140 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF Till': BAMnUSACE^. 



crone, 3 liii. lougo, aciimiiiato, scciiiido fcrtili pollicari, |):ilca iiifcriore iicrvoso-striata, longe 

 mucroiiata, superiorc longiorc, tcniiimcmbranaccaj multincrvi, nisi sulco hirsuto giaberrima, 

 genitalia involventc. Squamulte angusta;, lanceolatae, 5 lin. lougae, apicc brevissime ciliat:e. Ovarium 

 basi attcnuatum, longc rostratum, rostro glabra incluso 12-13 lin. longum. Stylus brcvitcr exsertus 

 ct cito 2-fi(lus. Fructus non visus. 



This may i)robal)ly be a more perfect state of C. capitatum, but it has a different 

 appearance. The heads of flowers are of a much paler colour, and the fertile flower is 

 very much longer. Griffith says that he found it commonly on the summit of the Patkaye 

 range, on his journey from Naga to llookhoom, and that it descended to a considerable 

 distance on the southern side. 



3. C. LATIFOLIUM, ^Muui'o. Culnio su1)arboreo ?, nodis sa^pe hirsutis, capitulo fusco, 



magno, 2 poll, ot ultra dianictro, spicula fertili 6-7 lin. louga, mm e spiculis steri- 

 libus numerosissimis exserta, foliis ovatls, 2j poll, latis, ligula elonyata. 



Hub. in Ind. or. ]5ootan, no. 4 ! 2682 ! Griffith, v. s. 



Folia latissima ovata, vol ovato-lanceolata, maxima G-9 poll, longa ct fere 3 poll, lata, basi rotundata, 

 apicc setacco-acuminata, petiolata, pctiolo utrinque transverse rugoso, flavesceute, utrinquc glabra, 

 nerv'is sccuiulariis, interdum ntroquc latere 18, conspicuis. Vaghue superue striatic, medio scabro- 

 hirsutte, fovea apicali magna, emarginata, ligula interdum valde elongata. Capitulum densissimum, 

 terminale. Spicula fertilis G-7 lin. longa, paleis geuitalibusque iis C.pallidi similibus, sed fere duplo 

 brevioribus. Fructus maturus glabcrrimus, basi stipitatus, medio ovoideus, apice rostratus, cum 

 rostro sub G lin. longus. 



The foliage and ligulcs, combined with the smaller-sized fertile spicultc, appear to keep 

 this distinct from the two jircceding species. 



4. C. Chapelieri, Munro. Culmo tenui, scandente, nodis rugosissimis, capitulo ter- 



minali, foliis supremis intus hirsutis condito, spiculis fertilibus angustis, 5-6 lin. 

 longis (vix maturis ?), foliis oblongo-lanccolatis, subtus linea obliqua tranvcrsali 

 notatis. 



Halj. in Madagascar! C/iapclier in herb. jVIus. Paris, v. s. 



Culmus seandens, internodiis superioribus 2 poll, longis, scabris et scabro-hirsutis, ramis ad nodos bian- 

 nulatos rugosos paueis, genieulatis, apice florifcris, J-1 ped. longis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 coriaeca, basi vix attenuata, nitida, 2— i^ poll, longa, G-9 lin. lata, supra, nisi in foliis supremis iuvo- 

 lucrantibus, glabra, subtus, more insolito, lineis 1-2 hirsutis obliquis notata, marginc serrata, 

 nervis secuudaiiis utroque latere 5-G, cum venulis transversis conspicuis. VagincB striatae, mar- 

 ginibus dense fimbriata;, ore aurieulatae, auriculis cito caducis, vix longis, ciliis etiam caducis fim- 

 briatis. Capitulum multiflorum, breve, conditum, spiculis fertilibus 6 lin. longis, cum spiculis in- 

 completis, subulatis, hirsutissimis, numcrosis mixtis. Spicula (vix evoluta), 4-flora, floseulis 2 infe- 

 rioribus unii)aleaccis,7-l 1-nervibus, apice in subulam hirsutam attenuatis, tertio fertili, biiialeaceo, ter- 

 minali brcvissimo, rudimcntario. Paleu inferior (fertilis) membranacea, brcvimueronata, 5-7-ucrvis ; 

 superior couvoluta, membranacea, apice bifida, acuminibus hirsutis, dorso canaliculata. Stamina 6, 

 antherarum connectivo subclongato. Squamula: fere obsolete, inconspicua. Stylus basi rostro 

 ovarii inclusus, apicc trifidus. Stigmata pulchre pinaata. Ovarium (immaturum) rostratum. 



I have, through the kindness of M. Brongniart, been permitted, to examine the spe- 

 cimen of this grass belonging to the Paris Museum, and have no doubt of its belonging 



