82 COLONKL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



intcnlmn liirsutii, iiorvis scciiiKhiiiis I I K! vix ilcviitis, veiiulis traiisvcrsis obsolctis. I'tiyina: plc- 

 iimuiuc glalirai, apur tnmcataj, saipc etiuibriaUe ; iiitcrdiim, praecipue in ranuilis junioribus, ciliie 

 paucai i)allidic rito duciduie adsuiit ; ligula bicvissinia, fere mdla. Infloresceniia variabilis, iiitcrdiira 

 panicula dcpaupcrata, fcrc spicata, 2-4-iiodo8a, spiculis paucis, 1-3, ad nodos scssilibus, in ramulis tor- 

 miualis, intcrdiim, codcni raraulo, spiculis paucis infra folia fere ad basin ramuli locatis, intcrdura 

 panicul<« 2-3, tcnniuali similes, aphyllic, ad nodos ramorum, cum spiculis 1-2 fasciculatis. Spicula 

 semper angusta, 1-2 lin. lata, cylindracea, 15-24 lin. longa, subarcuata, 7-8-1 2-flora, laete stramineo- 

 fusecsccns, basi apiceque attcnuata, fioseulis infcrioribus nounullis masculis, supremis tabescentibus, 

 intcrniediis liorinaphroditis, rhachiliic articulis brevibus, uno latere sulcatis, fere glabris. Glunue 

 breves, carinata.-, glabrie. Palea inferior acuta, uitida, s?epe glabra vel brevissime adpresse hirsuti- 

 uscula, dorso obsolete nervosa; superior vix brevior, earinis late alatis et supcrnc fimbriatis, 8-10- 

 nervia. Stjiiamula 3, tenuissime nieml)ranacea;, basi callosaj et multinervosje, oblongsc, obtusie 

 (acuta;, fide Kunth). Stylus cito bi- trifidus in stigmata 2-3, longa vel brcvia (in eadcm spicula), 

 pulclire plumosa vel interdum expansa, submembranacea (teste Rupr.). Ovarium apicc conico hir- 

 sutum, stipitatum. 



T have fortunately seen several specimens of this plant in flower, and have thus had 

 an opportunity of ohserving how extremely variahlc the inflorescence, as described above, 

 is. The bright yellowish-browu-coloured, shining, long, nai-row spicula? afford very good 

 marks for distinguishing tliis species at sight from all others. Kunth's mistake in 

 assigning a diameter of IG inches to the culm has been copied by nearly all other writers 

 on Bamboos. Humboldt says this is found abundantly in the mountains of Quindiu, 

 forming forests several leagues in extent, growing in hot valleys and at moderate 

 elevations. 



7. (J Trin'ii, Rupr. I. c. 130, tab. xv. fig. 38. Ramis tiiherculato-asperis, foliis angustis, 

 3-3.V poll, longis, supra scabro-hispidis, j)etiolo hirsitto, vaginis ptibcriiUs, ore 

 lierbaceo-setulosis, panicula vel brevi subsimplici, vel longa et decomposita, 

 spiculis f— 1 poll, longis, 1— O-floris, palea inferiore marginc glabra. — Steud. I. c. 333. 

 Baiabnsa Trinii, Nees in Linn. ix. 4(59. 



Huh. in Brasilia, Sellow ! v. s. 



Culmus pcdalis, ramis tubereulato-asperis, lanuginoso-caiiis, ad origincm spinls rccurvatis stepe oppo- 



sitis. Folia angustc lanecolata, acuminata, basi cuncata in petiolum brcvcm hirmtum, glauca, 2^-3 j 

 poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata, margiue scabra, supra sc.abro-hispida, subtus nisi ad petiolum et nervum 

 medium fere glabra, ncrvis secundariis utrinque 3, venulis transversis nullis. Vagina puberulae, 

 on* sctulosae. Injlorcscentia maxime irregularis — nunc panicula brcvis, 4— 5-stacliya, in ramis spi- 

 cigcris lateralibus, aphyllis cum foliosis ramosissimis mixtis, nunc ramorum validonim termiualis 

 spieam exliibct prailoiigam, raccmoso-dccompositam, interrupte glomeruliflorani, aphyllani. Spiculte 

 Mii)s()litariae, i|-l poll, longa;, lanccolatse, aeuminatte, uitida*, virides vel straminca;, 1— 6-8-florae, 

 riiacbilUc articulis 1^- lin. longis, Hosculis dcmum squarroso-patcntibus, 1-2 infcrioribus ct 1-3 

 Nuperioribus stcrilibus, iutcrmediis jjerfcetis. Glumte acuminata;, 7-9-nervcs, mucrone brevi termi- 

 natic. Palea inferior 7-13-ncrvis, marginc glabra, superiorcm ovalem, apice obtuso denticulato, earinis 

 alatis, infernc Isevibus apice scabriusculis, a;quans. Squamul(E 3, obtusse, plicatae, basi nervulosse, 

 inconspicnc finiljriat.-c, tcrtia angustior. f^tyliis basi bulbosus, cito trifidus in stigmata 3 plumosa. 



The inflorescence of this species is remarkably variable ; in the compound state it has 



