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



and, according to Trillins, for Chusquea pinifolia, Nastus barbatus, ArthrostyUdium 

 Trutii, and Schizostachyum copitatum. 



2. M. sn;ciosa, Sprengel, Syst. Veg. i. 564 (1825), non Kunth. Spiculis solitariis, flos- 



cnlo secundo, pilis fuscescentibus obsito, longe rostrato-acuminato, hermaphroditum 

 hirsutum fere cequante, vaginis ore longe fimbriatis fimbriis basi aequalibus. — Eupr. 

 /. c. 12(5, tab. x. fig. 29 ; Steud. /. c. 338. M. (speclosa? Spr.), Nees, I. c. 530, descr. 



ad specim. Sprcug. in herb. reg. Berol. M. cirrhosa, Nees, MS. (Rupr.) 



Hah 



\ 



v. s. 



Cu/mm ncdiilis, ramulis sub 



basi 





tera, 5 6 poll, longa, sub 1 poll, lata, cito caduca, subtus laevigata, nervis secundariis utriiique 6-8, 

 fascia obsolete* Vagina striato-sulcatae, transversim ruguloso-asperae, ore fimbriis, inferne aequalibus, 

 rigidis, nitidis, stramineis, longe fimbriatis. Spica falcata, 5-6 poll, longa, rhachi hirsuta, spiculis 

 solitariis, imbricatis, secundis, vaginam supremam saepe duplo superans. Spicula 10 lin. longa, 



3-4 lin. Ion go : secundo 



multo majore, ovato-lanccolato, subplano, extus pilis subadpressis fuscis hirsuto, 5-10 lin. longo, 



hermaphroditum fere subaequante. 



apicem 



Paha inferior, fiosculi fcrtilis horizontaliter patentis ovato-lanceolata, breviter et subulato-aristata, 

 S-10 lin. longa, pilis fuscis, rigidis, longis obsita et prsesertim apicem versus dense ciliata; superior 



apicem 



Squamula 3, vel 



abortu 2 (fide Nees), obovatae, obtusse, fimbriate vel glabrae {Nees). Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 

 2 peni-illato-villosa. Ovarium lineari-trigonum, glabrum, in stylum attenuatum. 



The flattened second sterile flower, placed at a more acute angle with the rhachis than 

 the hermaphrodite one, gives this plant a remarkable appearance, quite distinct from 

 M. Claussem, to which species alone it approaches. I find in one of Sellow's specimens 



in herb. Bentham the second perfect hermaphrodite flower, which I had first observed 

 in 31. Clausseni. 



i 



vaginae ore 



3. M. Clausseni, Munro. Spiculis solitariis, flosculo secundo pubescente, apice atte- 

 nuate), hermaphroditum pubescentem rhachi adpressum fere sequante ; 



fimbriis basi aequalibus longe fimbriate; foliis subtus preecipue bask versus 

 hirsutis. 



Hah. In Brasilia : Minas Geraes ! Claussen, Organ Mont., Wilkes ! ("Tacuari" incolis) no. 4238! 



Miers. v. s. 



ramis 1 



, DO-80-pedahs, diametro 4-5-polbeari, apice pendums" (Miers), internet apice seabris , 

 r pedahbus, basi h.rsu t,s, crca nodos dense verticillatis. Folia ovato-lanceolata, aenmina- 

 as, plus ffil »us miequdatera et attenuata in petiomm hirsutum subbilincalem, *-6i poll. 



raargine serrulate, scaberrima, supra (prasertim 



(pracipue basin versus) hirsuta, nervis secundariis utrinque 5 



* J 1 • ■ r% * 



interdum 



venulis 



Vagm* ^supenores subglabraa, margine superne oreque fibris vel fuscis vel 



basi sequalibus fimbriatae 



solitariis 



supremo superata, sub 4 poll 



rudimentum terminale, 3-4-flora; flosculis 2 interdum hermaphr 



Spicula 8-9 lin. longa 



i 



U- • • , °.' u ^" Ilu " iuuin^ioj-nervoso, acuto, flosculum hcrma- 

 Inevxssnms adpressxs pubescentem fere * q uante. Palea inferior (fiosculi 









