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spithamseis ad pedalibus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 3-4 lin. lata, 2-4 poll. Long*, glabra, acuminata, 

 basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, utrinque punctulis cxaspcrata, hete viridia, ncrvis secuiulariis 



enulis 



stitiis quadratis. 



valde prominulis, diaphanis, inter- 



in^ striatae, glabrae, ore lonae linfilatce, fimbriatae vel fere ctimbriate. ad 



tionem petioli brevipilosae. 



iflorescentia omnino generis, racemis b 



ebracteatis, spathia stra- 



mmeis 



altera 



minus hirsute, 9->I2-Hneales. 4-8-flora\ intra 



sessilis, altera pedicellata. Spicule _ 

 tincte pedicellatae, rliacbillae articulis apice barbatis. Glumte imequalcs, membranaceae, 15 nervis, 

 superior (9 nervis fide Trin.) 4| lin. longa. Palea inferior longe acuminata, 8 lin. longa, dorso 

 scabro-hirsuta, 7-9 nervis; superior distincte brevior, bicostata et praeterea utrinque et inter costas 

 binervis. Squamula 3, lanceolatae, inconspicue nervosae, vix inaequales, duae latiorcs, supeme fim- 

 briatae. Stylus cito trifidus (bifidus interdum fide Trin.) in stigmata 3 plumosula. Fructus (im- 

 maturus) lineari-oblongus vel lagenaeformis. 



This has apparently never been found in flower except in Nepal, hy Wallich, in 1821, 

 which may be accounted for by the fact that no European has since that date visited 

 some parts of Nepal into which Wallich was allowed to send his collectors. I feel con- 

 siderable doubts about the identity of the plants, in leaf only, from the more western 

 Himalayas, Sikkim, and Bootan. 

 the ligules are shorter, and the leaves are thicker in substance; but I have been 

 unwilling on these grounds alone to create new species. 



In all of these the vagime have much longer cilia, 



III. Phyllostachys. 





Siebold et Zuccarini, Abh. Akad. derAYiss. Munch. (Math 



Gen. PL Suppl. hi. 58 (1843). 



Spicula sursum imperfecta, intra glumas distincte pedice 



minimo, in svica simplici qlumis imbricata sessilis. 



nerviae 





plerumque apice foliaceo terminata; superior longitudine varians, rarissime deficiens. Palea inferior 

 multinervia acuminata vel rarius, uti glumae, in laminam foliacearn externa, hirsnta vel glabra, 

 superiorem bicarinatam, apice bicuspidatam, sequans vel superans. Stamina 3, primum inclusa et 

 plicata, dein longe exserta et pendula. Squamula 3, lanceolatae, apice fimbriate. Stylus basi sim- 

 plex, lonae supra basin in stigmata 3, filiformia, serrulato-plumosa, longe exserta divisus. Ovarium 

 longe stipitatum, tunc obovatum et in stylum longe rostratum attenuatum. 

 nina arborescentia, mJaponiana, China et Himalaya crescentia, culmo semitereti, nodis prominent ibus ; 



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ramulis foliiferis semiv 



squamis inanibus 



serius deciduis obtectis. Folia breviter petiolata, pulcher- 

 baspera, subtus plerumque pallida et ssepe praesertim basin 



versus pubescentia. 



paniculaeformis, ramis primariis apice plerum 



ramulis basi squamis obtectis, ultimis sursum spiculas 2-5 alternas ferentibus. 



This well-named genus is readily distinguished from all the Triglossce hy its very long 

 style, simple for a considerable distance from the base and then divided into 3 very long 

 revolute stigmas and by its semiterete stems. The details of the structure of the spicula- 

 are remarkably well figured in the plate of the Munich Transactions referred to above. 



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