128 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



liu. lata, vcnulis transvcrsis inconspicuis, inferiora 10 poll, loiiga, If poll, lata, vciiulis transvcrsis 



couspicuis), basi subcordata, vcl in pctiolum hirsutiusculum atteuuata, margine scrrulato-scaberrima, 



supra glabra, scd uno latere tactu scabra, subtus pilis brevibus, sa^pe vix ron'<])ifnis jtubcsccTitia, vcl 



glabra, nervis sccuiulariis utrinque 5-10, plus minus conspicuis. Vugiinc inK idiim ^^hihi- c, iiit(i(liiii: 



liirsuta;, margine ciliatic, ore fimbriata;, ligula brevi, truncata. Inflores 



florum, in ramis tcrminalc, nunc "capittJis lateralibus supcrpositis, 



spicam vastam, interrupte verticillatam eflbrmantibus." SpicuUe, raro 



sissinuc, acutissiraaj, 12-20 lin. longtc, paleis imbricatissimis, ilosculis ii: 



similibus, gradatim incrcscentibus, mucronatis, liirsutis, flosculis (1-2, 



Icaccis, vel masculis, vol fcmincis, vel herniapliroditis. Palea inferior (fe 



subspinescens, perfecte convoluta ; superior vix bre\aor, in flosculis 



bicarinata, supcrne fimbriata, apicc hirsuta, bimucronata, in flosculo su 



vexa, 10-12-nervia, caryopsin arete iuvolvens. Stamina 6 monadelp 



longo hirsuto subnlatis. Stylus longus, liirtus, basi tandem articulatus 



sa;pc plieata, birtcUa divisus. Canjopsis angustissima, lineari-oblonga, 



fusco longitudinal! notata. 

 This fine distinct-looking Bamboo seems to have a wide range in- 

 l)oth tropics. Barter says that it was the only arboreal grass hd'E tkrr\.:k <„\ri.en at i.R.\>.riNoii\M ti, 

 Niger ICxpcdition), and that the stems were used to pole canoes > 



as shafts ibr spears. This species has a very diflerent appearance ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ way wc may >nci 

 the erenus ; but the structure of the spicule in all the species is ve mention the effect i)roduccd in tins nu 



^ placint; a number of pot V.nes by thej 



I low Yew hedge, and allowing ibc^ g 



1. O. xiGRO-ciLiATA, Munro. Cidmo cxcelso, internodiis floriferi coloured leaves to fail over t ^ < ."• 



The effect was truly superb. \aiiou 



glabris, ramis floriferis ad nodos fasciculatis, 3-pcdalibus et i ^^i^pics and Limes shine like respiem 

 longis, angustis, saepe curvatis, flosculo terminali tabescente col =" ''"« '""'^■. ^"'' f^'?,',i"^rccs 'or c 



o ' o ' i _ .jlone the heritage ol exotic irccs 



inferiore acuminata, apice nervosa, margine pilis sat longis, w bought with a price -, our n""\^ *" 

 l)riata, foliis basi in.Tqualibus, subtus pubescentibus vel d« ^'^"'■'' J"''|"^y^ ^° ^"^et "^that this bri^ 

 hicia nigro-ciliota, Biise in PI. Jungh. i. 389; Miq. I. c. 416; "hirbeauty is but the forerunner of th. 



B. bitung, Hassk. PI. Jav. rar. 42, Sed vix Schult. B. yracil '""i^°en" ou°r weeds this year seem bur 

 5033' ' fiery colour. Amid a heap oflcaves of 



^^"^^ ■ American Oaks, of Rhus, and I-.qu>dai 



Hah. in Ind. or. Tenasserim, Heifer, 28.") ! 31-1 ! ; Martaban, Meaonng ! Kogun ! 

 Chai)padong ct Amherst, Wallich, 5033 ! ; ilovilraein, Falconer, 18 ! (1 

 Chittagong, Jones ! ; Madras, Cauara, Mercara, Hohenacker, 527 ! ; ins. An 

 .Java, Zollinr/i-rl Junyhuhn, ("Lengha" incolis) Horsfield\ v. s. 



Cnlmiis .30— 10-pcdalis (Heifer), pulcbre striatus [Wallicli), internodia florifera ti 

 vel etiam 12-15 poll, longa, 1 j-2 poll, lata, lanceolata, basi rotundata, injcqui 



apicc rostrato-acuminata, supra glabra, sed uno latere scabra, subtus pallidiora, pubescentia, vcl 

 dcmum glabra, nervis sccundariis, utrinque 8-10-12, mediocritcr conspicuis. Vayina, infra pcti- 

 olum, abniptc truncatae, margine fimbriatje vcl glabrae, dorso superne plcrumque glabrae, interdum 

 pilis albis vcl nigris adprcssis hirsutse, ligula subelongata vel brevi. Panicula maxima, decomposita, 

 internodiis inferioribus glabris, fistulosis, ramis compositis, longis, ramulis gracilibus, interdum 2- 

 pedalibus, ultimis vcrticillato-spicatis, ajiicc interdum foliatis, spiculis in verticillis i-l|-2^ poll, 

 distantibus, vel paucis vcl nuraerosis, ramulorum internodiis inferioribus glabris, supcrioi'ibus vcl 

 glabris vel, supremis prajcipuc, liirsutis. Spiciila cylindrica, angusta, 5-6-7-flora, flosculis 2-3 

 inferioribus 1-paleaccis, tunc 1-2-3 bipaleaceis, terminali 1-paleacco, conspicuo, exscrto. Palea in- 

 ferior (fertilis) saepe dorso pubcsccns (interdum pili nigri sparsi adsiuit), basi mcniljraiiaeoa, apice 



