102 COLONKL MINRO'S MONOfiRAril OF TIIK liAM liUSACE.f:. 



laiulom coiispiciup artieulis /ii/:sii(i,s-, tlosculis inihrieaUs, palca inferiorc mucronato- 

 acuta, stylo proriiiHlc iJ-lido, cai-yo])si sul)tricornuta ; foliis 3-G poll, longis, utrinque 

 glabris. — Kunth, Kiium. 431. B. spiiiom, ]?lumc in litt. ad Nees ab Esenl)cck, in 

 Bot. Zeit. 1825, p. 580, non lloxb. B. ar/rcilis? Poir. Enc. viii. 701. (1808) ; Sch. /. c. 

 1344 ; llupr. /. c. 1 19 ; Kunth, /. c. 432 ; Steud. I. c. 330. Arundo agrestis ? Lour. 

 Fl. Coch. i. 72 ; ibrsan Antndurbor spiuosa, s. Bulu Baduri, Teba Tela, Humph. 

 Arab. iv. 14, t. 3. B. teba, Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. iii. 418. Schizostachyum durie, Rupr. 

 /. c. 130; Stcud. I.e. 332, sod vix Miq. /. r. 425. Ischuroehloa sjnnusa? Biisc in PL 

 Jun-h. 390, :Miq. /. e. 122 (syn. plur. (>xc.), Walp. Ann. vii. 1045. 



//<il/. in Java, Riuuph., Ju)ii//iii/ni, (" Triiig ori," " 'rriiijr anipcl " et " Giping " incolis) no. 31.3 ! Hor.ifeld, 

 (" IlaucrTjutjuk " vcl " Hanibii Diiric") Blumc; ins. Soombawa, no. .3117, Zollinger (teste Miqiicl); 

 Amboina? Coram? jManijia? Rinnplt.; Cocliin China? Lonreiro. Yidi spec. plur. in licrb. Horsficld. 



Cii/iiiiis crcetus, elongatiis, spinosus, " sjiinis tcrnis recurvis, crassitic 1-2 poll., hand scandens," intcrno- 

 diis superioribus ciuerascenti-ilavicantibus, glahrls, teretihu.i, inconspicue striatis, li-2—l' poll, longis. 

 Jiami ramulosi, ad nodos pauci, basi incrassati, geuiculati, rainulis numerosis, gracilibus, aliquid 

 deflcxis, intcrnodiis ramulorum saepe apicc scahri.s. Foliu tciiuia, lincari-Ianceolata, cuspidata, basi 

 interdum rotundata, plcniraqnc abrupte attcnuata in petiolum glabrum, 3-6 poll, longa, vcl raro 

 minora 9-30 lin. longa, 3-7-9 lin. lata, margine serrata vcl ctiam fimbriata, utrinque glabra, subtus 

 glaucesceutia, ^ laminiE nitida, ncrvis secundariis utroquc latere .5-7. Vagina striata?, margine uno 

 ciliatiC, in siccis pallide fuscescentes, primum pilis sparsis, adpressis hirsutae, dcmum glabriusculse, 

 ore utrinque ciliis paueis (saepe cite deciduis) fimbriata;, ad apieem infra petiolum fovea parva sub 

 Icnte ciliolata, ligula truncata, brevi, pilis sublongis, demum deciduis ciliata. Panicula (lateralis, 

 testibus Blumc ct Scliultes), ut vidctur, ampla, gracillima, ramosa, apicc nutans ct simpliciter vcrticil- 

 lato-spieata (pars superior 3-pedalis adest), intcrnodiis infcrioribns3-i;5 poll, longis, ramis plcrumque 

 solitariis, altcrnis, raro (in spec, uno) ternis, inferioribus 15 poll., scqucntibus 10-8-7 poll, longis, 

 gracilibus, suberectis, divarieatis, supromis interdum 2-2h poll, longis, erectis, densifloris, fere spi- 

 catis, verticillis approximatissimis, imbricatis. Spicida per ramos, ad intcrvalla regularitcr ct gra- 

 datim e basi decrescentia, glomcrato-vcrticillattc, jjatulae, plurimre breves, stcrilcs, subulatae, paucae 

 fertiles, subpollicares. Spicula fertilis subeompressa, pallida, rliacliillae tandem conspicuae artieulis 

 1^ lin. longis, hirsutis, 8-10-flora, floseulis 3-5 intermediis perfectis, 1-2 infimis et 2-3 supremis 

 bipaleaeeis scd sterilibus. Pcdca inferior (fertilis) 4 lin. longa, inferne laevis, superne costato-nen'osa, 

 apicc subulato-acuminata ; superior vix brevior, carinis et saepe margine basin versus ciliata. Squa- 

 niul<B 3, obovatic, longissimc eiliatic, snb;equalcs, interdum basi callosae et ncrvosac. Antherte obtusae. 

 iS/y/M.y brevis, cito in stigmata 3, ])ulclierrinie plumosa, fcrc ad l)asiii divisus. Orariiim siibtriquctrum, 

 apicc, vix liirsuto, rcsiduis styloruni tricornutum. 



Having seen several excellent specimens of tliis ])laut in Ilorsficld's llcrliariuin, I have 

 been able to add some particulars to the description ol' the species i;iveu by 8chultos, who 

 states that all the spicuke he saw were sterile. I can see nothing to justify tht; panicle 

 being called lateral; on the contrary, it appears to me to be decidedly terminal and un- 

 usually elegant and slender. Blumc states that this plant is spinous ; and there are some 

 traces of spines in the specimens which I have seen ; but there is nothing to indicate that it 

 is as spinous as B. ayreslis of Poir. and yl r it i/d arbor spiuosa of Kumph. arc descriljcd to be. 

 B. agreslis is also described by Loureiro as having a bilid, not trilid style. I have therefore 

 included these two species as probable synonyms ouly. Had I l)eon fully persuaded of 

 tlieir identity, the earlier name of jB. agrestis, Poir., ought to have been adopted for the 



