118 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF TIIF, HAMBUSACE.^;. 



Hab. ill India oriciitali, in sicciorihus irro nl)i(|n(', Honf^alia, licliar, J)un\vali J'ass, no. 8'J(), I'anclia- 

 (hirina !, Hooker; Hurdwar, Wall. Cat. 15038 n ! ; Seharuiipoor, ]Vatson\; Himalaya, Griffith] 

 Madden \; Kalccdon^jpc, 311 ! 372! ("Kussub"), Royle ; Kalka ! Thomson; Kumtum, Sir achey\; 

 Mussooree ! Dchra Dlioon (var. antheris longe mucronatis), Falconer; Chumba, 200!, Pinwell; 

 Punjab, Aitchemii\ ; Banda, Edgeworlh; Nagpore ! (Cent. Ind.), Madras, Dr. Shiiterl 208; 

 1798! 3315! ;H18! 3119!, Wight; Vizagapatam, jRu.we// ; montibus Nilagiri, St7»/j«rf/, G. Thorn- 

 .1011 \ U'if/htl; Mnmhny, Dalzelll ; Concnw \, Stock.f ; Bclgaum (" Chouga "), 821 ! Ritchie; Burmali, 

 //'«//. Cat. 5037 ! var. vagiiiis viscosis ; Tenasserim, 20 ! Falconer ! M'Clellund ! (" Minwa"), no. 18 ! 

 Braiidis; Singapore! Montgomerie, var. verticillis maxim'is; Java, Junghuhn. v. s. 



CiilmiiK stepc incrniis, nunc sufTruticosus, nunc subai'borcus, nunc arboreus clatus, " 8-10-pcdalis in Bc- 

 liar " {Hooker) ; " in collibus40-, in vallibus 100-" (Brandis) ; " dense caespitosus, basi ramis fascicu- 

 latis, horizontalibus, rigidis, sxpe spincseenti-ramosis, interdum foliigeris tectus " (Brandis) ; spatbis 

 striatis, flavis, intus lajvissimis, 8-10 poll, longis, apiculo adpresso, glabro. Internodia Sicpe pcdalia, 

 plpruniquc glabra, fere solida. Folia lanceolata, basi rotundata, vcl raro attenuata, brcvipetiolata, 

 apice tcnuissiiue acuminata, 14-10-12 ])oll. longa, 0-12-18 lin. lata, supra uspera ct interdum hir- 

 suta, subtus liirsuta vcl tandem glabroseentia. Vagince plerumque hirsuta;, nunc vi.^cld(e, nunc 

 glabne, ore ciliis paucis, cito caducis fimbriat;e, ligula brcvi, producta, truncata. Punicula raraosa, 

 ramis teretibus simplicibus, clongatis, nunquani pendidis, glomerulis spicularum ssepe densissimis, 

 4-1-2 poll. diam. Spicula ovata vel oblouga, 3-9 lin. longa, saepe acutissima, floseulis 1-2 infcri- 

 oribus 1 -palcaceis, 2-3 supcrioribus bipaleaceis. P«7e« inferior (fertilis) ventricosa, subcoriacea, dorso 

 liirsuta vel pubeseens, apice spinoso-pungente subulata; superior angustior, obtusa, pubescens, 

 inter carinas ciliolatas 2-1-nervia, (in flosculo supremo) dorso eonvexa, ccarinata. Stamina 6 (in flos- 

 eulis quibnsdam, sed raro, 3 rigidiora et mutila), eonnectivo in conum brevem, rarissime elongatum 

 et mueronatum produeto. Stylus longus, piiis liirsutus, apice bifidus. Ovarium rostratum, apice 

 hirsutum, rostro subpyramidali. Fructiui bacciformis, 3-1 lin. longus, ovatus, rostratus, rostro per- 

 sistente, apice infra rostrum subliirsutus. 



This very useful aud strong Baml)00 is gcucrally known to Euro])eans throughout 

 India as the male Eamboo, and is universally used for spear-stafTs. It is extremely 

 variable in the size of its foliage. The plant flowers frequently, if not every year, and 

 does not die down after flowering, as is the case with so many Bamboos. 



2. U. SERICKUS, Munro. Culmo subarboreo, panicuke ramis ultimis validis, internodiis 

 glabris, vcl ajjice hirsutiusculis, verticillis vi.x 1 poll, diam., spiculis 3-5 lin. longis, 

 palea inforiore dorso ct margine pilis sithbjil basis, densis, serlcc/s harhala, mucronata 

 sed vix spinosa, foliis lineari- vel oblongo-lanccolatis. 



Ildb. in Ind. or. Bengalia, Behar, monte Parasnatli, 4000 ped. s. m., Thomson \ Hooker \ (folia tan- 

 tiim). v. s. 



Cnlmus ut in D. stricto, spatbis striatis, margine longe fimbriatis, apices versus jiilis bulbosis liirsutis, 

 apiculo brevi, triangulari, acuto. Folia 5-15 poll, longa, 6-9 lin. lata, sicpc longe petiolata, utrinque 

 vcl subtus tantiim liirsuta, cjcteroqnin ut in D. stricto. Vagina striata, margine fimbriatie, lateribus 

 sjepe dense pilis glandulosis liirsuta^, ore sparse et caducc fimbriat.e, ligula dorso liirsuta, plerumque 

 filiata. Panicula ramis solidis, glabris, ramulorum internodiis sa;pc striatis, non nitidis, et interdum 

 supernc hirsutiusculis, verticillis globosis, densifloris. Spicula brevis, plerumque 3 lin. longa, nunc 

 obtusa, nunc acuta, 5-flora, struetura D. stricti. Palea inferior (fertilis) apice cucullata et mucro- 

 nata, vel, in eodem vcrtieillo, obtusa, dorso basi undo, supcrne scrieco-tomentosa ; superior carina 



