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species. One of Horsfielcl's sjiecimens is marked " Tring ampel;" it has certainly no 

 thorns, but I am not able to distinguish it in any other respect from the remaining spe- 

 cimens. Miquel, at p. 418 of the "Flora Indise Batavau," states that " Ampel" is the 

 native name of his B. fera {Anmdarbor fera; species lyrima of Humph). The style, 

 deeply trifid to near the base, the very hirsute joints of the rhachilla, and the somewhat 

 3-horned fruit separate this species from B. spinosa, RoxIj., and its allies B. arundinaeea 

 and B. or! entails. 



17. B. AiiUNDiNACEA, Retz. 01)s. V. 24. (1789) sub Bamhos. Culmo spinoso, florifero basi 

 aphyllo, foliis ssepe inflorescentiam superne intrantibus, panicula ramosissima, 

 ramis compositis et decompositis, interdum filiformibus, rhachi plerumque gluher- 

 rima, nitida, spiculis rarissime agglomerato-verticillatis, plerumque geminis vel 

 ternis vel etiam supremis solitariis, interdum pedicellatis, 8-12 lin. longis, 6-12- 

 floris, raro monoicis, rhachilla subhirsuta, plus minus visibili, palea inferiore acumi- 

 nata, dorso glabra, margine nimc superne nunc inferne tenuiter ciliata vel omnino 

 glabra, superiore, in flosculis perfectis, inferiorem snperante, carinis plerumque longe 

 ciliata, stylo basi subbulboso, cito in stigmata 2-3 profunde diviso, foliis plerumque 

 3-6 poll, longis, majoribus interdum pedalibus, basi cuneatis vel rotundatis, vaginis 

 ore flmbriatis vel tandem nudis. — Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 245 (1797) ; Roxb. Corom. PL 

 i. 56, t. 79, Hort. Beng. 25 (1814), PL lad. ii. 191 ; Poir. Enc. viii. 701 ; Spreng. I. c. 

 ii. 112 ; Link. Hort. Berol. i. 249 ; Rcem. et Seh. I. c. 1340 ; Kunth, Enum. 431, non 

 Nees in Linn. ix. 475 ; Dalzell ct Gibson, Bomb. El. 299. B. spinosa, Nees, /. c. 

 474, et Rupr. I. e. 142, tab. xii., xiii. fig. 52 ; Steud. I. c. 329, sed non Roxb. 

 B. ariindo, hb. Klein. Nees, /. c. 471 ; Rupr. I. c. 143, t. xiii. fig. 53 ; Steud. I. c. 

 329 ; Benth. in El. Hongk. 434 (var. foliis floralibus basi rotundatis, vaginis ore, 

 ciliis caducis, nudis). B. orientalis, Nees in Wight, 206 b! = 1800 ! B. Neesiana, 

 Am. MS. Arundo bambos, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 81 (1753), teste herb. Linn. ! Bam- 

 bos arundinaeea, Pers. Syn. i. 393. Nastus arundinaceiis, Sm. in Rees's Encye. 

 no. 1 ; Rasp. I. c. v. 442 ; Ily, Rheede, Hort. Mai. i. 25, t. xvi. (Auctores pristiui 

 plures species Bambusce sub Arundine Bambos confudisse videntur, quapropter 

 synonyma, a Linngeo celebri citata, hie omissa). 



Hab. in Incliae or. peninsula, Kcenig ! in herb. Mus. Brit., hb. Heyne, in Wall, herb. 5023 a ; " Tansbaur, 

 July 1798, Bambus arundo," in Wall. herb. 502BB\ = Wiffht, 205! 1801! {"Bambos arundo," 

 Retz. 440, in Wight, 204! 1799!) ; Quilon, Wight, 1343! (var. fol. floralibus basi cordatis); Cour- 

 tallum, Wight, 1344 ! 3346 ! ; Nundidroog, herb. Rattler ! ; Madras, Wght ! T>r. Skuter ! ; Poona- 

 malee, G. Thomson, 110! 161! (var. spiculis elongatis et foliis majoribus) ; Bombay ("Maiulgav" 

 mcolia), Dalzell; Kala Nuddie, /{i/c/nV, 822 ! (folia tan turn). In Bengalia, teste -Wo.r6«?"^/< ; China, 

 Hong Kong, cult., Hancel (dubia). In hort. Kew ! cult. v. s. et v. 



Culmi 20-50 ?-pedales, "diametro 3-poll.," per 10-20 pedes strict!, tunc ad altcruni latus flexi, augustc 

 fistulosi, siepe pallide straminei, teretes, duri, glabri, ramosissimi, s])inosi, spinis sfepc aduncis " spa- 

 this 12-15 poll, longis, ore setigeris, apiculo acuminato, 3-5-pollicari, extus puberulis, intus argeuteo 

 nitidis" (Dalzell). Folia, in spcciminibus a me visis, 3-8 poll. longa, 4-12 lin. lata, "12-15 poll, 

 longa, |-2 poll, lata" [Dalzell), interdum 2-4 poll, lata [Roxb.), lanccolata, apicc acuminata, basi 

 attcnuata vel subcordata, Iteviuscula vel supra marginibusquc brevissime serrulatis tactu scabra, 



