121- COLONEL MUNRO'S MOXOGRAril OF THE BAMBUSACE/E. 



Gramina arborca in insulis Javaet Malacca crcsccntia. Inflorcscentia panicula composita vel ilccom- 



posita, culmo vel rarais terminalis, ramulis faliifcris iiitcrmixtis, spiculis in vcrticillis nunc plurimis, 



nunc paucis, vel ctiam solitariis, primum bractea longa, apicc foliacea, interdum diutius persistcntc 



stipatis. 



This genus can only hi) said to differ essentially from Bamhnsa in having the filaments 



of the stamens united into a delicate monadelphous tube. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Spicula; homoraorphsc, 3—4 lin. longjc. Panicula supra dccomposita. Folia 



basi attenuata, pctiolo glabra. Vagina; subglabroe 1. G. verticillata. 



Spicula; homomoqjhjc, 1—6 lin. longae. Panicula bis composita. Folia basi rotun- 



data, pctiolo liirsuto. Vaginjc hirsutie . . . . . . . 2. G. utter. 



Spicule dimorphic, fcrtilcs comprcsste, 12-15 lin. longa; 3. G. Iietcrostachya. 



1. G. VERTICILLATA, Munro. Culmo arborco, cxcelso, internodiis apice glabris vel scabris, 

 i-aro primum farina cito decidua tcctis, panicula supra decomposita, ramis interdum 

 longissimis, foliis I)asi attenuatis, plerumque glabris, subtus glaucescentibus, nervis 

 secundariis vix conspicuis, vaginis plerumque glabris. — G. maxima, Kurz, in herb. 

 Bamhvsa verticillata, Willd. Spec. ii. 245 (1797) (exel. sjti. Lour, et Rumph.), teste 

 hb. Willd. no. 7007 ! ; lloem. et Sch. I. c. 13 10, sub obs. 2 ad spec, c Blume ; Hassk. 

 PI. Jav. rar. 40, non Rupr. ncc Nees. B. jjseudoarundinacea, Steud. /. c. 330. 

 Ba7nbu8acea, no. 17, Miq. I. c. 420, forsan Arundarbor maxima, Rumph. /. c. iv. 

 12^B. excelsa, Miq. I. c. 418. 



Hub. in Java, hb. Willd. 7007 ! herb. Mm. Brit. ! a Thunberg ("Tring atcr" incoli.s), Horsfield\ no. 647 ! 

 3479, Zollinger; Buitcnzorg (" Andoong Kckcns "), var. /3. minor (Kurz) (internodiis hirsutioribus, 

 verticillis majoribus, rhachi fistulosa) ; liort. Bogor. (" Andong Kitzil " !) (" Audong Bczaar"!), 

 Kurz. V. s. 



Culmus elatus, " 80-100-pedalis, ad vcrticem nscjuc simplicissimns, ramulis tcrminalibus paucissimis " 

 (si Arundarbor maxima, Humph., cadcm est). (In spcciminibus visis) internodiis floralibus 3-6 poll, 

 longis, plerumque subsolidis, glabris, raro in var. jS sti'ialis ct fistulosis, interdum apice farina albida 

 cito caduca tectis. Folia plcrumcpic 7-13 poll, longa, |-1| poll, lata, minora 3-1 poll, longa, 6-8 lin. 

 lata, lanceolata, acuminata, basi attenuata m petiolum glabram, \'i\ longum, marginc argute scrrata, 

 supra glabra, sed uno latere scabra, subtus glaucesccntia, in junioribus hirsuta, in vetustioribus glabra, 

 sed interdum costam versus pilis paucis stipitatis subliirsuta. Vagime ore truncata;, primum sca- 

 briuscuhe, demum glabra;, marginc vel glabrae vel raro (in ZoU. 647) ciliatje, ore nuda;, ligula ab- 

 bre^iata, truncata, apicc ciliata. Panicula supra dccomposita, ramis plerumque ramnlosis, rhachi 

 plcrumcpic glabra, subsolida, ramis vel ramiJis ultimis tcnuibus, sicpc bipcdalibus ct ultra, horum 

 internodiis superioribus uno latere sulcatis ct hirsutis, spiculis per intcrstitia J-l-3-pollicaria ver- 

 ticillato-glomcratis, " sj)iculis nunc paucis 2— l, quin hinc indc solitariis, bractcis longissimis apice 

 foliaceis stipatis, nunc plurimis, 12-30, aggrcgatis." (Steud.). Spicula raro ultra 4 lin. longa, ovata, 

 subacuta, sub-6-flora, flosculis 2-4 perfcctis, rhacliilla obsolcta, flosculis inferioribus unipalcaccis, 

 brevioribus, marginc minute ciliatis, superioribus sensim longioribus, sed angustioribus, longius 

 ciliatis. Palea inferior multincrvosa, apicc breviter mucronato-acuta ; superior subbrevior, angustior, 

 inter carinas pilis sat longis ciliata, 3— 1— G-nervia, apice interdum bimucronata. Squamula; varia- 

 biles, lanceolata;, apicc fimbriatic, 3 plcninKiuc in flosculo supremo fcrtili tantum \\sx, m flosculis 



