identity of Jussieu's plant ; for he states that he made his description of his genus 

 Nffstus from a specimen of Commerson's, collected in Bourbon, under the name of 

 "Calumet de.s hauts," and 1 have, through the kindness of M. Brongniart, seen a spe- 

 cimen, with the same name, in the Paris herbarium, from the h('rl)arium of Du Petit 

 Thouars. Jussieu certainly ascribes " Styli 2 aut stylus profunde 2-fidus," instead of 

 Styli 3 aut stylus profunde 3-fidus ; and this error, I presume, induced Palisot de Bcauvois 

 to create his genus Stt'mmntospermtnn. I am not acquainted with Chloothamniis of Biise, 

 except from the description of the genus given by Miquel, and, with the sole exception of 

 no mention being made of the terminal barren pedicel, I cannot discover any difference 

 between it and Nasttis. It is, however, very interesting that a plant which was supposed 

 to be confined to a very consideral)le elevation (.'JOOO- 1000 feet abov(» the sea) in Bourlion, 

 should also !)(> found in Sumatra, probably in a similar volcanic district. A note attached 

 to a specimen in the Paris herbarium states that it was found in Madagascar. Raspail, in 

 the -Vnn. des Sci. Nat. 1st ser. v. 442, and Sprengel also, have given such a compre- 

 ln;nsive scope to Naatus that it would include nearly all Bamboos, whether with 3 or 6 

 stamens ; hence have arisen the numerous synonyms and much confusion. 



Species vera unica tantum. 

 1. N. BoRBOXicus, Gmel. Syst. edit. 13. ii. 580(1791). Spiculis pedicellatis 6-7-Jlorls, 

 ilosculis i-5 infcrioribus neutris, penultimo /icrmaphrodito, terminali longe stipilato 

 tabescente hermaphroditum sitbceqnante; foliis augustis, ucuminatissimis, margine 

 serrato-ciliatis. — Kunth in Journ. de Physique (1822), 148 ; Enum. 430 ; Suppl. 354, 

 tab. xxxii. fig. 3 ; Nees in Linn. ix. 484 ; Rupr. I. c. 133, tab. xvii. fig. 42 (optima) ; 

 Steud. /. c. 332. N. paniculotus, Sm. in Rees's Enc. n. 4, et herb. Smith ! 8tem- 

 matosprrmum verticillalnm, P. de B. /. c. 145. Bambnsa alpiiia, Bory, It. i. 310, 

 1. 12 ! (bona). Chloothamnm chilianthus? Biise, PI. Jungh. 387 ; Miq. /. c. iii. 415 ; 

 Walp. Ann. vi, 1045. Bamhusa anindmacea, II. B. PI. aEq. i. 71, non aliorum. 



