96 roLONKL MUNRO'S MONO(;UAl'H OF Till': HAMIUJSACK/E. 



cloiif/ala. Pan'iculu (k'l'oiniiositu (pars siiixTior 3-pcclalis adcst), iutornodiis 5-8 poll. lonf,Ms, rhachi 

 pallidc virentc, striata, nou dura, raraulis ad uodos subdcnsc verticillatis, 1-2 sesq\ii])i(lalil)us, 

 reli(iui8 brcvibus, iutornodiis subaugulatis, plcrisqnc apicc subviscido-liirsutis, spiculis pallidis, plu- 

 riinia stcrilibus, {(enuniparis, in vcrticillis siL-pc c-ompositis vix dense aggrcgatis. Spicula fertilis 

 10-12 lin. longa, sub 10-fiora, flosculis 15 supremis gradatini tabcsccntibus, rliachillsc articulis 

 cuneatis, apifc pilis longis riliatis. Palea inferior nervosa, niargine vix finibriata, acuminata ; supe- 

 rior angustior ct brevior, inter carinas longe ciliatas ij-r-nervis. Sqinimulte 3, tenues, subicquales, 

 duic interduni obli(pi.'i>, obtusjc, vix lu-rvosic, longc finibriatic. Aiithcnc pilis 1-2 vcl pluriiuis ])cni- 

 cillatie. Ovariiiiii siihohoNatiiiii, ajiicc pilis longis liirsutum, in stylura cito trifidum vix rostratum. 

 As roi,'arcls iullorescciu'c, this spccios is to bo distinguished from B. teres by having a 

 much k'ss hollow i);inicle, very much smaller, more densely crowded, and palev-coloiu-ed 

 spicuhe, with the lower palea much less acuminated. The panicle, in general appearance, 

 l)oars a considerable resemblance to that of B. nutans. I do not feel quite certain about 

 the foliage. The flowering specimens were collected by Falconer in the Dehra Dhoon 

 in September 1810, and the leaves in October 1839; and it is, therefore, just possible 

 lliat they may have belonged to different species. The specimens collected in the 

 interior of (iurlnval by Strachey are a little doubtful. They arc evidently taken from 

 young, almost undeveloped shoots ; and the ligules are rather shorter than in Palconer's 

 specimens, and the leaves have fewer secondary nerves ; but in other respects they agree 

 verv well. 



9. B. BiiEViFLORA, Munro. Culmo incrnii, arboreseente ?, «//i.S'o//(/o, ramis 'nifcrioribns 

 siepe hasl foliatis, opice Jloriferis, superioribus foliiferis tantum ; panicula in ramo 

 terminali, sabspicuta, vcrticillis paueispiculatis, spiculis brecibiis, vix 6 lin. longis, 

 lii-idis, paucifloris, flosculis 2-3 perfectis, his palea superiore inferiorem obtusam, 

 brevissimc mucronatam snperante, ovario subobovato ; foliis parvis, subtus hirsutis, 

 vaginis ore utrinquc ciliato-auriculatis. 



Hab. in Cliina, Formosa, Tamsuy, G51 ! Oldham; Lintao ! Dr. Cantor in livrb. licntli. (quoad florcs, 

 folia alicna sunt — B. Cantori). v. s. 



Cuhnu.t arboresccns ?, subsolidus, durus, nitidiis, intcriiodiis fj-G poll, longis (in spec, viso ."^-pedali), raniis 

 ad nodos faseiculatis, infcrioribus inferne nodosis, teretibiis, siniplicibus vel coni])ositis, apice flori- 

 feris, sicpc b.'isi foliatis, foliis cito caducis, superioribus foliiferis tantum, adjeeto liinc ct inde ramulo 

 florifero, basi nudo. Folia lanccolata, K-1 poll, longa, G-H lin. lata, basi rotundata, petiole brevi, 

 comijrcsso, apice sctacco-acuminata, margine aspera, vix scrrata, subglabra, subtus hirsuta ; nervis 

 seeundariis utrinquc 1— ij, vix a tertiariis disccrncudis. VagintE sulcata?, glabrie, utrinquc auiiculatae, 

 auriculis ciliis, intcrdum 8 lin. longis fimbriatae. Panicula in ramis vel ramulis terminalis, verti- 

 cillato-spicata, vcrticillis subrequidistantibus, paueispiculatis, simplicibus. Spicula subcylindrica, 

 acuta, sub G lin. longa, rhacliilhe articulis brcvissimis, livida, nitida, 5-~-flora, flosculis 3-4 termi- 

 nalibus gradatim tabescentibus, intermediis 2-3 perfeeti.s, his palea inferiore nervosa, glabra, obtusa, 

 scd brevissimc mucronata, a ])alea su])criore (submcmbranacca, inter carinas superne tcuuiter fim- 

 briatas 5-7-ncrvi) superata. Sf/nainiihr longe fimbriatie, incouspieuc nervosa?. Antlierarum con- 

 nectivo obtuso-elongato. Sti/lns cito .'?-li(lus ii\ stigmata snhlonga. Oniriuin stipitatiini, obovatum, 

 apicc liirsutum. 



The nearly simply spicate and fascicled panicles and very small darkish-coloured 

 spiculiju distinguish tliis from all the species of Bambitm which have an obovate ovary. 



