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Ciilmi iiitcmodia snperiora, 4-2i poll, loiifja, iiitida, glahciTinia, ramis siiii])licil)ns vcl rai'O conipositis, 

 valde iufequalibus. Folia lineari-lanccolata, plcrumqiu; 4-5 poll, longa, sub G lin. lata, basi rotiiu- 

 data et petiolata, apice seta longa, scabra acuniinatissima, ntriiique glabra, scd supra uiio latere 

 marginibusque scabra. Vuginm glabra;, ore ciliata;, ligiila brevissima. Panicula apice verticillato- 

 spicata, nunc 1-2 nunc 4-5 poll, longa, rhaclii glabra, vcrticillis s.epc iml)ricatis, nunc basi nuda 

 nunc foliata, in his spiculse omnes sterilcs, tametsi genitalia adsint. Spicula fcrtiks, ad eundem 

 iiodum culmi, in ramis brevissimis, 1-1^ poll, longis, subsolitariie. Sjncula stcrilis cyXmArica, sub 9 

 lin. longa; frvctifera conieo-ovata, 12-14 lin. longa, 3-4-flora, flosculis 1-2 infcrioribus unipaleaceis, 

 sterilibus, supremo vcl rarissime 2 hermapliroditis, tenninali tabescente nullo. Palea multinervije, 

 . glabree, vel hirsutiusculae, membranacese, inferiores subito mucronata; ; superior subobtusa. Squamulai 

 plurimfe, angusta;, apice fimbriatae. Stamina plurima, 15-18, basi libera, anthcris vel longe vel 

 breviter apiculatis. Stylus longus, apice 3-4-fidus, stigmatibus phimosis. Fni.ctu.<i oblongus, apice 

 longissimc rostratus, rostro incluso 20 lin. longus. 



This has a more delicate habit of growth than the succeeding species, and has very 

 much the appearance in foliage of some of the Arundinarias. The general character of 

 the plant is extremely well represented in Rheede's drawing. 



2. B. STRIDTJLA, Munro. Culmo fruticoso, panicula in ramis foliiferis terminali, laxe spi- 



cata, rhachi hirsute/., spiculis sterilibus et fructiferis in eodem glomerulo aggregatis, 

 antheris apice mucronulatis, foliis majusculis. — OcJdaiidra strklula, Thw. /. c. 376. 

 Bamhtisa strklula, Moon's Cat. p. 20, teste Thw. 



//«6. in Ceylon, 1044 ! Gardner, Macrae, 4,2 \ ^fatter, 1315 ! Wight , Thomson \ ; Ratnapoora (" Batta- 

 gass") 241 ! Thwaites; Ind. or. Bombay, Kala Nuddi, 875 ! Ritchie (folia), v. s. 



" Friitex, culmis suberectis, confertis, internodiis ssepe scabris." Folia late lanceolata, 8-10-12 poll, 

 longa, I4-II poll, lata, basi rotundata, vel attenuata in petiolum fuscum, apice setaceo-acuminata, 

 utrinque glabra sed a.spera. Vagina plus minus liirsutse, vel tandem glabrescentes, margine ciliatie, ore 

 saepe biaurieulatse, et ciliis pallidis longis caducis vel persistentibus fimbriatae, ligula brevi, truncata. 

 Panicula terminalis, verticillato-spicata, 1-3-pedalis, spiculis in glomerulos parvos, subdistantes ag- 

 gregatis. Spicula fertilis eylindrica, subpoUicaris, acuta, 3-5 -flora, flosculis 1-2 infcrioribus ghimis 

 similibus, sed longioribus, multinerviis, margine fimbriatis, apice mucronatis, penultimo fertili, pedi- 

 cello rudimentario minimo vel fere obsoleto. Palea inferior (fertilis) 12-14 lin. longa, basi eximie 

 membranacea, acuta, glabra, ssepe superne fusca, 30-nervia; superior subaequilouga, obtusa, dorso 

 eonvexa, fere 18-nervia. SquamulcB 6-9 vel forsan plures, lanccolatae, 1-5-7-nerviae. Stamina 

 nmnerosa (7-30), antheris utrinque bifidis, apice mucronulatis. Stylus longiusculus, rostro inclusus, 

 in stigmata 4^5 brevissima plumosa divisus. Fructus ovoideus, stylo pcrsistente indnrato acuminatus, 

 paleis squamulisque stipatus, rostro incluso H-2 poll, longus. 



Thwaites says this is common in the warm and moistcr parts of Ceylon, and very abun- 

 dant in the Saffragan district. The leaves make an excellent thatch. 



3. B. CAPITATA, Munro. " Culmo arhoreo, 50-pedali," spiculis fcrtilil)us apice ramu- 



lorum capitato-congestis. sterilibus luulto minoribus in fasciculis iuterrupte subpa- 

 niculato-spicatis, vel in fasciculis brevibus termiualibus, spicula fertili 10 lin. louga, 

 palea superiore apice bifida, foliis lineari-oblongis. — Na^tus capitatus, Kunth, 

 Gram. i. 325, t. 75 ! Euum. 430, Sui)pl. 355 ; Rupr. /. c. 133, tab. xvi. f. 13 ; Stead. 

 I. c. 333. Bambusa capitata, Willd. hb. 7013, teste Triu. 

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