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cai'iuis (c'iliis scepe coloratis) fimbriate; stylo elongato, hirsuto, basi simplici, sttperne 

 tantnm 2-3-fido ; antboris pilis ii})iculatis; foliis lineari- vol ol)longo-lnnccolatis, plo- 

 rumqvie utrinqiie glabris, vciiulis Ircnisrersis conspicuis. — llotb, Nov. Plant, et Sp. 15)S 

 (1821), excl. syn. R(em. et Sell. I. c. 1337(1830); llupr. I. c. 137, t. xi. fig. 47; 

 Steud. I. c. 329 ; Griscb. L c. 528 ; Miq. I. c. 417 ; DalzcU & Gibson I. c. 299. 

 B. Thouarsii, Ktli. " Notice sur le genre Bambusa," in Journ. dc Pbysiqiie,118 (1822) ; 

 Syn. PI. Jiquin. i. 252; llev. Gram. i. 323, t. 73, 71'; Enum. 431; Suppl. 350; 

 Rupr. I. e. 138, t. xi. f. 40 (var. fol. lineari-lanceol. spiculis solitariis subobtusis) ; 

 Steud. I. c. 329 ; Desf. Cat. 22 (1829) ; Roem. et Sch. I. c. 1347 ; Nees in Linn. I. c. 

 406; Tliw. Enum. I. c. 375, non Hassk. PI. Jav. rar. 41. B. siirinmnensis, Rupr. 

 I. c. 139, t. xi. fig.49 (var. fol. ovato-lanc. utrinque virid. spiculis minoribus, 5-6 lin. 

 long.) ; Steud. I. c. 329. B. Sieberi, Griseb. I. c. 528 (var. ramis nitidis vix striatis). 

 B. humilis, Reich. MS. (teste Rupr.), non fide Steud. in Nomenc. B. arundinacea. 

 Moon, Cat. 26 (teste Thw.), Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2da, ii. 316 (excl. syn. Roxb.) ; Link? 

 Hort. Berol. i. 249 ; Sieb. El. Mart. no. 43 ; Descourt, El. des Antilles, iv. 281, 

 t. 293 ? non Retz. B. aitriculata, Kurz in Cat. Bot. Gar. Calc. 79, teste spec. viv. 

 in hort. Kew. Nastus Thouarsii, Rasp. /. c. 442, et forsan N. viviparus, I. c. 458, 

 t. viii. f. 3. Nastus ? P. de B. /. c. t. xxv. fig. 3. Arimilo, Hort. Cliff. 25 ! 



Hal), in India utraque, forsan semper culta, niinquam certe indigena. Ind. or. Silhet ("Zice Bass" in- 

 (io\\s), Da Silva, Wall. Cat. 5031!, Cliittagong !, Kliaji-ke-liath !, Cachar!, Hooker et Thomson; 

 Bombay ("Kiilluk"), Dalsell; Ceylon, Colonel Walker \; " Oonagass," alt. 1000-2000 pcd. s. m., 

 Thivaites, no. 3252 !, (var. foliis angustis, palea inferiore aciiminatissima) ; Java (" Tring Pitting"!), 

 Horsjield; Mauritius, Wallich in lierb. Mus. Brit. I; Borbouia et ins. St. Helena, teste Rupreclit ; 

 Madagascar, baud indigena, Du Petit Thouars ; Ind. oec. Jamaica, Dr. Distin !, Dr. Prior !, M'Nab ! ; 

 Trinidad, Purdie ! (var. verticillis densiss.) ; St. Kitts, Crueger I ; St. Domingo, Jaeger ; Bermuda, 

 Munro ! ; Surinam, Weigelt ! , Guiana Gallica, Rotheray, no. 22 ! ; Peru, Mattheivs; ^Mexico, Brazil, 

 fide Grisebach. In bortis Europje plurimis. v. s. et v. 



Ctdinus inermis, arboreus, fistulosus, 20-30-50- pedalis, ramosissimus, diametro 4 poll, ct ultra, internodiis 

 inferioribus 1-1| ped. longis ; spatbis G poll, longis, intus glabris nitidis, extus pilis adpressis 

 fiiscis birsutis, margine superne fusco-ciliatis, apiculo triangular!, 2 poll, longo, 2^ poll, lato, basi 

 biauriculato, utrinque birsutissimo. Rami plerumque elongati, saepe virides, opaci, striati vel 

 teretes et nitidi, ramulorum internodiis plerumque apicc birsutis. Folia membranacea, lineari- vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata, subulato-acuminata, basi iuterdum rotundata, interdum incequilatera, cuneata, in 

 jjctiolum brevem, supra scabrum vel bij-sutum attenuata, nunc 1 ped. longa et 2 poll, lata, plerumque 

 ()-10 poll, longa, 8-15 lin. lata (floralia in spec, e Ceylon l]-5 poll, longa, 3-5 lin. lata), margine 

 scabra, supra glabra sed ad ncrvos margini adjacentes spinalis scaljcrrima, subtus interdum scabri- 

 uscula vel raro in junioribus inferne birsuta, utrinque viridia vel subtus glauccsccntia, ncrvis sccuu- 

 dariis utroque latere G-8, conspicuis, venulis transversis crebris, distautibus, sa-pe opacis. Vagiiite 

 nervoso-striatBe, ore plerumque efimbriatie, ssepe pallida;, primum supra medium pilis ci-ebris bre- 

 vibus vel in junioribus setulis fuscis hispidje, demum glabras, margine " tcnuitcr ciliatie " vel nuda;, 

 ssepe utroque latere in auriculam oblongam obtusam producta;, ligula truncata, brevi, fusco-^'irente, 

 l)reviter ciliata. Infloresccntia variabilis, " scapus, vel panicula radicalis aphylla vel ramulo folioso 

 intermixta, vel lateralis e nodis inferioribus, vel apicalis in ramulis, spiculis numerosis vel solitariis" 

 (teste Scliultes), in spec, a mc visis, pauicubi plerumque apliylla, foliis raro inflorescentiam intran- 

 tibus, composita vel deeomposita, internodiis glabris, nitidis, ramis ramulisque ultimis ad uodos 



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