13G COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE HAMRUSACE^. 



1. S. PAUVIFOLIUM, ^Munro. Culuio sullruticoso, rarais foliileris soepc apicc florifcris, ad 



nodos su'pe numerosissirais, panicula angusta, fasciculis approximatis, irabricatis, 

 ilosculo fertili bipaleuceo, foliis parvis, angustis, subtus hirsutis, vaginis miro modo 

 utrinquc aur'iculatis, auriculis longe fimbriatis. 



Hah. in Madag.oscar, Nossi-bd, no. 1978 ! ties Coniorcs, Mayotta, no. 3030 ! Boivin in herb. Mus. Paris, 

 no. 74 ! Gcrrard. v. s. 



Culmus 8-10-pcdalis (Gerrard), internodiis infurioribiis 9 poll, longis, 3 lin. diam., glabrisj apicc tcnuis- 

 simu.s, filiformis, ramis brcvibxis. Folia lineari-lanceolata, l-3i poll, longa, 3-5 lin. lata, basi 

 attcnuata, vix petiolata, apicc mucronata, .supra glabra, vcl raro hirsutiuscula, snbtus pilis sat longis 

 liirsuta, vcl raro glabra, ncrvis sccundariis ntrinquc 2-3. Vagince primum hirsutiuscula;, demum 

 glabrae, iitroque latere auriculatai, auriculis linearibus, pcdatis, elongatis, interdum apicem versus ra- 

 mosis, et ciliis longis subfuscis fimbriatis. Panicula subsimplex, fasciculis paucifloris, subspicatis. 

 Sjncula elongata (uondum evoluta), liosculis omnibus imbricatissimis, 2-3 inferioribus sterilibus, 

 pcnultimo bipalcaceo, liermapbrodito, termiuali tabescente brcvissimo, glumis nunc glabris, nunc 

 longe fimbriatis. Palea inferior convoluta, 7-9-nervia, acuminata; superior multo brevior, apice 

 bifida. Genitalia immatura. Stamina 6. Sfyliis apice 3-fidus. 

 Tlio remarkable auricles of tlic vaginoe and very small leaves distiuguisli this from the 



remainder of the genus. In inilorescencc it is very similar to the next species. 



2. S. DTJMETOBUM, Munro in Seem. Bot. Her. 424. Culmo 4-G-pcdali, panicula ramis 



terminal!, fasciculato-spicata, fasciculis 1-4 poll, distantibus, inferioribus interdvun 

 proliferis, spiculis gracilibus, cylindricis, flosculo uno fertili, 1-paleaceo, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis, supra scal)ris, subtus ylabtis. — Benth. Fl. Hongk. 435. Jiarabusa dmne- 

 torwni, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 781 ; Steud. /. c. 331. 



Hah. in China, no. IGl ! Fortune; Hongkong, Seemann ! 255 ! ll'i/ford, Hance. v. s. 



Culmus frutcscen.s, 4r-6-pedalis, multicaulis, tenuis, inermis, lajvis. Folia lanceolata, petiolata, apice 

 mucronata, basi rotundata, 3-6 poll, longa, 1—12 lin. lata, ncrvis secundariis utrinque 1—5. Vagina 

 glabra, ore ciliis subrigidis deciduis fimbriatae. Panicula, in ramis fasciculatis 3-0-12 poll, longis, 

 plerumque terminalis, adjccto interdum ad nodum "fascicule spicularum dense congcstarum." 

 Spicula 3-6, faseiculata;, attcuuataj, divaricatse, ^-1 poll, longaj, flosculis 3—1 inferioribus sterilibus, 

 imbricatis, gradatim increscentibus, terminali fertili unipaleaceo, genitalia arete involvente. Sta- 

 mina 6. Stylus longus, rostro ovarii (longo, angulato) inclusus, apice in stigmata 3 brevissinia 

 divisus. Ovarium (immaturum) longissime rostratum. 



3. S. Blumei, Nees ab Esen. in Agrost. Bras. 535. Culmo arborescentc, panicula com- 



posita, ramis elongatis, approximatis, simplicibus, spiculis in glomerulos secus ramos 

 dissitos congcstis, cylindricis, acutissimis, palea supcriorc subobsoleta, foliis latis, 

 pUcatis, sublonge petiolatis. — Room, et Sch. I. c. 1355 ; Kunth, Enum. 435 ; Rupr. 

 I. c. 133, t. xvi. (xvii. f, 44), analysis ojjtima ; Steud. I. c. 332 ; Miq. I. c. 424, excl. syn. 

 plur. 



Hah. in .Java, lilume. Vidi spec, in lib. Wight sine loco indicato. 



Culmus arborcus. Folia (in spec, visis) floralia, 9-10 poll, longa, lJ-1^ poll, lata, lanceolata, basi 

 rotundata, longe petiolata, utrintpic scabra, apice rostrato-acuminatissima, margine aspera, ncrvis 

 secundariis utrinque 9-ll,i)lus minus conspicuis. Fff//?W(S inferno Tiitidre, supcrne sulcato-striatae, 

 et inter strias stepc hispido-scabraj, ore ciliis cito caduci.s finibriatic, ligula brcn, truncata, saepe 

 apice fimbriata. Panicula ramulis (basi foliifcris) tenninalis, 10-1 1 poll, longa, ramosa, inteniodiis 



