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Capitulum terininalc. Spicula f'crtilis 12-14 loiiga, c sterilibus loiigc exserta. Folia 



lanccolata ............. 2. C. pallidum. 



Capitulum tormiiiaii', inagnuni, 2 poll. diam. Spicula fl'rtilis /)rcrix,a slerUibu.i plc- 



rumquc sitpcratn. Folia lata, ovata . . . . . . . . 3. C. Utlifolium. 



Capitulum tcrmiualc, foliis suprcmis intus hirnutls condifnm. Spicula fcrtilis augusta 



(vix evoluta) . Folia oblougo-lanccolata . . . . . . . 4. C. Chapelicri. 



Species anomala. Glomeruli dcnsifloi'i, sccus ramos gracillinuis, mouilis more 



dissitae. Spicula fcrtilis dorso liirsutaj pedicello tcrmiuali loiigo . . .5. C. jm-yracile. 



1. C. CAPiTATTJM, Munro. Culmo subarborco, supcrne vagante, ramis laxis, gloraerulis 



densiiiovis, plerumque terminalibus, folio suffultis et longe supcratis ; in var. /3, 



raniulis inferioribus brevibus, aphyllis, glomerulos 2-3 superpositos ferentibus ; 



spicula fertili vix exserta, palea inferiore mucrone brevi vel arista apiculata, rudi- 



meuto terminali brevissimo, foliis lanceolatis, Bambusa capitata, "Wall, et Griif. 



in Wall. Cat. 8913 ! 



Hab. iu lud. or. moutibus, Kliasia, Churra, 4000 ped. s. m., Wallich ! et Griffith, 1078 ! 1392 ! (in lib. 



Griff.), Nunklow (" Sillee et Sullea"), no. 1813!; Sikkim! 4000-6000 ped., Myong Valle {" Pvong "), 



Hooker et Thomson. Var. /S, glomerulis basi apliyllis subspieatis, Churra ! v. s. 



" Culmus 12-30-pedalis, basi carpi diam., supra arbores pendens" [Hooker), ramis oligopbyllis, apiee ssepe 



capituliferis. Folia lanceolata, basi subrotvmdata, petiolata, apice setaceo-acumiuata, uti'inque 



glabra, margine aspera, 2^-7 poll, longa, ssepe 1 1 poll, lata, nervis secundariis subinconspicuis, venidis 



transversis sat crebris, subconspicuis. Vagince glabrae, nitidse, ore ciliis paucis caducis fimbriatae, 



ligula brevissima. Capitulum densiflorum, plerumque castaneo coloratum, 1-1^ poll, diametro, spiculis 



sterilibus et bracteis longe aristatis, earinis serratis numerosissimis, spiculis fertilibus paucis. Spicula 



fertilis 3-flora, flosculo inferiore acuto, secund fertili subrequilongo, palea inferiore bre^■imucronata, 



superiore subobtusa, sulco dorsali hirsute. Sguamulce 3, oblongEe, lanceolatieve, apice rotundatfc et 



breviter ciliatfe, supra medium 3-5-venosse. Stamina 6. Stj/lus longus, primum rostro inclusus 



demum exsertus, hirsutus, apice bifidus. Ovarium in rostrum longura, glabrum, subangulatum 



attenuatum. Fructus maturus nunquam v-isus. 



In var. |3, collected at Churra Pooujee in 1830, some of tlie branches are very short, 



without any leaves, and bear 2-3 heads of flowers one above the other. These heads are 



much smaller than usual, but appear to have more perfect flowers in proportion to thcii- 



size than the larger terminal head. 



2. C. PALLIDUM, Munro. Culmo subarboreo, ramis, interdum numerosissimis, ad 



nodes verticillatis, capitulis pallidis, terminalibus, vix densifloris, spicula fertili 

 ssepe pollicari et ultra, e reliquis sterilibus lo)ige exserta, paleis inferioribus longis- 

 sime vuccrouaiis, foliis lanceolatis, 1^-5 poll, longis. Bambusa, sp., Griff. Jour. 61. 

 Hah. in Ind. or. Mishmee ! Birmah, Patkaye ! 5000 ped. s. m. (" Bctee Bans " incolis), Griffith, v. s. 

 Culmus subarboreus vel fruticosus, ramis valde inaequalibus, plurimis apice capituliferis. Folia lauceo- 

 lata, plerumque brevia, 1-5 poll, longa, 5-10 lin. lata, basi rotundata, apice setaceo-acuminatissima 

 (seta, in foliis parvis, longitudine 5 laminre a;quantc), pallida, utrinque glabra, sed supra, altcrum 

 marginem versus, scaberrima, marginibus aspera. Vayinm glabrie, ore nuda;, vel interdum ciliis cito 

 caducis fimbriatie, ligula conspicua. Capitulum tcrmiualc, pallidum, vix deusiHorum. Spicula fer- 

 tilis e reliquis exserta, 12-14 lin. longa, 3-flora, flosculo inferiore unipaleacco, multinervi, apice mu- 



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