112 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^E. 



traiisvcrsim rugosum, niar}jrinc heviu, utriiiquc (/la/wrrima, supra tactn scal)riuscula, ucrvis sccundariis 

 vix conspicuis, tota lamina 20-30. Vagina frlabiie, striatjc, hcvissimic, fovea apicali cmarpinata, 

 ylaberrima, utriuque products;, ligula sjcpc 1 poll, ct ultra longa, membranacca (interdum major 

 pars superior caduca) . 

 "Wight's herbarium contains l)ut portions of three branches of this splendid Bamboo, 

 wliich, however, have the appearance of belonging to a very lofty tree. 



28. 13. BixrxG, Rocm. et Sch. /. c. 1354. "Foliis amplis, ovato-lanceolatis, 2-3^ poll. 



latis, 12-18 poll, longis, subtus marginequc scaberr/Diis, petiolo Iiisjndo." — Kunth, 



En. 433 ; Lind. Penny Cyc. (1835), non Hassk. PI. Jav. rar. p. 42, teste Miq. PI. 



Ind. Bat. iii. 417. Schizostaclnjum hitung, Steud. I. c. 332. Bmnhusacea, no. 12, PI. 



Jungh. p. 393; Miq. I. c. 419. 

 Hull, in Java (" Barabu Bitung " incolis), ad montem Salak, Bliime. s. v. Schultes. 

 ''Specimen nsiim summitas, nt vidctur, cuhni, foliorum vaginis tccta, crassitic digiti, stricta. Folia 

 pergamena, longc acuminata, basi brevitcr attcniiata, supra tactu scabrida, et medio, praescrtim 

 basin versus, scaberrima, subtus glaucescentia, undique, prater nervum medium, proniincntiis 

 minutis ct setulis scabra ; ncrvis secundariis tota lamina 28, prominulis, margine denticulis scaber- 

 rima facillimeque vuluerautia, petiolo brevi, crasso, supra planiusculo et spinuloso, seaberrimo, 

 dorso carinato et dense sctoso-hispido, 3 lin. longo. Vaginm crassc coriaccDC, margine glabra;, nervis 

 uumerosis validis striatoe, basi glabra;, sed tactu scabriusculie, supra medium setis albidis, adpressis, 

 liaud longis. uumerosis scabra;, apicc iterura glabra;, ore nuda, apicc, ad dorsum, fovea lata, margine 

 calloso cincta;, ligula brevi truucata, extus scabra, margine ciliata." — Schultes. 



Pvuprecht and Miquel are both of opinion that this species is scarcely to be distin- 

 guished from the succeeding one, Ji. aptis, and that both of them are very closely allied 

 to Schizostachyum Blumei. I think it is very probaljle that it Avill prove to be the same 

 as Dendrocalamus flageWferus described in the following pages. 



29. B. API'S, Rocm. et Sch. I. c. 1353. Poliis amplis, lanceolatis, 1^-2 poll, latis, 10-15 

 ])oll. longis, supra glabris, subtus scabriusculis, petiolo glahro. — Kiinth, En. 433, 

 Lind. /. c. Schizostachyiim apus, Steud. I. c. 332. 



Hub. in Java (" Bambu apus" incolis), ad montem Salak, Blume; "Tring apus," Horsfield. v. s. 



Culmus, sec. Blume, crassitie cruris. " Folia chartaceo-pcrgaraena, elongato-lanceolata, longe acuteque 

 acuminata, basi paulo tantum in petiolum angustata, supra glabriuscula, prEcter nervos, margini 

 altcri adjaeentes, qui spinulis minutis scaberrimi, subtus glaucescenti-viridia, attaetu scabra 

 ct in foliis junioril)us setulis minimis subliirsuta, ncrvis secundariis sub 24, minus promi- 

 nentibus quam in B. bitung, venulis transversis crebris, parum, magis tamen quam in B. bitung, 

 conspicuis, margine scaberrima, petiolo 5-G lin. longo, subtrigono, supra quidquam convexo, dorso 

 carinato, glabro, basi dilatato et ad margines callosos ibidem trausversim nigoso. Vagina ut in 

 B. bitung, tamen margine breviter ciliata vel demum glabrae et utriuque, ligulam versus, auricula 

 pan-a, rotundata aucta;, ligula intcgerrima vel demum emargiuata, nervosa, glabriuscula, margine 

 tonuissime ciliata vel demum glabra." — Schultes. 



This is certainly very close to the preceding; and the only real points of distinction 

 seem to be the narrower leaves and glabrous petiole. There is a specimen marked 



