COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^E. 23 



Phyllostachys bambusoides. Fl. Zeyl. 43, also quoted by Nees, is JPanicum oral/folium, 

 Poir. Thw. C. P. 889 ! 



a 



12. A. macrostachta, Nees in Linn. ix. 481. " Foliis lineari-lanceolatis subtus scabris, 



racenio terminal!, spiculis 5-6 retrofractis, 4-5 poll, longis." Rupr. I. c. 113 tab. i. 

 fig. 4 ; Steudel, I. c. 334. 



Hab. In Brasilia, Sellow, s. v. Ruprecht. 



Rami graciles, scabriusculi, ad nodos ramoso-subdichotomi. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 2 poll, long*, 

 %\ lin. lata, basi rotundata, subtus scabra, sparse puberula, ncrvis primariis obsoletis, secundariis 15, 

 interstitiis punctatis. Vagina inferiores dense pubescentes, ore tcnuissime fimbriatae. Spicule 

 5-6 in racenio terminali brevipedicellatae, altcrnae (inferiores quidquam gemmae), retrofractae, lon- 

 gissimse, 4-5 -poll., coloratae, nervosae, sub 9-12-florae, flosculis dissitis (inferiorc quidquam inani et 

 1-paleaceo, Nees) 8 lin. longis articulo rhachillse 5-lineali glabro insidentibus. Ghana membranaceie, 

 paleis multo breviores, ovatae, mucronatje. Paha superior inferiore fere duplo brevior." Squamula 

 inaequales, apice fimbriatae. Ovarium apice pubescens (teste icone). 



13. A. distans, Trin. in Act. Petr. I. e. 621 et icon 349. " Culmo scandente, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis subtus glaucescentibus, spiculis 3-4 brevipedicellatis vel sessilibus in 

 spicam terminalem dispositis, gluinis fere obsoletis." — Rupr. I.e. 114, tab. ii. fig. 6; 

 Steud. I. c. 335. 



Hab. Brasiliam : in umbrosis montis Itacolumi, Riedel, s. v. Trinius et Ruprecht. 



t€ Culrnus altissimus scandens, basi diametro \ poll., ramis filiformibus, internodiis plus minus palmaribus ; 



ramulis 3-5, rarius solitariis, palmaribus — spithamseis, apice floriferis e nodis glabris erurnpentibus, 

 divaricatis vel recurvis. Folia e basi ovata lineari-lanceolata, 1-2A poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata, mucro- 

 nulato-acutata, brevipetiolata, glabra, subtus glaucescentia et interdum scabriuscula, latere dimidio 

 nitida, margine scaberrima, costa inferne tantum conspicua, nervis primariis obsoletis, secundariis in 

 tota lamina 24-30. Vagina striatae glabrae, margine ciliolatae, ore fimbriatae ciliis pluribus 1-2, line- 

 alibus, ligula brevissima. Spicule 3-4, sessiles vel brevipedicellatae, in spicam terminalem dispositre, 



florae, rhachilla glabra. Glumce 2, pusillae, vix nisi lentis ope con- 

 Lgae acutiusculae, enerves, inferior paulo brevior et angustior. Pakue 



8-12 lin. longae, coloratae, 2-4-florae, rhachilla glabra. 



spicuae, a flosculis remotae, oblongae acutiusculae, enerves, 



saepe patentes, inferior acutissima, glabra, 7-nervis, superior paulo brevior (multo minor 



obsolete 



apice obtuso bifida. Squamuke 3, acutiusculae, 



cito bifidus. Ovarium lineari-oblongum, apice attenuatum. 



Trin.V 



Stamina 3. Stylus 



urn termin 



I have not seen any specimen of this ; but from Trinius's drawing and the description, 

 it evidently approaches very closely to Arthrosty Helium. 



14. A. verticillata, Nees in Asrros. Bras. 523. Ramulis semiverticillatis 



b 



numer 



nunc foliosis apice floriferis nunc aphyllis floriferis tantum, spiculis saepe 2 poll, et 

 ultra longis, in racemis 2-5, lineari-lanceolatis, 5-9-floris, foliis lanceolatis utrinque 

 scabris. — Kunth, Rev. Gram. ii. 483, tab. 155, 156 ; Enum. i. 427 : Rupr. I. c. 115, 

 tab. 3. fig. 7 : Trin. in Act. Petrop. I. c. 623 : Steud. /. c. 335. Ludolfia verticillata, 

 Dietr. Spec. ii. 25. 



a 



Hab. Brasiliam, Sellow ! ; Goyaz, Burchell, no. 6412 ! (specimina pulcherrima !), v. s. 



