84 COLONKL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMBUSACE^. 



10. Ci. AMi'LEXiFOLiA, Prcsl ill Rcl. Iltcnk. i. 250 (1830). llamis infra nodos scahrixs- 

 ciiUs, ramulis foliifei-is crectis, vcl abortivis spinosis refractis, foliis 8-15 lin. latis, 

 1.-12 ])oll. longis, vaginis sujiernc hirsiitis vcl (jlahris, auriculato-fimbriatis, panicula 

 (in culino llorilV-ro tantum) olongata, dccomposita, basi apbylla, spiculis ad nodos 

 ramulorum panicula? fasciculatis, longis, crectis, palea inferiore marc/me glabra. — 

 Kuntb, Syn. 1-34 ; Rupr. I. c. 128, tab. xiv. ; Stcud. /. c. 333. Bambiisa amplexi- 

 folia, Rocm. ct Sch. /. c. 1318. 

 Hab. in Mexico, PresI ; Santa Crnz, Sevinann, no. 12o ! ; Panama, Isthmus, Cliagrcs, 7'>«y//f/-, no. 381 ! ; 

 Nova Granada, Cartliagcna, Sutton Hayes, no. G:22 ! ; Venezuela, proi^ Guifi;ui, alt. 2()()() jied. s. m., 

 Fendler, 1629 ! v. s. 



Culmus pedalis, basi diamctro 2 poll., spathis magnis, pruinoso-glaucis, apiculo triaugulari 10 poll. 



longo, 8 poll, lato, utrinquc liirsuto, ramis foliiferis dichotomis, tcretibus, striatis, lse^■ius- 

 culis, infra nodos scabriusculis, intcrdum abortivis, spiuiformibus, refractis. Folia membranacea, 

 oblongo-lanccolata, scnsim in acumina elongata, c basi ovata, brevissimc pctiolata, intcrdum am- 

 plcctantia, marginc scabro-scrrata, subcoucoloria, utriucpie glabra, sed supra interdum tactu scabra, 

 nervis sccundariis 1 1-18, vcnulis transvcrsis nunc obsolctis, nunc plus minus cousi)ic'uis. Vagirue 

 superne striata?, glabrae vcl pubescentes, marginc ciliatic, ore plcrumquc aiu-iculato-finibriatffi, auri- 

 cula lincari sat longa, marginc superiorc longe setosa, ssepc cito decidua. Inflorescentla panieulata, 

 composita, aphylla, rhachi scmitereti, striata, hirsuta, ramo inferiore 10 poll., rcliquis 1-3 poll, longis, 

 intcmodiis l|-3 poll, longis, spicidis, ad nodos ramulorum fasciculatis, tcrnis quateruisve. Spicula 

 cylindracea, basi apiceque attenuata, arcuata, 1^-2^ poll, longa, 8-14-flora, flosculis 1-3 iuferioribus 

 et 2-3 superioribus unipalcaeeis ncutris, rliachillic articulis brevibus, sulcatis. Glumce 2, rotundatse, 

 mucronulattc, multincrvcs, glaberrimic. Palea inferior (fiosculi fertilis) neutris similis sod longior, 

 7 lin. longa, ovata, dorso nervoso-costata, marginc membranacea, glabra, brevissimc mueronata, 

 raulti (20 et ultra)-uervis; superior 3 vel \ vcl vix brevior, ovato-rotundata, dorso hirsutula, margi- 

 uibus inflexa, flexuris sat late carinatis et alatis, alis apicem versus ciliatis, multinervibus. Squamula 

 3, longae, basi callosaj et multincrvosa:, apice acuminata; et fimbriata;. Stylus basi simplex, tunc 

 divisus in stigmata 3, vcl tcnuissima vel expansa et membranacea, pulchcrrime plumosa. Ovarium 

 stipitatum, apice conico liirsutum. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, infra apicem constrictum. 



The only specimens wliich I have seen in flower are those collected by Sutton Hayes, 

 and these had no leaves attached. The remaininc^ numbers which I have quoted are in 

 leaf only, but they all agree remarkably well with Presl's very good description. The 

 leaves in this species arc much thinner than in G. laiifolia and G. glomerata; and the 

 inflorescence is very different from that of any of the species distinguished l)y having 

 l)road leaves and large spicula?. The spicula? arc very similar to those of G. (jlomerata, 

 Sutton Hayes says the plant is called "Canabrava," and is very common in low wet land 

 near Carthagena, and that it was also common on the Isthmus, l)ut tliat he liad never 

 .seen it in flower there. 



11. G. REFRACTA, Munro. Culmo florifero ai)hyllo, panicuhe ramis cito refractis, fere 

 simplicibus, spiculis subcompressis, 9-12 lin. longis, palea inferiore nervosa, dorso 

 plcrumquc glabra, margine vix ciliata, foliis i-9 poll, longis, 4-7 lin. latis, basi 

 ina?(piilatcris, petiolis hirsutis, vaginis saepc ]iubescentiljus, margine inconspicue 

 ciliatis. 



Hal), in Brasilia tropica, prov. Goyaz, Bvrchell, no. 7G12 ! Gardner, no. 4003 ! v. s. 



