101 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OV TIIK BAMHUSACEvE. 



subconcoloria, nervis sccundariis subinconspicuis, 5-0 utroquc latere. Vufjina prinium hirsutoe, 

 dciuuru glabrcscciitcs, ore ciliis paucis, vix cito dcciduis fimbriatic. Panicula ingens, rainis uume- 

 rosisiiiniis^ scniivertieillatis, siniiilicibus conipositisvc, sicpc lougis, decurvis aut peudulis, spiuosis, 

 spiculis rarissirac dense glomeratis, s;cpissimc agglomerato-tcrnis quatcruisve, superioribus sajpe 

 alternis, solitariis et gliimis distautibus quasi pcdunculatis, iuternodiis, sicpe ipso apicc, brevissime 

 hirsutis. Iiitcrdum panicula ampla, foliosa, ramulis ultimis fere filiformibus, peudulis, foliis, reli- 

 quis miuoribus, 5-10, basi cuncatis vel rotundatis (in codem ramo) terminatis. Spicula plerumque 

 nitida, lanccolata, 8-12 liu. longa, G-12-flora, flosculis fcrtilibus 3-7, 1-2 vel pluribus inferioribus 

 geinmiparis, sequcntibus perfectis, bis, palca superiorc infcriorcm superante, terminalibus 1-3 gradatim 

 tabesccntibus. Palca inferior basi Ixvis, supcrne nervosa, acuminata vel mucronata, iuterdum mar- 

 gine biusin versus, interduni sujierue tcnuiter finibriata, s:epe onniiuo glabra; superior s;epe longior, 

 carinis longe ciliata, sub lentc valida bispidiuseula. Squamulce 3, ina;quales et dissimiles, duaj 

 latiores, obtus;e, tertia lanccolata, angustior, omnes ciliatse. Stamina G, connective vel obtuso vel 

 appendiculato. Stylus basi conico-bulbosus, infra medium 2-3-, plerumque 3-fidus in stigmata 3 

 pulchre plumosa. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, apice styli residue hirto cerenata, "magnitudine et 

 forma avena;." 



Tho hard, polished, yellowisli, smooth, spinous branches of the panicle best distinguish 

 this from B. orientalis. I presume that this is the species referred to above, at p. 4, as 

 having, in 18G4, furnished, during one of its periodical flowerings, food to upwards of 

 50,000 persons in Canara. I believe there is no doubt that this Bamboo, which Mr. 

 Stewart says is called '' Bidunguloo " in Canara, dies after perfecting its seed; but in 

 proof of how rapidly the young plants may reoccupy the ground, I would mention that I 

 have a plant growing in my greenhouse raised from a seed sent home by !Mr. Dalzell in 

 1861, on which there are now 22 culms. With the exception of Wight, no. 331G, and 

 G. Thomson, 110 and IGl, nearly all the dried specimens which I have seen of this 

 species have been collected, probably for convenience' sake, from plants bearing leaves at 

 the end of the flowering l)ranches, and consequently in an abnormal condition. Ilence 

 has probal)ly arisen much of the confusion in the nomenclature of the plant indicated by 

 the numerous synonyms quoted above. 



18. B. spixosA, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 25 (1811) ; Fl. Ind. ii. 198, icon. 1961, non Nees in 

 Linn. ix. 474. Culmo spinosissimo, florifero plerumque omnino efoliato ; panicula 

 ingente, ramosissima, spinosa, spiculis fere semper sessilibus, seepc cnrvatis, acutis, 

 sub '4-6-floris, 5-6 lin. longis, coriacels, intcrdum monoicis, rliachilla ra7'o visibili, 

 per ramulos ultimos, sitpe tenucs, plerumque dense glomerato-verticillatis, glome- 

 rulis suba;quidistantibus, palea inferiorc sicpissime marginc 2^lus minus fmibriata, 

 in flosculis perfectis, superiorem carinis ciliatam non ajquante, stylo basi conico- 

 bulboso, cito, fere ad basin, plerumque trifido, raro forsan l)ifido, foliis raro ultra 

 6 poll, longis, subtus intcrdum pilosis, vaginis ore ciliatis. — Hamilton in Linn. 

 Trans, xiii. 480, teste herb. Ham. in Wall. no. 5024 ; Spreng. I. c. ii. 112. Arundo 

 indica arborea, Burmann, Thes. Zeyl. 35. B. ariindinacea, Thw. En. PL Zeyl. 375, 

 non Retz. "Arundo bambos," hcrli. Roxb. non Linn. 



Hab. in India or. Bengal, Calcutta ("Behor Bans"), Roxbiirr/hl Hamilton] Thomson]; Gongacliora ! et 

 Goragbat ! Hamilton in Jrall. Cat. 5024 ! a, b ; Assam (" Koto Bans "), Jenkins ! (var. spiculis longi- 



