118 COLONKL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEvE. 



I tliink it is very probable, as stated at p. 102, that this is the same as B. Blumeana, 

 Sch., or possil)ly B. spinosa, Roxb. llumphius describes the leaves of his Arundarbor 

 spinosa as having loaves (5-7 iiifhcs loni^ and an inch broad, which does not agree with 

 Loureiro's description ol" " folia lineari-lanceolata parva." 



it. B. DIFFUSA, Blanco, PI. Filip. 209. " Culmo plcrumque procumhcnte, foliis ensatis, 

 subtus ^;//o4.7A', marginc serratis, lloribus dense distichis, spicatis, stigmatibus 3, vil- 

 losis, sem'me magiio, ciceriformi, testa 4-lincata." — Steud. /. c. 331 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Batav. iii. 1.21. 



Hab. in ins. Philipp., Blanco. 



In the size of the fruit this agrees very W(<11 with Schizostachyum acutijlorvm, of which 

 it may be only a variety with leaves hairy l)elow. 



!•"). B. j.iNEATA, IMunro. " Internodiis longis, ultra 2 poll, crassis, extcrne albicantibus, 

 interpositis .s7;-«'s r//7V/i(^«s longitudinalibus (in inferioribus viridis color frequentior), 

 articulis iuferne copiosioribus, pilis vaginaruni pruricntibus raris ; ramulorum 

 summum aliquando terminatur in spicam longam, ex nodosis verticillis constan- 

 tem, et compositam ex palcaceis et duris squarais, instar aristaj obtusac, erectis." — 

 Lelclm lineata, s. virgata, Humph. I. e. iv. 2 ; Room, et Sch. /. c. 1346. 



Hall, in ins. Tcrnate ct Cclcbc, in Amboina exotica, Rtimph. 



1(1. JJ. j.oxGiNODis, Miq. /. c. 118. " Culmis majoribus 2 digitos crassis, internodiis 3^-4 

 ped. longis, externe pallidc vircnti])us, rugosisque, nodis inferioribus, ramulos 

 abortivos, breves, firmos, spinas menticntes et vulnerautes cmittcntibus, foliis 

 illis B. atrce sumlibus, sed glabrioribus nee hirtis, attamen scauris et rugosis, 

 floribus verticillatis ut in B. tenui." — Arundarbor spiculorum, s. Biiluluy, Rumph. 

 I. c. iv. 7. 



Hah. in Amboina, Manipc, ct Java, Rumph. 



•• Culmi vaUlc stolonifcri, crassum formant fniticem, cujus trnnci interni, majores, ultra 2 digitos crassi, 

 extcrni vero vix digiti minoris crassitic, tcnuiorcs ct glabriorcs. Tcxtura adco dura ut, si majori 

 cultro caedatur, ignis scintilla; exsiliant." 

 This is included in Loureiro's Arundo tabamria by Poiret, Schultes, and others, but, I 



think, erroneously; for Loureiro does not mention the spinous lower joints, and says that 



his plant is slender and scabrous all over. 



1.7. B. LTJMAMPAo, Blanco, /. c. 270. " Culmo ercclo, inermi, spiculis in spicam com- 

 po.sitam, interruptam confertis, fasciculib rotuiuiatis vol elongatis, ultra 50-spiculatis, 

 paleis vix ciliatis, stylo solitario, stigmatibus 2 brevissimis." — Steud. I. c. 331 ; 

 Miq. /. c. 421. 



Hal), in ins. Pbilipj)., BInnrn. 



Sticks from this plant are stated to be commonly sold at Manilla. 



