]5'2 COLONEL MiNRO's moxo(;raimi of tiik bambusace^,. 



tlmris nincro)w lonyo litrsiilo appeiulicvihitis. — Boiiihufia viaximo, llnin. lib. 882, in 

 \V;ill. Cat. 5039. B. monogijna, Griffith, Icon. cl. iig. 2, Notulae p. G3, Itin. not. 

 110. 

 Yai". /3. edtilis, IVIuuro, spiculis plurifloris, pscu(los(|uamulis 2-3, verticillis majoribus, 

 foliis latissimis ct tenuioi-ibus. 



hab. in Iiul. or. Assam, Goal para, Hamilton, Jenkins\ 189!, Masters, Gowahutty 641 ! 748! (in lib. Cal- 

 cutta) , Noffrigam ! Kujoodoo !, Bootan, 143!, Dcwanfciri, 2 ! 2080!, Mislimce, Glialoom vicus, 10! 

 Ifi! 18!, Sikkini, Darjceling ! Griffith; Sikkim afl 4000 pcd. frcqnens ("Pao"), Yoksun ! 5G0O 

 pcd., Dubdi! ("Rugvct ct Putu") (folia tantum), Darjccling !, (var. /6) Sikkim, Ilanioon et Rato val- 

 lil)us ! 4000 ped. ("Pao" et " Wall " pulluli juveniles edules). Hooker ct Thomson. Kew cult. v. s. 



Cu/mns -10-60-pedalis, ramis horizontalibus, iuternodiis brevibus, 4-5 vel 6-7 poll, diani., dense ctespi- 

 tosus, parietibus crassis. Folia valde variabilia, lato-lanccolata, -1—16 poll, longa, 10 lin.-5 poll, 

 lata, basi rotundata, interdum obliqua, supra glabra, subtus pallida vel concoloria, glal)ra vel hirsu- 

 tiuscula, ncrvis sccundariis utriuque 6-17, subconspicuis, brevipetiolata. Vagina supcrne glabne, 

 infcnic pilis strigosis adpressis liirsutic, ligula vhrnjatu. Punicula ampla, ramis crcctis, sajpe fistu- 

 losis, rhaclii scabra vel scaberrima, multisulcata, nodis liirsutissimis, glomerulis spicularum ssepe 

 densissimis, raro proliferis, interdum Ig \)o\\. diam., plerumque distantibus. Spicula fragilis, ovalis, 

 compressa, 3-5 lin. longa, 4—5-6-flora, flosculis 2-4 bipaleaceis, penultimo diflbrmi, fructifero, 

 terminali nunc 1-palcacco, nunc ad pedieellum redacto. Palea inferior latissima, suborbicularis, sca- 

 rioso-mcmbranacca, interdum emarginata, niarginibus firabriata, multinerNia, glabra ; superior an- 

 gustior, paulo brcvior, dorso apicem versus sparsim pilosa, mcmbranacea, inter carinas ciliatas 3-5- 

 ncrvia. Stamina 6 vel raro 7, anthcris rubro-purpureis {Thomson), connectivo in apiculum conico- 

 subulatum, breviter pilosum j)roducto. Si/itamnlce vers nullae ; in var. /3 pseudosquanuihe 2-3 in- 

 terdum adsuut. Stylus longissimus, apicc trifidus. Ovarium ovato-conieum, liispidum. Fructus 

 oblongus, apice liirsutus, rostratus, rostro siepe persistcnte; interdum, non semper, perigynio inferne 

 soluto, seutclluiu visibilc est. Vide not. ad D. f/ir/iint<iim. 



Dr. Hooker states that the young shoots of this species arc eaten wlien boihHl, and that 

 the phiuts llower every year. The flowers, in the variety D. edidis, exhiint occasionally the 

 most capricious variations : some flowers contain 3 stamens tolerably perfect, the remain- 

 ing 3 being converted into style-like processes ; sometimes there are two distinct styles, 

 and sometimes the style is 4-cleft ; occasionally there are 7 stamens. 



9. D. LATirLORUs, Munro, Tab. VI. Culmo fnttlcoso, fistuloso, internodiis brevibus, 

 striatis, glabris, paniculae ramosse ramis simplicibus, 1-3-4 ad nodos (fig. b), 1^1^ 

 pcdalibus, internodiis apicc incrassatis, uno latere sulcatis et hirsutis, vcrticiUis 

 paucispiculatis, spiculis sul) 8-(loris, latis, ovatis, ohtas'is, piibcsceiiii/jiis, palea infe- 

 riore margine fimln*iata, antheris loiige mucroiiads. — Bambusa verticillata, Benth. in 

 Fl. Hongkong, 434, non Willd. 



Ilab. in Cliina, Hongkong, IVright !, 1050! Hance, 7I()! Harhinil; Formosa, no. 640! Oldliam. v. s. 



Culmus 6-7-pedalis ct ultra. Folia (fig. c) lato-lanccolata, l)asi rotundata, vix attcnuata, brevipetiolata, 

 apice acuminatissima, utrinciuc glabra, nuirgine aspcra, 7-10 poll, longa, l]-3 poll, lata, nervi^ 

 secundariis utroque latere 9, subconspicuis, ramulis transversis creberrimis, vi.x eonspicuis. Vagina 

 siileato-striatffi, glabne, vel inter strias jjilis sublougis hirsutic, ligula obtusa, trmn-ntn, raro fimhriata. 

 Paniciila (pars superior 4-pedalis adcst) eomposita, spiculis in glomerulis, ramis approximatis, 3-6 vel 

 supcnie solitariis. Sjiiriila lato-oblonga (fig. 1), 9 lin. longa et 6-7 lin. lata, compressa, sub-8-flora. 



