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COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



dentia ; ramis intcrdum ad nodos fasciculatis vel fere verticillatis. Folia plerumque parva venulis 

 transversis nunc obscuris nunc quam maxime conspicuis tessellata. Inflorescentia plerumque termi- 

 nalis; intcrdum simplicissima, racemo spiculis 1-4 fere spicato; interdum racemus compositus decom- 

 posit usque lax us amplissimus axillis glandulosis ; interdum ramuli floriferi basifere aphylli, ad nodos 

 dense fasoiculati vel verticillati sunt, horum ramulorum pauci proliferi et hinc quasi compositi sunt, 

 seel ramulis idtimis nunquam basi longe bracteatis. Denique in nonnullis speciebus culmi floriferi 

 et florigeri divers* rant. 



The greatest caprice has been shown in the alteration by successive botanists of the 

 name of this genus, especially when it is considered that no doubt was entertained by 



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them of the identity of the original species, Arimdinaria macrosperma. 



Michaux ori- 



ginally 



it Arundin 



and Per 



g very shortly afterwards, qnot 



Michaux's name, but alters it to Miegia. This name could not stand, because it had 

 been previously, in 1789, adopted by Schreber for quite a distinct genus of grasses. 

 Consequently Willdenow altered the name, in 1808, to Ludolfia, assigning as a reason 

 for so doing the great resemblance which the original word Arimdinaria bears to 

 Linnams's genus Arundo. Smith, in Rees's ' Cyclopaedia,' adopts the same argument. 



Fischer, an excellent botanist, in 1812 



eated the generic name Trigl 



of a 



gle spicula of which he gives a very fair drawing in ' Catalogus Horti Gorenkis 



He says the genus is distinct from Ludolfia in having all the flo^ 



ith 3 squamuhe. Both these character 



hermaphrodite 



especially peculiar to Arimdinaria* and 



drawing is evidently that of a spicula of Arundinaria macrosperma 



Conspectus Specierum. 



I. Inflorescentia terminate, i. e. rami ramulive basi foliiferi apice florigeri. 

 Folia venulis transversis valde conspicuis tessellata. Stylus cito 3-fidus. 

 Spicule multi- (plus quam 5-) floras. 



Panicula simplex semelve composita, plerumque racemosa, paucispi- 



cidata 



apice fi\ 



Arborescens vel suffruticosa, foliis J-2 poll, latis, panicula de. 

 pauperata, spiculis longis 1-3-5, palea inferiore plus minus 

 semper margine, hirsuta ...... 



Suffruticosa, foliis maximis 6 lin. latis, panicula 7 poll, longa 



Suffrutico 



subylabr 



tfimbriat 



/< 



2-3 



?. Suffruticosa, foliis 10-11 lin. latis, panicula 

 w . rhachi pubescente, palea inferiore subhirsuta 

 Panicula composita, ramis multispiculatis densis adpressis, inexpansa. 



inferiore 



F tJrt'? 1 v :t; s transversis mim ° compkui °> "«•*» «^«- 



naceo. Stylus cito 2-fidus. 



Panicula decomposite expansa axillis plus minus glandulosis 



In^ioclia culmi apice vix hir.uta, foliis angustH, vaginis hirsutis, 

 spicule 2-3-&-fl r8e, fere glabrae 



1. A. 



macrosperma 



2. A. radiata. 



3. A. racemosa. 



!. A. Kuril ensis. 



5. A. Japonic a. 



6. A. Wightiana. 



