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MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E 



SquamulcB 3, inzequales, 1 multo minor,, lanceolate apice longe fimbriate. 



us 



priniuia simplex, demum 



immaturum longe stipitatum, in 



ura 



In the only specimen I have seen, which was collected, I presume, in Lord Macartney's 

 expedition in 1792, almost all the lower glumes have fallen, and scarcely a single spicula 



is perfect. 



Duae sequentes, tantum steriles cognitse, culmo semitereti et habitu peculiari, proba 

 biliter Bhyllostachyos species sunt. 



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8. P. nigra, Munro. Culmo superne nigrescente, subsolido, foliis angustis, fere lineari- 



lanceolatis, vaginis ore appendiculato-fimbriatis. — Arundarbor nigra, Rumph, Amb. 

 iv. 17 ? Bambusa nigra, Lodd. Cat. (1823) ; Eoem. et Sell. 1. c. vii. 2. 1355 ; Lindl. in 

 Penny Cyclop, vol. iii. (1835) ; Rupr. I c. 147 ; Steud. 1. c. 331. B. puberula, Miq. 

 in Ann. 1. c. 285. Arundinaria (JPhyllostachys) stolonifera, Kurz, MS. et Cat. 

 Hort. Bot. Calcut. 79 (1865). A. diversifolia, Kurz, MS.Jide Miq. I. c. 



I fab. China, Japonia! Siebold, Buerger, Textor; ins. Niphon Osakka in oryzetis, Pierot. In hortis 

 Europe, Cliiuse et Indise orientalis culta. v. v. et s. 



Culmus interdum nanus, 4-5-pedalis, interdum (culture) 25-pedalis, intemodiis brevibus, 4-6 poll, longis 

 subsohdus, semiteres, nno latere fere piano, superne nigrescens vel nigro maculatus ; nodis prominen- 



ramulis tenuibus sed validis, multinodosis, " apice conferte (vulgo) paucifoliis," 



ultimis, basi, bracteis obtusis gradat 



Folia lineari-lanceolata, apice acuminata, 



has. ro andata vel attenuata, breviter petiolata, margine uno vel utroque setoso-ciliata, plcrumquc 



4-6 lin. lata, interdum (teste Ruprecht) 4-6 



basin versus 



r J ,Z„ m?/' ' DerV1S SeCUDdariiS ^ 5 - 7 ' TCnuUs tranSTCrsis erebcrrimis. Vagin. 

 CSrZ, 1 T ' SnP T ^^^ PUberUte Vd taDdem g' ab — entcs, membrana ci La 



£t£ ;:Xct a PaUC1S ' SUbI ° nSiS ' demUm ^^ ""**«* *** °^> *-* —sa, 



The leaves in this species are much thinner than in any other of the senus • and 



Kffircrt as to t r bescence ' the midrib is ***** £?°^^E 



grows 4-5 feet Inch al.w m, g ht ; and Eu P rcch t states that it only 



examined ; bnt unfortunateW 54 „„ „!? ' * kgh ' whlch 1 have se en and 



the late disast™ fit Se l m X f 7^™ ^^ ^ ***** h 



be generally nsed for ^J^Z^t *"** ', "" ?"* "** "* ■»« t0 



Pipe-stems, and walking-stieksTre often ^ T , '^^ ^ ^^ Ch ™ s > 

 ^Peeies. Mi.nel, in the Anile ^"d To ^ "f° ^ *» "*- *<* 

 names for this plant, and say s that it ^^S" T f7 ^ **" 



his remark, « Hand longe distare v»1p+„, r , eannot ' howeT er, understand 



to the eulm being nearly soM N t t ^f ? $**» Uoxh >" «^» & «as reference 



f N ° tW ° Plants ° an be «»«* more unl, ke in appearance. 





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