JO COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E 



Species florifera (2 tantum cognita>) . 



Spicnbe late, glum is inferioribus persistentibus, ssepissime apice in 



laminam foliaeeam extends. Folia margine uno fimbriata . . 1. P. bambusoides 



Spicnbe angnste, glumis inferioribus cito caducis, plerumque 

 apice simpliciter acuminatis. Folia margine utroque 



timbriata . . • • 



2. P. Stauntoni 



1. l\ bambusoidbs, Sieb. & Zucc. I. c. 745. Culmo superne laevissimo, flavido, foliis 



plerumque 3-4 poll, longis, supra glabris, margine uno quasi setoso-fimbriatis, 

 spiculis 3-4-floris, glumis in spiculis infimis semper apice foliaceis, bracteis invo- 

 liicrantibus brevibus obtusis. — Steudel, I.e. 339; Miquel, I. c. 284. Bambusa reti- 

 culata, Rupr. I. c. 148. B. btfolia, Sieb. MS. in herb. Zuccarini (var. foliis angustis, 

 ciliis vaginae obsoletis). |3. " forma uberior, foliis vulgo majoribus et spiculis longius 

 pedicellatis." P. megastachya, Steud. in Elora, Bot. Zeit. 1846, 21, et I. c. 339 ; Walp. 

 Ann. i. 94(5. P. macrantha, Sieb. et Zucc. in Flora, 34 (teste Miquel). Bambusa 



reticulata, var. macrophylla, Rupr. I. c. 



in Japoniaj Kcempfer, herb, in Mus. Brit. fol. 98 ! 99 ! Langsdorf, 



Ktempfi 



Griffith 



China. 



ins. Kmsiu, Pierot. v. s. 



aceus 



(Siebold) vel 10-12-pedalis (Griff.) inermis, semiteres, flavidus 



kevissimus ; nodis prominentibus, glaberrimis ; ramis multinodosis, interdum brevissimis, semiverticil- 



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in statu florifero spicas sessiles ferentibus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 



ramulosis, ultimis 



nunc disticho-alterna 

 4-9 lin. lata et 3-4 poll, longa, interdum (teste 



sterilibus, 8 poll, lata et 1 ped. longa, supra glabra, subtus pallida et ssepe prascipue basin versus 



secund 



interdum 14 [Miq.), venulis transversis creberrimis, pulchre tessellata. Vagina striate, plerumque 

 glabcrrimas, saepe usque ad basin solute, "in apice truncato pubescentes et setis rigidulis, 1-2 lin. 

 longis , demum deciduis (interdum obsoletis) munite ; » superne uno margine ciliate, ligula plus minus 

 conspicua. Inflorescentia valde variabilis, ssepe (foliis caducis) aspectu panicute subbipedalis ampte 

 et lucid*, radus irregulariter spiciferis, sed (meo sensu) vera terminalis in ramulis ultimis, ima basi 

 bracteis obtusis brevibus et Iambus obtectis, spicis fertilibus 3-5 sessilibus, simpliciter racemosa. 

 Vc« glunns imbricata, 1-2 poll, longa, spiculis 3-5 fertilibus, interdum, teste Steudel, adjectis infra 

 spiculis plunmis (6-9). recutita invnlnor^+iW •fe.inl. o„:„..7_ *_, .,. „ .. „ 



Spicula fertilis 3-5-flora, 10-12 lin. 



multinervi*, inferior in spiculis infimis multo major, apice in laminam foliaceam 



arum noscuiis) supremis brevior et simpliciter acuminata 



supe- 



gradatim, in eadem spica, longior et 



bir-irin-d-a fi+ Q t * a • * • u — ' & louailUi ' 1U cauem spica, longior ei 



raro 



icem 



: ,: h v r„r nsa ' apicem veraus bicarinata et bimucron ata - «*—*• ****** ** 



, : 1 "TT?. ™ StamkM 3 ' «"»»>* tandem longissinds, anth™ 



nmm-etivo apiculato. 



hi stigmata 



#*..-,, , sub anthesin dimidia pars ». 



Ovmvm gUbnim, basi stipitatmn, apice in stylum longnm attennatum 



wSilSSSSi; 7» J""*? S P" -Bamboo in Keener 



■u tne jsntisn .Museum to this sneers- w ««iu...*.i- x^_ , . 



species ; but unfortunately they are not 



