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5. G. ? CAPiTATA, Munro. " Ramis glabris, usque ad capitulum florum vaginis tcctis, 



foliis sublanceolato-Iinearibus, undique glabris, 6-10 poll, longis, 4-7 lin. latis, 

 vagiuis glabris, utrinque brcviauriculatis, oreque brevissime fimbriatis, spiculis in 

 capitulis vcl glomerulis distantibus scssilibus aggrcgatis, palea inferiore angusta, 

 margine ylahra.''' — Bambusa capitata, Trin. in Act. Pctrop. I. c. G2G et icon. 337 ! 

 non Willd. Schizostachjjum capltatiim, Rupr. I. c. 13G, tab. xvii. fig. 40. ; Steud. 

 /. c. 332. 

 Hab. in Brasilia, iu ripa flum. Pardo, Riedel. s. v. Triuius et Ruprecbt. 



" Culmus 15-20-pedalis, ramis simplicibus strictis, glabris, dense foliosis. Folia sublanceolato-lincaria, 

 stricte arrecta, firma, undique glabra, 6-10 poll, longa, 4-7 lin. lata, subtus glauccscentia, nervis 

 secundariis uno latere 5, altero 6. Vagina glabrse, utrinque auricula brevi auctae, ore cirrulis per- 

 brevibus fimbriatse, ligula brevissima truncata. Inflorescentia terminalis, verticillato-capitata, capi- 

 tulis vel glomerulis 1-2 poll, diametro, e fasciculis nonuullis spicularum paucarum, patcntibus et 

 divergentibus. Spicula 3-4-flora, rliacliilla; articulis bre^issimis, glaljris, flosculis 3 inferioribus her- 

 maphroditis, obtusiusculis, terminali tabeseente. Gluma obtusse, multinervise, saape gcmmiparse. 

 Palea inferior 5-6 lin. longa, 13-nervia, glabra, superior aequilonga, vel paulo longior, conduplicata, 

 raarginibus eontiguis dissite bicostata et prseterea tenue 9-nervia. Squamula 3 vel 2 (teste Trinius), 

 basi nervosse obtusse et supeme fimbriatse. Stamina 6. Stylus puberulus, basi simplex, tunc in 

 stigmata 3 plumosulo-pubescentia divisus. Caryopsis sublinearis, fusca, apice puberula, dorso sulco 

 lato et profundo excavata et linea elevata pcrciu'sa." — Trinius et Ruprecht. 



In the compound structure of the fascicle of spiculse, very well and carefully repre- 

 sented by Ruprecht in the drawing quoted above, this species resembles ScMzostachjtim ; 

 but the styles and caryopsis are very different, and show that the plant cannot belong to 

 the section of berry -bearing Bamboos. The drawings do not represent the keels of the 

 upper palea as being as broadly winged as is usual in the other species of Guadua. 



6. G. ANGTJSTIFOLIA, Kuuth, Syn. i. 253 ; Enum. 433 ; Suppl. 357. Ramis ante explica- 



tionem pungentibus, recurvatis, demum erectis, foliis angustis, 5-8 lin. latis, 6-7 

 poll, longis, vaginis glabris, plerumque efimbriatis, infioi*escentia variabili, panicula 

 interdum in ramulis foliatis terminali, interdum aphylla ad basin ramulorum locata, 

 spiculis 15-24-linealibus, angustis, palea inferiore glabra vel raro dense sed bre- 

 vissime Idrsutmscnla. — Rupr. I. c. 129, tab. xv. fig. 36; Steud. I. c. 333. Bambusa 

 gnadtia, H. et B. PI. ^quin. 168, t. 20 ! bona ; Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 200 ; Turpin 

 in Mem. du Mus. v. 486 (1819), t. i. figg. 12 & 13 ; RcBm. et Sch. I. c. 1347 ; Lindl. 

 in Penny Cyc. (1835). Nastus guadua, Spreng. Syst. ii. 113 ; Raspail, I. c. v. 442. 



Hab. iu Nova Granada, in declivitate occidcntali Andium a litore ad 2400 pod. s. m. ("Guadua," incolis), 

 Humboldt, Goudot ! ; LaPaila, Holton, no. 105 ! ; prov. de Bogota ! Triana, no. 1040 ! Lindig ; Ecua- 

 dor, Quito, Humboldt; Peru, Lima! Wilkes, var. spiculis dorso brevissime liirsutiusculis. v. s. 



Culmus arboreus erectus, a basi ad summitatem ramosus, 30-3G-pedalis, " diametro 6-pollicari," spathis 

 externe setis rigidis obsitis, intus glabris, tardius deciduis, " Tabashcer fundcns," nitidus, ramis 

 teretibus congestis, ante explieationem pungentibus, recurvatis, demum erectis, "intcrnodiis inferi-' 

 oribus pedalibus," superioribus tenuibus, 1-3-pollicaribus. Folia plerumque angusta, lineari-lanceo- 

 lata, 6-7 poll, longa, et sub 5 lin. lata, interdum in eodem ramo 9-10 lin. lata, acuminata, basi 

 attenuata in petiolum glabrum, supra et margine scabra, subtus vLx pallidiora, pills longis sparsis 

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