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7. B. TEitEs, 111). Ham. SSI, Wall. Cat. 502015. Ciilmo igiioto, panicultc rliachi exi,uie 

 Jistulosa, cava, striata, iioii dura, ramis aiiyiilatis, spiculis in seiuivcrticillis panels, 

 fertilibus l|-2 poll. loni>is, palea iuforioro longe acuminata, antheris apice penicil- 

 latin; foliis 1^-14^ poll, /atii,; 12-1 i. poll, longis, basi ultennatis, venulis transversiti 

 crebris, sa-jje consplctiis, ligula brevi. 



Hub. ill Iiid. or. Bengal, Gongacliora, 881 ! Hamilton, GrifjUh ! (folia tantuiii) ; Assam ! Jenkins (florcs 

 sine foliis) . v. s. 



Cuhnus . Folia lanceolata, 12-14 poll, louga, H-lf poll, lata, basi insequalia, atteHuata, vix potiolata, 



apice rostrato-acuminata, margine hrcvissime scrrata, supra glabra, sod uno latere tactu scalira; 

 subtus pilis brevibus liirsuta, tauclcm glabresccutia, nervo ceutrali valido, secimdariis utrinque 11-1(5 

 subconspicuis, venulis transvcrsis sat crebris (iiilerne prsecipue) conspicuis. Vay'tna> pilis paucis, 

 superne hirsutse vel glabrae, iufra petiolum membrana coriacea terminatae, ore nudm, ligida brevi. 

 Panicula composita vel decomposita (nodi 3-4 tantum adsunt) , rliachi S-Sg lin. diametro, eximie cava, 

 parietibus tenuissimis, striata, non dura, ramis angulatis, 1-2 longis, reliquis brevibus, vix com- 

 positis, ercctis, ad nodos seniiverticillatis, bracteis longis membranaeeis stipatis. Spiculce in glome- 

 rulis, basi braeteatis, paucie, plerumque 1 fertilis et 1-2 steriles. Fertilis fere 2 poll, longa, non 

 nitida, 7-8-flora, flosculis 6 ssepe fertilibus, rliacliilhe articuli.s obcuncatis, apice fimbriatis. Palea 

 inferior in flosculis infimis interdum apice subfoliacea, nervosa, plerumque longe acuminata, 10 lin. 

 longa, margine fere glabra ; superior inter carinas superne, nisi ipso apice, ciliatas 5-G-nervis, apice 

 jiilis peuicillata. Anthera apice penicillatae. Squamula longe fmibriatje, 10-14-nerves, subobovata.-. 

 Ovarium apice hirsutissimum, subobovatum et rostratum, in stylum profuude 3-fidum. 



I have only seen some portions of a panicle of this plant, and therefore have had but 

 slight materials to describe a species from. However, the very hollow panicle, with large; 

 spiculae, and much acuminated lower palea, combined with the broad leaves and their 

 conspicuous transverse veinlets, serve to distinguish this from _B. tulda and all its allies. 

 The following species, B. Falconeri, has also broad leaves ; but they are rounded at the 

 base, and the ligules are much elongated, in addition to other (less conspicuous) points of 

 difference. B. Oldhami has a panicle very similar to that of this species. 



8. B. Ealconeri, Munro. Culuio vix elato ?, fistuloso ; panicula decomposita, rhachi 

 fistulosa, pallida, viridi, non nitida nee dura, ramis semiteretibus, sacpe a basi densi- 

 floi-is, ramulorum interuodiis apice hirsutis, spiculis jilurimis sterilibus, in verticillis 

 approximatis, vix dense aggregatis, fertilibus 10-12 lin. longis, palea iuferiorc acu- 

 minata, antheris apice penicillatis ; foliis 12-17 poll, longis, usque 3f poll, latis, l)asi 

 rotundatis, venulis transversis crebris, sat conspicuis, ligula valdc elongata. — B. fistu- 

 losa ? Royle, MS. ad herb. 373 ! 



Hab. in Ind. or. Himalaya, Gurliwal, Delu'a Dhoon ! alt. 2000-3000 ped. s. m., Falconer (Horifer) ; Okce- 

 math? ("Chye" incolis), 4000 ped. s. m., Strachey et Winterbottoml (folia tantum, dubia); Hima- 

 laya ("Kag"), Eoyle. v. s. 



Culmus fistidosus, an subarboreus ?, intcrnodiis apice farinoso-hirsutis. Folia ((piodam niodo dubia) 

 ovato-lanceolata, basi tequalia, subrotundata, apice attenuato-acuminatissima, margine seabra, 12-18 

 poll, longa, medio 3-3| poll, lata, supra glabra, subtus jnmctis miuutissimis scabriuscula, infcrue 

 interdum pilis brevibus siibliirsuta, nervis secundariis utrinque 12-16, venulis transversis sat con- 

 spicuis. Vagina primum hirsutfe, taudem pilorum residuis scabrae, ore efimbriata>, ligula conspiciia, 



