



MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE 



superior similis, obtusiuscula, 4 lin. longa, carinata, utrinque 3-4-neiTis. Palea glabrae vel apice 

 hirsutiuscuke; inferior membranacea, convoluta, acuta, utrinque nervis 3 validis et 3 tenuioribus 

 ante apicem desinentibus notata, ad basin, more insolito, biappendiculata ; superior subaequilonga, 

 biearinata, fere obtusa, apicem versus longe ciliata. Squamula 3, magnse, insequales, dure majores, 

 lanceolate, coloratae, nervosa?, basi crassse, apice fimbriate. Stylus cito bifidus. 



This species is confined to Hong Kong. At page 434 of the * Hongkong Mora.' 



Im ntham states that he had inserted the plant on my authority. I then considered it to 



be A. Wightiana, having only seen a portion of a panicle collected hy Wright. I have 



since scon much better specimens collected by Hance, and find that it is evidently quite 



a distinct species, for reasons already detailed in describing A. Wightiana. Hance' s 



specimens indicate a distinct habit of growth — namely, nearly simple culms springing 



from a creeping root-stock, terminated by a single long panicle, or hearing large leaves 



only. "Wright, however, mentions in a note that the culms were "branching at the 

 nodes." 



8. A. floribunda, Thw. in Enum. Ceyl. Plants, 475. Paniculte decomposite, ramis ple- 



rumque adpressis, foliis 3-7 lin. latis, tessellatis ; vaginis primuni pilis longis hir- 

 sutis ; spiculis 4-6-8-floris, pubescentibus. 



Ilfh. Ceylon, Maturatte Dist! 5000 p. s. m., Thwaites, C.P. 2624 ! v. s. 



Culm* ad nodos ramulosi, erecti, suffruticosi, 2-5-pedales, intemodiis 2-4 poll, longis, apicibus pilis reversis 



hirsutissimis. 

 latere 3-4, venulis t 

 tumidum attenuata. 



troq 



bulbo 



tandem glabrescentes, margine siepe coloratae, apice ciliis longis plurimis fimbriate, ligula brcvi^sima. 

 Pamcula m ramulis culmi terminal, 4-6 poll, longa, ramis plerumque adpressis, rarissime sub- 

 expansis, glabns, angulatis, in axillis parce glandulosis. Spicule in pedicellis imvqualibus (brcvilms 



Gluma insequales, acuta 1 , ncr- 



4-6-8 



■■os*, apice cihate- m ferior minor, 2 lin. longa. Palea inferior 31- lin. longa, adpr »e pubescens. 

 nervosa, subulato-acummata ; superior suba.quilonga, apice bieuspidata. Squamul* 3, iniequales; 2 

 obhque-lanccolat^, basi colorat*, nervosa, margine ciliata, , tertia angustior vix nervosa, ciliata. 



stisrmata 



purpureus 



,. . . ~ * r ~«**. ^ ' wttwo mamma 



linearis, apxce hirsutiusculus, residua styli bifidi basi coronatus. 



This approaches very closely indeed to A. Wightiana, and has the same habit of growth. 

 [ t.s most easUy distinguished by the generally adpressed branches of the panicle, and 

 the much longer, almost silkily pubescent spicule, containing generally 0-8 flowers. 



<J ' A ^ndX HIA ^' ^r ; PaDiCUte ramiS hKV ' lhus demum *^™ axillis hirsuto- 



member,' ^ ?, P "^ brCTissimis ! *V™^ 5-6-floris, fere gla I, ris ; foliis 



*o! Z X I' ' S - taCe ° l0n8e aCUminatiS; intem0diis culmi *?™ lanatis ' 



nodis ipsis mterdum spmosis et barbatis. 



m mont. Khasia., Moflong ! Griffith ! (Assam Dep. no. 39) , Hooker 

 4-6-pedalis, intemodiis 2-5 poll, longis, striatis, snlc 

 • prominulis, inferioribus s *pe vcrtieillo spinarum 



caetemra 



minus superautibus apieulo laueeolato sub 1 "I, '***"*. ""*" '*"**' ^^ Vh '~ 



1 u .anceoiato sub 1 poll, longo terminate, marine Inn™ fi m |„ i.. 



