150 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



The loaves attached to Lo1)l)'s specimens are very diirercnt from the mature ones attached to 

 Vv'allich's 7>{)-2'.), bill lliey may i)ossn)ly l)e young leaves from a young shoot. 



.'). D. FLAGKLMFKU, ^[iiiiio. CiiliHO arl)oreo, paniciiUe ramis elongatis, 2-3-podalibus 

 ct ultra, tenuibus, pcndidis, internodiis uno latere sulcatis et hirsutis, spicula 

 brcvi, palea iufcriore margine fimhriata, mucronata, foliis latis. — Bambusu Jlagel- 

 lifera, Griffith, MS. in herl). ; forsan B. b'Umig, Roem. et Sch. I. c. 1354, et supra, 

 p. 112. Schizostachyitm lorifunne, Munro, in hb. T. C. D. 

 Hub. in Malacca, Griffith, v. s. 



Ciiliiiiis clatus, iiitprnodiisjuiiioribus apiir fariiiosis, ranuis foliifcr tcrmiiialis (1 tantum adcst) 2^ pcd. 

 longus, axillis rainos tlorifcros nonduni cvolutos fereutibus. Folia majora 1()-12 poll, longa, 

 2-2i poll, lata, supra glal)ra, nisi medio, prscscrtim basin versus, ubi denticulis parvis scaberrima, 

 subtus tactu aspera et prorainentiis minutis scabriuscula, ad costain pilis longis, intcrdum basin 

 versus hirsuta, margine serrato-scabcrrima, basi attcnuata in petiolum ssepc scabro-hirsutum, apiee 

 longe acuminata, nervis sccundariis utrinque 11-13, conspicuis. VagincB striatje, medio pilis ad- 

 pressis, albidis hirsutse, superno glabrie, apice truncatse, ore nudae, margine uno fimbriataj, ligula 

 brevi, conspicua, truncata. Panicula ampla, internodiis plcrumque apiee scaberrimis, ramulis ad 

 nodos numerosis, elongatis, flagelliformibus, ■^etiAwWs,, filiformibus sed validis, verticillis distantibus, 

 vix 5 lin. diametro, internodiis omnibus uno latere hirsutis. Spicula brevis, ovata, vix 3 lin. longa, 

 o-r-flora, flosculis 4^5 bipaleaceis, terminali nunc minimo, nunc obsolete. Palea inferior incon- 

 spicue 12— 18-nervosa, dorso glabra vol raro subscabra, mucronata, margine breviter fimbriata; 

 superior obtusa vcl acuta, racmbranacea, carinis et margine fimbriata, inter carinas 1-2-uervia. 

 Squamulce nullm. Stylus hirsutus, bifidus, intcrdum profunde. Stamina 6, basi libera, anthcrisseta 

 vel pilis bre^ibus paucis (2-3) apiculatis. Fructus uon visus. 



This has smaller spiculse than any species of the genus. It is very similar in many 

 respects to Bambiisa Brandisu, but has much smaller and less densely flowered verticils, 

 and there are never the least traces of squamuloe. I have but little doubt that B. hltmuj 

 of Schultes will prove to be the same species. 



G. D. GiGANTEus, Munro. Culmo excelso, internodiis apiee glauco-pruinosis, verticillis 

 approximatis, spiculis o\zXo-ucutis, dorso hirsutis, plurifloris, antheris acuminatis, 

 foliis interdum maximis, ligula elongata. — Bamhiisa gigantea, Wallich, Cat. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. p. 79. 



Hub. in Pulo Peuang, Jl'allich; Tenasserim (" Wakle " no. 10! " Waya," ? no. 5), Brandts ; cult, in Bot. 

 Gard. Calcutta, Thomson ! Anderson ! ; Ilort. Siou ! et Kcw ! v. v. et s. 



Culmiis maximus, interdum 2G poll, circumfcrentia, spathis variantibus, 9-12 poll, longis, intus glaber- 

 rimis, albicantibus, extus striatis, nunc pilis fuscis interne hirsutis, nunc fere glabris, sed tactu asperis, 

 ajiiculo lanccolato, saepc spatham superantc, plcrumque rcflcxo, adpresso. Folia majora 12-20 poll, 

 longa, usque ad 4 poll, lata, lato-lanceolata, basi rotundata, petiolata, supra glabra, subtus, in juni- 

 oribus, pubcscentia, demum glabrescentia, margine aspero-serrata, et basin versus saepe longe fim- 

 briata, nervis secundariis utrinque sub IG, vcnulis transversis crebris, parum conspicuis. Vagirue 

 suleato-striatse, demum glabrse, latcribus products, ore fimbriatjE, ligula elongata. Panicula ampla, 

 ramis simplicibus vel compositis, nunc floriferis tantum, nunc apiee foliifcris, sajpe apice ctirvatis, 

 internodiis hirsuto-scabris, apice farinosis, verticillis plcrumque approximatissimis, paucifloris. 

 Spicula ovata, acuta, apice puugens, dorso pubcsccns, pluriflora, 0-9 lin. longa, flosculis 2-3 vel 



