120 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



in ciipitula vcrticillata per iiiterstitia distinctus; quivis verticillus conipositus est ex diversis apicibus 

 et acutis capitulis instar avcnse obtusse, crectis, in culmi summo semper frequentioribus." — Rumph. 

 Kunth includes this as a synonym of B. verticillata, Blume {Gigantochloa verticil- 

 Idta, ]\[unro) ; and Loureiro considers it to 1)C his Arundo multiplex (B. multiplex, Poir.) ; 

 but it appears to me to l)e very doubtful wliother it really belongs to cither species, being 

 distinguished from the first by its shorter and much softer stem, and from the last by the 

 size of its leaves. B. Beeeheyana bears a greater resemblance to Rumphius's drawing 

 than G. verticillata does. 



Bambuace minus notce, steriles, foliiferce tantum. 



53. B. AMAUUSSANA, Liudl. /. c. no. 25. " Culmo pollicem crasso, adeoque duro ac Arun- 

 darbor spiiiosa, vix recto, internodiis brevibus, spathis pilosis et rugosis, foliis 

 instar Lclebcc vel paulo latioribus, exceptis inferioribus quae minora sunt, tenuia, 

 glabra nee pilosa." — Leleba amahussana, Rumph. /. c ; Rcem. et Sch. /. c. 134() ; 

 Rupr. I. c. 146. 



Hab. in Amboina ad pagum Amahussa, Manipa, Rumphius. 



Rumphius adds that the wood of this is very thick, and that the Chinese use the leaves 

 for packing their rice in. 



54. B. ARisTATA, Lodd., Liudl. /. c. no. IG. " Culmo tenui, glabro, inermi, nodis primum 

 farinosis, foliis glaberrimis, basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, vaginis pubescen- 



tibus, fimbriatis, ligulis ciliis longis, validis fimbriatis." 

 Hab. in Ind. or., Linilley. 



55. B. .VTRA, Lindl. /. c. no. 22. " Culmo ex nigro viridi usque ad verticem, internodiis 

 ad summum 23 poll, [an pedes ?] longis, foliis 13-16 poll, longis, 2-3i poll, latis, 

 raaxime siuuosis et nercosis, superne ex vii-idi nigricantil)us, inferne griseis. Sub- 

 stantia lignosa, non torqueri potest, Lelebce albce {B. tenuis) instar, sed frangitiir et 

 facile finditur." — Leleba nigra, Rumph. I. c. ; Rcem. et Sch. I. c. ; Rupr. I. c. 145. 



Hah. in Amljoiiia, Rumji/iius. 



56. B. 15LANC01, Steud. I. c. 331. " Culmo inermi, foliis ensiformibus, utrinque rigide 

 breviterquo pilosis, margine miuutissinie serratis, petiolis per totam longitudineni 

 pilosis." — Miq. /. c. 421. B. mitis, Blanco, I. c., non aliorum. 



Hab. in ins. Philipp., Blanco. 



57. B. FERA, ^Miq. /. c. 418. " Culmis usque 30-pedalibus, superne nutantibus, inermibus ; 



ad nodis ssepe curvatis, internodiis ad nodes 1)revisulcatis, l-l|-pedalibus, foliis 

 6-10 poll, longis, digitum latis, glabris, viridibus, subtiliter striatis." — Arundarbor 

 feroi species prima s. Bulu Stcaiiffi, Rumph. I. c. iv. 16, tab. iv. (folia tantum depicta) ; 

 " anne B. vulgaris ? " (Miq.). 

 Hub. in Amboina, Rumphius. 



