2t COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEjE. 



mi 1(W 5-pedalis, inanis, fistulosus, laevigatas, nitidus, inferne diametro 2 lin., internodiis 6-11-poll. 

 ghibcrrimis, apice ssepius laxe pendulus. Ramuli \-\ ped. et ultra longi, numerosi, usque ad 40, 

 ad nodos glabros semivcrticillati, supcriores foliosi, apice floriferi, inferiores ssepe aphylli. Folia 



brevem 



1-6 



9 liu 



4-6 



an is 3-5. Vagina fere glabra, superne nervosse, ore ciliis fragilibus (apicibus cito caducis) fim- 

 briate. Panicula terminalis depauperata, racemosa, sub 3-pollicaris, laxa, erecta vel nutans, spi- 



brevioribus) pubescenti-scabris. Spicules intra 



piculis 



i 



rlumas longe stipitatae, lineari-lanceolatae, 1^—2^ poll, longse, pallide stramineae, glabrae, 5-9-florse, 

 flosculis 1-3 terminalibus tabesccntibus, rhachillae articulis pubescentibus apice sericeo-barbatis. 

 Gltiince inaequales, acuminata^ flosculo inferiore 3-4-plo breviores, multinervosae. Pa/ea inferior 

 hcrbacea, 8-8 lin. longa, lanceolata, subulato-acuminata, sub 13-nervis, nervis alternis tcnuioribus 

 et abbreviatis, colore glumarum; superior brevior vel fere aequilonga, apice obtusa, 8-10-nerTis, 

 carinis, praecipue basin versus, ciliatis. Squamula 3 inaequales (1 multo minor), lato-oblongse, obtusae, 

 margine minute fimbriate, basi colorato-nervosae et callosae. Stamina 3, filamcntis basi callosis, 

 anthcris longis demum. exsertis. Stylus basi subbulbosus, et hirsutus, attenuatus et non longe supra 

 basin in stigmata 2 (fide Nees 3) pulchre plumosa divisus. Fructus niaturus 5- linearis j oblongus, 

 (pericarpio inclusus, fide Kunth) an inorbosus?, glaber, apice residua styli basi coronata. 



This is the most beautiful of the whole genus; and the apparent structure of the fruit 

 is quite unique. Burehell's fine specimens contain many fruits nearly ripe ; and there is 

 certainly an appearance of a pericarp, which, unless it is due to disease, I am unable to 

 explain. The structure, however, is quite different from that of berry-bearing Bamboos. 

 There is no beak enclosing the base of the style, which is decidedly articulate at the apex 

 of the fruit. The scutellum and longitudinal sulcus are outwardly perceptible after long 



In very young specimens the base of the style is as conspicuously swollen 



it is in Bambusa tulda. Burchell says it is called "Taquara mirim," and grows near 



ulcts in woods. 



ation 



15. A. debilis, Thwaites in Enum. PL Zeyl. 375. Foliis parvis, glabris, vel superne 



pilosis, nervis transversalibus, interdum, sed raro, quam minime conspicuis, panicula 

 simplici, pedicellis plerumque brevissimis, axillis glandulosis, spiculis subglabiis 



3-fioris, glumis Ion 



-* 



Thomson ! 



P. N. 1 ! : Dr. Maxwell ! : Wuiht. no. 1348 ! 



v. s. 



***!£ *7? (2 " 3 ':"• in diam - Thw -'' i " tcrao<liis 2 " 6 p 011 - lo "^ *** s' ab ™ * &> ^ 



mar 



(pilis longis), basi acutata vel subtruncata 



brevi. 



saepe 



mi mme 



Vagina glabraB vel pins minns hispid*, ore ciliis 2- I fimbriate, ligula 



Pome*. snbs.mpUces ramos paucifloros semiverticillatos terminantes, rhachi an^lata 



erumque 



wiifafcTIn , T ' a " lllS ^ Mosis - Bjtadm 3-flora,, sub 6 lin. long*, 



Zt 1 C " 5 ,, S f 1,n !' fere ^ Gfe - **«* "at*, 6-7-ucm.. pilosula, inferior 



>uba3quans. Palea inferior 7-ncrvis, 



mucronata anW ln^nf i . . ™^ suuajquaus. raiea mienor 7-ncrvis, 



-,-;a:r:::;rir r r s r 



gmata 2 subpiirpurea 



