COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^E. 27 



-Hab. in Himalaya et Nepalia 



umba 



Nyn 



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Nepal, Checsapong ! Wallich, Cat. 50861; Mussoorie, Falconer \; Kedarkanta, Falconer \, Munro\ 



dour ! Thomson ; Ny 



N.W. India !, Royle in Herb. Hook. ! Folia tantum, Lan- 



ramulis foliiferis pendulis), Thomson ! Kew et Cork cult., vide supra, p. 10. "Nigak" ineolis, 

 fide Royle et Cleghorn ; « Prong," fide Thomson. V. v. et s. 



Cfefetttf 0-10-pedalis (in cult. 16-20, teste Moore, /. c.) } quotannis e surculis oricns, basi 2-3 lin. diametro, 



spathis striatis glabris subsemipedalibus apiculo unciali, internodio infimo brevissimo 8-6 lin. longo 

 tomcntoso-barbulato, 2-3 sequentibus 1-2 poll., suprcmis 4-5 poll. longis, nodis (in eodem culn.o) 

 hirsutis vel glabris; in florente culmo ramulis num.rosis filiformibus ban brevi-bracteatis, primum 

 simplicibus 2-3 poll., deinde proliferis compositis ssepe sesquipedalibus; in foliifero ramulis filiformibus 

 plerumque proliferis, ad nodos semiverticillatis. Folia angusta, 2-3 vel raro 4-6 lin. lata, 3-1-6 poll, 

 longa, apice setaceo- acuminata, basi in petiolum attenuata, glaucescenti-viridia, glabra, nisi subtus 



circa costam ubi pilosa sunt, nervis 



3-4 



Vagina 



striata?, inferiores usque ad basin solutae, superne purpurascentes vel pallidas, pilis longis wepe liirsut«, 



ligula elongata. 



ar 



4-7 



axillis ssepe pilosis; in var. £ racemis brevioribus, spiculis 3-4 (nisi terminali), brevi-podiccllatis. 

 Spicula intra glumas sessiles, 6-8 lin. longa;, 2-4-norse, plerumque flosculis 2 perfectis cum rudi- 

 mento tertii, articulis rliachillge obcuneatis sub lente tantum pubescentibus, flosculis fere dimidio 

 brevioribus. Glumce mcmbranacea3, insequales, nervosa?, apice ciliatae ; inferior minor, 1-3-5-nervis 



acuminata 



;equans 



margine fimbriata; superior 7-9-nervis, vix acuta, flosculum 



mcmbr 



hirsuta; superior subaequalis vel raro longior, apice vel acuto vel bifido, bicarinata, et utrinque 

 prseterea binervis. Squamuhe 3, eequales, obtusae, ovatae, fimbriata; et nervosa;. Stamina 3, antheris 

 demum exsertis, filamentis ssepe explanatis. Stylus in stigmata 2 a basi longe plumosa cito bifidus. 



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This is an extremely variable plant; and it is only after the examination of numerous 



specimens, collected at different periods of the year and in all sta a of intermediate 



variation, that I feel persuaded I am right in placing them all in 0! j species. When 



first the plant appears in the spring, the branches of the flowering stem ire nearly simple, 



bearing at the nodes longish racemes, with a few short bractese at their base, the 



whole inflorescence not exceeding 5 or 6 inches in breadth. As the season advances, 



many of these simple branches become proliferous, and are often 1 foot and a half in length,' 



bearing at all their nodes 3 or 4 racemes much shorter than tbose first produced. °At 



last the inflorescence becomes very much branched, and presents an appearance totally 



unlike that seen in the young shoots ; and this compound form is the state represented 



by Wallich's No. 5035 ! collected in December 1820. Trinius described his A. interrupts 



from specimens preserved in the British Museum, collected by Wallich in the earlier part 



of the previous year ; but, shortly before Trinius's paper appeared, Nees described the plant, 



from some of Royle' s specimens, as A.falcata. Speaking of this plant, Royle, in his 



' Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayas,' says, " One of the Bamboo tribe, which 



in the hills is used for the same purposes as the bamboos in the plains, is found commonly 



at elevations from 7500 to 10,000 feet; its annual stems are yearly beaten down by the 



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