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COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



2s. dd. each, for forcing and planting. 



liii. lata, vcnulis transvcrsis incoiispicuis, iuforiora 10 poll. Ion;' 

 coiispiciiis), basi suljcordtita, vcl in pctiolum liirsutiusculum atti 

 supra glabra, sccl uuo latere tactu seabra, subtus pilis brevibus 

 glabra, nervis sccuudariis utrinque 5-10, plus minus couspicuis 

 liirsutfc, marginc ciliatse, ore fimbriatic, ligula brevi, truncata. 

 floruui, in ramis tcrmiuale, nunc "capitiilis latcralibus supc 

 spicam vastam, iuterruptc vcrticillatam cfFormantibus." Spici 

 sissiniic, acutissimje, 12-20 lin. longic, paleis imbricatissimis, flc 

 similibus, gradatim incresccntibiis, raucronatis, birsutis, flosculi 

 Icaccis, vcl maseulis, vcl femincis, vel bcrmapbroditis. Palea inl 

 >ubs|)incsccns, perfcctc couvoluta ; superior vix brevior, in i 

 bicarinata, supcrne fimbriata, apicc birsuta, biraucronata, in flc 

 vc^a, 10-12-nervia, caryopsin arete involvens. Stamina 6 n 

 longo hirsute subulatis. Stylus longus, hirtus, basi tandem ai 

 sicpe plicata, hirtclla divisus. Caryopsis angustissima, lineari-( 

 fusco longitudinali notata. 

 This fine distinct-looking Baml)oo seems to have a wide 

 lioth tropics. Barter says that it was the only arboreal 

 Niger Exiiedition), and that the stems were used to pol 

 as shafts for spears. This species has a very different ap 

 the genus ; but the structure of the spiculie in all the spec 



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(the Bermuda Easter Lily), 



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 IS so full of vitality that several and continued gro^Mhs l( 

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2. O. XIGRO-CILIATA, Munro. Culmo excelso, internodii 



glal)ris, ramis floriferis ad nodos fasciculatis, 3-peds 



longis, angustis, sacpe curvatis, flosculo terminali tabe 



inferiore acuminata, apice nervosa, margine pilis sat 



l)riata, foliis basi infequalibus, subtus pubescentibi 



bma nigro-ciliata, Bi'isc in PL Jungh. i. 389; Miq. 

 . B. bitung, Hassk. PI. Jav. rar. 42, scd vix Schult. 



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 Hah. in Ind. or. Tenasserim, Iklfer, 285 ! 311 ! ; Martaban, Meaoun' 



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 Culmiis 30-10-i)cdalis [Heifer), pulchre striatus [IVaUich), internodii 



vel etiam 12-15 poll, longa, l.]-2 poll, lata, lanceolata, basi rotuni 



apice rostrato-aeuminata, supra glalira, sed uno latere seabra. 



dcmum glabra, nervis secuiulariis, utrincpie 8-10-12, medioerit 



olum, abruptc truncatic, margine fimbriatic vel glabne, dorso s' 



pilis albis vel nigris adpressis hirsutjc, ligula subclongata vcl brc 



internodiis inferioribus glabris, fistulosis, ramis compositis. Ion 



])cdalibus, ultimis vcrticillato-spicatis, apice interdum foliatis, 



distantibus, vel paucis vel nuraerosis, ramulorum internodiis inl 



glabris vel, supremis priEcipuc, liirsutis. Spicula eylindriea, a 



inferioribus 1-palcaccis, tunc 1-2-3 bijialcaeeis, terminali 1-paleaeco, conspicuo, cxscno. raiea in- 

 ferior (fcrtilis) siepc dor.<o pubesccns (interdum [lili nigri sparsi adsunt), basi mcmbranacea, apicc 



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