94 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOfiRAI'II OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



ramis simplicibus vcl conii)ositis, valdc iiuuiiualihus, ad iiodos iuferiorcs 5-0, ad supcriores 1-3, sub 

 scmivcrticillatis, intemodiin infitnis apice scabriusculis, gloracrulis plerumquc jjaucispiculatis, raro 

 subdcnsifloris, ap])roximatis vcl distantibus. Spicula pallida, membranacea, non nitida, interdum 

 tortuosa, rhafhillii- (taiidciii consijioua-) articulis iiifcrioribus brcvibus, apice tantum hirsutis, 12-14 

 liu. longa, 1— 8-tlora, flosculo iufimo nia.-eulo, 2-5 scqucntil)us fcrtilibus, 1-2 suprcmis tabcscciitibus. 

 Palea inferior nervosa, glabra, obtusa, brevimueronata ; superior vix vel multo brcvior, aeuminata, 

 apice faseieulo ])ilorum terminata, cariuis svptrne tantum brcviciliatis. Squmnulce obovatie, obtusis- 

 simic, longc ct tenuissimc fimbriat:c. Antherce obtusje. Stijliis eito 3-fidus in stigmata 3 sublonga 

 et tenuia. Ovarium stipitatuni, fere obovatura, apice liir.sutuni, in styluni rostratuin. Canjopsis 2.^ 

 I in. ionga, obtusa, fere glabra. 



Ill tlie structure of the spicula this is very close to B. tnlda; l)ut the plant appears to 

 lie smaller, and to have a generally different appearance. Moreover Mr. Hance, who has 

 Iiiul an opportunity of ob.serving tlie plant when growing, is decidedly of opinion that it 

 is distinct. The perfect spicules are much smaller than in B. iulda, and have not the 

 usual shining appearance; the lower palea is blunter and has fewer nerves; the vaginae 

 arc more glabrous and more deeply striated ; and I have never observed the lowest 

 branches near the main axis to be scabrous in tnlda, as they often are in this species. 



(i. 1?. AXGULATA, Muuro. Culmo inermi, lierbaceo ?, fistuloso, panicula? rhachi molli, 

 submedtillosa, sulcato-striata, internodiis apice subliirsutis, ramis ramulisque a)igt(- 

 latls, uno latere ssepe hirsutis, vcrticillis s«pe compositis, distantibus, spiculis 6-12 

 lin. longis, membranaceis, pallidis, foliis angustis, subconcoloribus, subtus liirsutis, 

 vaginis superne hirsutis, oreque ciliatis. 



//«6. in China, I'oi-niosa, no. 050! Oldliaui. v. s. 



('iilmus suffruticosus? vcl herbaccus? (ramuli foliifcri 3-4, disjuncti, internodiis inferioribus hirsutis 

 tantum adsunt). Folia 3-7 poll. Ionga, G-8 lin. lata, apice setaceo-aeuminata, basi rotnndata vel 

 cuncata, vix petiolata, supra uno latere marginibusquc aspcra, subtus vix pallidiora, liirsuta, nervis 

 .secundariis utro(|ue latere 5-0. Vagina superne liirsuta; vcl tandem glabrcseentes, margine uno 

 fimbriatie, collo auriculattc Panicula aphylla (pars superior 5-pedalis adest), internodiis inferioribus 

 5-6 poll, longis, apice hirsutis, rhachi sulcato-striata, molli, fere medullacea, viridi-glauca, ramis 

 inferioribus sajpc compositis, supcrioribus simplicibus, ramulisque angulatis, striatis, mollibus, uno 

 latere sulcatis et sa^pc liirsutis, gloracrulis plerumquc distantibus, sicpc compositis. Spicula pallida, 

 0-10-12 lin. Ionga, basi attcnuata, 5-0-flora, floseulis 1-3 fertilibus, palea inferiore brevimueronata, 

 supcriorc sub lentc hirsutiuseula, carinis fimbriata. Antherie obtusa;. Siyliis eito 3-fidus. Squa- 

 mulie ovatse, apice fimbriatie, siibjequales, tertia minor. Ovarium stipitatuni, tandem subobovatum, 

 apice vix hirsutum. 



In spiculis perpaueis, forsau morbosis, jialea superior intus hirsuta, dorso rugosa, s(|uamuhe carnosce et 

 iwsco-hirsuta, cum ovario rostrato apiee i/labro, occurrunt. 



This species, of which I liave seen but one specimen, collected by the late Mr. Richard 

 Oldham, in 1861., appears to be more berbaceous than any other Bdmbusa. The green, 

 striated, almost jj////// panicle, with angled branches, distinguishes it from all other allied 

 species. B. orleutalis of Nees approaches it in having a soft and striated ])anicle, but 

 has a verv different stvle and fruit. 



