11(5 COLONEL MONRO'S MONOr;RAI'Il OF THK HA.MBL'SACL.E. 



siniplicihus vcl parce ramosis, (hiccidis, iiiiihiti'i'alitcr fasciculatis. Folia l)reviter scd distincte petio- 

 lata, c basi acutiuscula lanccolata, acuta, mcmbruiiacca, teucra, hete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 

 ncr\n8 sccundariis iitriii(|iic .'J— I, a'grc a tcrtiariis disccrnendis, venulis trausvcrsis obsolctis. An ob 

 colorem folionun ('iiiortuoriim flavcsceiitium ' aiirea' dicta?" — Miqnel. 



The plant which I have seen cultivated at Kcw under the name of B. aiirea appears to 

 1)0 a species of Arundinaria or TJiamnocalamns. It agrees with the above description, 

 except that the vaginae are more distinctly striated, the transverse veinlets rather more 

 conspicuous, and the ligule is rather elongated. 



89. B. iiKGfA, Thomson, MS. in Brandis horlj. (nomeu taiitum). Culmo arborco^ elato, 

 foliis augustis, fere linearibus, vix 3 lin. latis, 2-3^ poll, longis, supra glabris, sed 

 uno latere tactu asperis, subtus concoloribus, hirsutiusculis vel glabris, vaginis 

 striatis, inter strias hirsutis, vel demum glabris, marginc superne ciliatis, ore nudis. — 

 Cat. Bot. Gard. Calc. 79. B. siamensis, Kurz, teste Kurz in herb. 



Hah. in Ind. or. Tenasserim, ad Saluccn fluv. (" Tiwa" incolis), Brandis, no. 12 ! ; Siara ! Kurz. v. s. 



" Culmiis -lO-iJcdalis, strictus, infcrue nudus, apicc ramornm vcrticillos gerens, circumfcrcntia 1—10 poll., 

 intcrnodiis nitidis, 1-13 poll, longis, annulis liorizontalibus, spathis deciduis, intcrnodia aquantibus, 

 apiculo adprcsso, lanccolato." [Brandis) . In speciminibns a mc visis spatha 11 poll, longa;, basi 8 

 poll. latiE, vix coriacciE, intus inferne glabrae, extus pilis brevibus, adpressis, nitidis hirsuta;, apiculo 4—5 

 poll, longo, utrinque hirsuto, intcrnodiis culmi superioribus sub 4 poll, longis, flavidis, nitidis, 

 solidis, ramulis siraplicibus vel compositis et divaricatis, ad nodos paucis vel numerosis. Folia 

 apicc mucronato-acuta, basi rotundata vcl cuneata, petiolata, marginc scrrata, nervis secundariis 

 utrinque .3-4, inconspicuis, venulis transversis nullis. Vagina apicc truucatis, ligula brcvissima, 

 truncata. 



Brandis says that " this is a most elegant Bamboo, on account of the regularity of the 

 nodes," and that it is brought to Moulmeyn in great quantities, and used as handles for 

 umbrellas. The young plant cultivated at Kew, and received, I believe, from Calcutta 

 as B. rcgia, appears to lie distinct from this species. In the Kew plant the leaves are 

 6 inches long and 10 lines broad, with 6 secondary nerves on each side, and the petiole 

 inconspicuously hairy above, whereas it is quite glabrous in the Tenasserim specimens. 



to. B. PYGMiEA, Miquel, I. c. 28G. " Culmo suffruticoso, semipedali, solido, sul)tereti, 

 ramoso, foliis deiise distichis, e basi rotundata in petiolum vix ullum constrictis, 

 lanceolatis, acutis, 5-1 lin. latis, 1-1^ poll, longis, marginibus subciliolato-scabris, 

 subtus pubescentibus, subglaucino-pallidis, nervis lateralilius utrinque 3-4." 



Hah. in Japonia (" Gin-Meitsik" incolis), Siebold. Colitur in liorto Bogoricnsi. s. v. Miquel. 

 " Statura pygmaea insignis, caeterum B. aurece ct B. pubcrulce [PhijUostachys nigra, Muuro] quodani- 

 modo accedeus." — Miquel. 



-11. B. AUREo-STRiATA, Rcgcl, Gartcnllora, 1865, 3G2, t. 190. figg. 3, 4. " Caule humili 

 (1-2-pedaLi), tenui, glaberrimo, nodis biannulatis, stepe ramulos 3 breves gerentibus, 

 ramis basi bracteis glabris vel villoso ciliatis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis vel ovato- 



