10 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E 



fig. 1 a> fi } 7, 8; Chapman, /. c. 561 ; Steudel, /. e. 334. A. macrosperma, var., Nees, Kunth, A. Gray, 

 /. c.j P. de B. Agrost. p. 144, tab. xxv. fig. 7. Arundo tecta, Muehl. /. c. 81. Miegia macrosperma, 

 Nutt. Gen. 39. Miegia pumila, Nutt. fide Ruprecht, /. c. et herb. Ludolfia tecta, Dietr. /. c. TrU 

 ghssum bambttsiiitnn, Fisch. I.e. 



Florida F, Chapman ; Kentucky !, Short, 

 ndheimer: Georgia!, Arkansas ! NuttalL 



Elliott, Schwehiitz; Carolina! Frazer. In Eur op a 



On hints arborescens vol suiTruticosus, nodis plerumque hirsutis, in var. a ramis 3-4-pedalibus. Folia lance- 



petiolum 



venulis transversis crebris, 



4 lin.-2 poll, lata, 3-7 poll, longa, marginibus serratis, undique scabra, dorso pubescentia. Vagina 



ligulatse 



liirula 



ribus scabris deciduis. Panicula subracemosa, pauciflora, spiculis 1-5, vel in culmo solitaria vel in 



lineari- 



subglabrae, sempe 



fasciculat 



margme plus minus hirsute membranaceae nervosse. Glumes valde variabiles, inferior li-3-lin. longa, 

 acuta vel obtusa, interdum deficiens, superior 3-8 lin. longa, flosculum proximum vel subLquans . 

 vel duplo et etiam 3-plo brevior. Palea inferior, 9-11-nervia, lanceolata, acuminata, marine Ion 



a*— -"ge 



fimbriata, transverse venulosa, superiore apice bimucronata paulo longior. Sqmmulm in^quales 

 lanceolate, basi c-olorat*, venosae, margine effiatie vel fere glabra Ovarium apice attenuatum in 

 stylum, ban integrum, cito in stigmata 3 divisum. Caryopsis oblonga. 



This grass certainly varies very much in form ; and there is a very great difference in 

 the appearance of the small purplish-coloured nearly glabrous spicule of the va riety called 



" COl TT" I 7 ^ PreCllt ' C ° mpared With the lar S e P«le-colourcd densely pubescent spicule 

 nearly 2 mches long, generally found in dwarf specimens, terminated by a single panicle 

 Intermediate forms, however, abound ; and I quite coincide with Pursh, Nuttall. and 



tZZO. m r T? that aU th6Se f ° rmS bel ° ng t0 one and the s; ™ e ^cies. ^ 

 vanafaon m form will to a certain extent account for the fact that this one species bears 



no less than mne d.fferent generic and nineteen specific names. I have aire dv fer vd 

 to th needless al erafons that have been made in the generic name. Carev menZs 



tins grass, wluch was once common in Kentucky, has become now nJrl^Z 



his 



there 



hmbnat s pubescenttbus, pamcula spithama.a radiis solitariis loneissimi 



Hub 



monostaehyis, gluma superiore flosculo infimo plane simili, Steud. I. c. 335 



u 



/mm erectus ramis ad nodos glabris ramulos simplices foliiferos ani™ fl„ c • ., 



lanceolata, maxima 4 tin. lata, 5 poll, longa, basi rotund ta sub " ' 1 . ^"'"^ ^ 



secuudariis subobsoletis, utroque latere 5-6 venule t! sub ^s,ha, laevmscula, viridia, uervis 



distautibu, Va 9 i na i^tS'S* 'TS Pr0n, "-" ti,WS 

 (juba) spithama*. radiis soHtariis l™*.™. Jl.! ^"^ fimb » 1S 2-hnealibus. Pa,,;,.,,,,, 



liueares, subgl.bne, 4-5-flone. Gluma superior flo euloTut ,' "^ SU '' r "' inealeS ' t<T "'" 

 pedi, ,llati, subglabri. Pale,, farferio, lineari-obova ° ^ " ""^ ^^^ 



S ""™ r ™ < h ^ -nisi „ nosC u,i 8 2do ^ ii: -I" 11 " "' SHbUlata ' 5 -" CI '™ ; 



