98 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF TllK HAMBUSACE^. 



Culuiun fi.stulosus, fjliiljcr, sunVuticosus?, spatliis subsciiiipcdiililius, basi Ijailia I'ulva c-iuctis, dorso pilis 

 iiigris, biilbosis liirsutis, niargiiic lunge ciliatis, apiculo triaugulari, basi fiinbriato, brcvissimo, 3-5 

 liii. loiigo tcrminatis. Rami tbliifori gcuiciilati, pauci (")-8), basi braetcati, vcrticillati, apice folia 

 pauca (3-5) gerentcs. Folia jilcrumque 4-6 poll, longa, ct 9-12 lin. lata, in ranmiis florifcris 8 poll, 

 longa, ct 18 lin. lata, lanccolata, basi rotundato-attcnuata in petioluni siiblongnni, acumine, prtecipue 

 ill foliis jnnioribus, hirsiitis.timo tcrminata, ntrinque glabra, ncrvis sccundariis plurimis, scgre a terti- 

 ariis discfrnendis, mcmbranacea, pallida. Vtif/ina glabra;, brcvitcr snbbiauriculatie, ore ciliis paucis, 

 f iisc is, jjli rat ix, cito dcciduis fimbriata;, ligula dcmnm clongata. Paniculee riimis inferioribus vcrti- 

 cillatis, simi)licibus, valdo in;c(|nalibus, supcrioribus alturnis, sx'pc gracililjus, loriformibus, basi ple- 

 rumquc nndis, iuterdnni pancifoliatis, spiculis gloniorato-vcrticillatis, verticillis (5-1 poll, ct minus 

 distantibus. Spicula fcrtilis 7-9 lin. longa, primum cylindrica, dcmum complanata, glabra, 5-6- 

 flora, rhacliilla: articulis striatis, apice fimbriatis, floscnio inferiore bipalcacco, masculo vel neutro, 

 2-3 sequcntibus subpatulis, fertilibus, 1-2 superioribus tahescentibus, gluma inferiore gemmipara, 

 superiore 5-7-ncr^^, margine subfimbriata. Palea inferior (fcrtilis) acuminata, multinervosa, 

 glabra; superior vcl longior vcl subicquilonga, carinis brcviciliata. Squamulm variabiles, ratione 

 spiculse magna;, ovalcs, toto margine fimbriat;e, obtusa;, in flosculis 2 inferioribus paucinerves, ncrvis 

 coloratis valdc conspicuis, in tertio fei'tili multinervosai, ncrvis minus cons])icuis. Antherarum con- 

 nectivum obtiisum. Stylus cito 3-fidus, stigmatibus sublongis, ttumibus. Ovarium (inimatiu-um) 

 lineari-oblongum, rostratum, rostro glabro, styli 3-fidi rcsiduis coronatum. 



This is a well-marked species, readily distinguished from all others of the genus by the 

 peculiar long heard at the base of the spathcs, combined Avitli the long hairy point to the 

 leaves. The specimens I have seen do not enable me to state whether the leaf-bearing 

 and flowering culms are generally distinct. The plant appears to be confined principally 

 to the lower and warmer slo])es of the Kliasia mountains. 



12. IJ. I'OLYMORPHA, Munro. Culmo cxcelso, incrmi, fistuloso, duro, iuternodiis apice 

 pilis adpressis al])idis, liirsutis, florifero basi aphyllo ; panicula supra decomposita, 

 ramis ramulisque polymorpliis, nunc bvevibus vel brevissimis, verticillis spicularum, 

 paucifloris, approximatis, nunc 2-3-pedalibus, verticillis dcnsifloris, 4-G poll, di- 

 .stantilms, spiculis interdum monoicis vel dioicis, 3-6 lin. lougis, palca inferiore obtusa, 

 mucronata, superiore carinis (jlabra, antheris s;cpissime seta apiculatis, ovario sub- 

 rostrato, rostro himuto; foliis angustis, utrinque hirsutiKsculis, vaginis eximie 

 auriculatis. 



Hal), in Ind. or. Martal)an, Pegu! (" Kijatliounwa" incolis), no. 1, Brandis ; Rangoon, M'C7e//tf//rf. v. s. 



" Cu/mus arboreus, 60-80-pedalis, rectus, apice leniter curvatus, infernc nudus, superne ramis scmi- 

 vcriicillatis comosus, diametro maxima 6-pollicari, parietibus tciiuil)us, annulis horizontalibus, iuter- 

 nodiis 1-2 ped. longis " (Brandis) ; spathis crassis, coriaccis, intus nitidis, pilis paucis sparsis, extus 

 pilis cancsccntibus ad])rcssis, medio affixis, glaucescentibus, " fauec lacero-dcntatis, ciliatis, apiculo 

 cucullato, mucronato, laxc adpresso." Folia tenuia, lineari-Ianceolata, basi iniequalia, subattenuata, 

 apice setaceo-acuminata, margine aspcra, vix scrrata, 5-G] poll, longa, 1—7 lin. lata, supra, puu(;tulis 

 miuutissimis tota supcrficic scabriuscula, pilis paucis sparsis, utroquc margine ct medio aspcra, subtus 

 pilis crebris liirsuta, ncrvis sccundariis titroque latere 6-8, subconspicuis. (Folia pauca, raro inflo- 

 rcscentiam intrantia, minora, vix 3 lin. lata, 2|-1 poll, longa.) Vagince carinataj, comprcsste 

 striatse, inter strias hirsutse, margine uno fimbriatse, apice abruptc terminatie, lateribus auriculata:, 

 auriculis sicjJC clongatis, ciliis longis fimbriatis, ligula vix uUa. Panicula su]n-a decomposita, inter- 



