110 COLONEL Monro's monograph of the BAMRUSACEiE. 



glomcratis, spicula ovata, Orerisslma, jMniciJIorn ; palca inferiore apicc spinoso-acnta, 

 marginc fimbriata, superiore apice bifida ; squamulis plerumquc 1-2, rarissimc 3 ; 

 stylo longo, filiformi, hirsuto, tandem superne 2-3-fido ; foliis latis et longis. 



Hub. ill Ind. or. Tcnasscrim, Martaban, Pegu, nsquc ad 1000 pcd. s. in., praecipuc in saxis calcareis 

 (" KycUo-wa" ct " Mytsanguc" incolis), Brandis, no. 2 ! v. s. 



" Ciilmu.1 12()-pcdalis, circnmfcrentia maxima 27-|)ollicari, striatus, iufenic subnudus, propc tcrram ramis 

 fascifulati.s, superne foHifcris scmiverticillatis, comosis, nodis infcrioribus radicum annulos cmit- 

 tentibns, intcniodiis 2-2^ pcd. longis, spatliis 17 poll, longis" {Brandis), intus glabris, extus fuscis, 

 superne pilis fuscis aspcris, apiculo spatbam longitudinc supcrantc, lanccolato-acuminato, intus ba.siu 

 versus pilis densis, fuscis birsutissimo. " Folia magna, 10 poll, longa, 3 poll, lata, nervis sccundariis 

 24 " (Brandis) ; (in spec, a me visis) folia pedalia, li poll, lata, laneeolata, apice acuminata, basi 

 rotundata, utrinque glabra sed supra uno latere tactu seabra, venulis transversis obsoletis vcl nuUis. 

 Vagina glabrae, ore nud;c, lateribus in auriculam obtusam rotnndatam productie. Punicula maxima, 

 ramosissima, intcniodiis supcrioribus 3 poll, longis, pallidis, tcrctiljus, nitidis, spiculis numero- 

 sissirais, in scmiverticillis globosis, swpe 9 lin. diametro, secus ramulos subaeqnidistantibus, sed 

 superne approximatissimis, ramidorum internodiis apices versus incrassatis, uno latere sulcatis et 

 hirsutis. Spicula 3—4 lin. longa, ovata, 4-5-flora, flosculis 2-3 perfectis, rbacliilla inconspicua. Palea 

 inferior basi lata, apice spinoso-acuta, glabra vel superne scabrula, 16-20-nervia, toto margine 

 fimbriata; superior paulo brevior, margine et carinis fimbriata, apice bimucronata, inter carinas 

 2-3-ncrvia. SquamuliE variabiles, raro ct tantum in flosculo infimo 3, plenimque 2 vel 1, laneeolatae, 

 fimbriate, vix ncrvosse, byalinie. Stamina 6, basi libera, antheris apice penicillatis vel nudis. Stylus 

 tongus, basi incrassatus, birsutus, tandem superne 2-3-fidus? (tametsi jjartitiones nunquam vidi). 

 Caryopsis obtusa, styli rcsiduo rostrata, liirsnta, \h lin. longa, inferne suleo longitudinali notata. 



I have some doubt aliout the leaves of this plaut, as two very different sorts of leaves 

 are enclosed in the same envelojies with Dr. Brandis's excellent flowering specimens, and 

 neither quite agree with the description given by him. I have consequently taken my 

 description from some to which a label marked " Kyello-wa " is attached. The other 

 leaves are remarkably unequal at the l)asc, which would probably have been mentioned 

 l)y Dr. Brandis. These latter are very tliin, 14-15 inches long, and 2 3 inches broad. 

 The necklace-like flowering branches of this magnificent species are extremely striking. 

 In many respects, especially in outward form, it approaches very closely to Deudro- 

 calamua JlagcUifcrits. 



BAMBUSiE cognita; steriles {foil if era; tantnm), igititrque, quoad genus, dubice. 

 * Venuli Iransversl creherriml conspicui, hinc folia tcssellata. 



21-. B. TESSELLATA, Munro. Foliis 1-1^ pcd. longis, 2-3} poll, latis, eximie tessellatis, 

 an B. reticulatce forma major ?, llupr. I. c. 148. -^ajt/f ^^rt>r, .,^,7/*w /> sx/ . 



Hah. in China. Vidi folia scgregata Tlieam in transitu e China iuvolventia. 



Folia membranaeea, oblongo-lanceolata, M/nnf/«^, venulis transversis ereberrimis clevatis, cxiinie tcssellata, 

 interstitiis tpiadratis, apice acuminata, basi inajquilatcra ct attcnuata in pctiolum brcvcin, supra 

 canaliculatnm, margine inferiore lajvi, superiore aspero, utrinque glabra, nisi Unea tomentosa secus 

 costam mcdiam, ad latus magis cvolutum, nervis sccundariis utrinque 13-11, tertiariis 0-11. 



