54 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEvE 



Glumje minute obtusa. Rhachis panicuhe dense pilosa 

 Glumaj acuta, breves. Rhachis^/aira . . . • . 

 Glumse acuminato-subulatee, breves. Rhachis dense pubescens 

 Glumre setacese, longse, spiculam ceguantes .... 



. 27. C. Sellovii. 



. 28. C. Gaudichaudii 



. 29. C. capituliflora. 



. 30. C. capitata. 



1. C. tenella, Eees in Linnasa, ix. 492. Racemo simplici; spiculis 3-5, coloratis, pedi- 



cellatis ; glumis brevissimis, obtusissimis ; foliis latis, vaginis ore fimbriatis. — Eupr. 

 I c. 121, tab. vi. fig. 17 ; Steud. I. c. 336. C. (Dendr.) tenella, Nees, I. c. 



Hub. in Brasilia, Lhotsky, Sellow ! v. s. 



Culmus gracilis, internodiis longis, €i floriferis quandoque foliis, demum deciduis, interstinctis." Folia late 

 lanceolata, 4-5 poll, longa, 12-15 lin. lata, raro angustiora 6-8 lin. lata, insequilatera, brevipetio- 

 lata ; glauca, subtus scabra. u Vagina glabrae, fusco punetatae, ore margin eque dense ciliato-fim- 

 biatcBy ligula obliqua vel oppositifolia, elongata, excisa." cc Racemi basi bracteati, apbylli, e nodis 

 setuligeris culmi fasciculatim erumpentes, falcati, penduli, pollieares," spiculis 3-5 pedicellatis, 

 rhachi glabra. Spiculce oblongo-lanceolatse, obtusiusculae, coloratae, 3-4 lin. longae, nervoso-costatse, 

 glabrae. Gluma brevissima, obtusissimse. Flosculi 2 neutri, acutiusculi, inconspicue nervosi, flos- 

 culo berraaphrodito scabro, fere obtuso, subduplo breviores. Paha inferior 7-nervis ; superior 4-6- 

 nervis. Squamalce 3, longse, ovatse, apice longe fimbriate, basi venosse, subinaequales, tertia 

 angustior. " Stigmata 2, longa, capillaria, semiplumosa. Ovarium lanceolatum, acuminatum/' 



The specimens of this which I have seen, from Sellow in herb. Hooker, and herb. 

 Bentham., are evidently in an abnormal condition, with small leaves scattered along the 

 internodes, bearing racemes below the leaves, opposite to and above the leaves. The 

 vaginae are not fringed in these specimens. Nees states that there are sometimes two 

 perfect hermaphrodite flowers in the spicnla besides the two sterile flowers. 



2. C. simpliciflora, Munro. (Tab. II.) Racemo simplici, spiculis 3-4 pallldls pedicel 



latis, glumis brevissimis obtusis, foliis angustis insequilateris, vaginis ore fimbriatis. 



H, 



M 



Hay 



Triana ! v. s. 



filiformes 



interdum tenuissimis, scabris vel Iambus, 4-6-7 poll, longis. Hamuli flo- 



rarissime 



ramulis foliigeris tantum paucis, 8-9 



scabra, subtu 



majora 2i poll, longa et 4-5 



lata, minora vix lineam lata et 3-5 lin. longa (fig. B, magn. nat.). V&n* striate, inter strias hir- 



iutissimse, demum 



bre 



°"e setoso-fimbriatie. lierula brevi 



* 



hirtis (fig. 1). 



3-4 lin. longa, inconspicue nervosa, glabra 



4, rhachi glabra. Spicule 



glabro ^-4 lm\iorcs. Palea 



evanidis) subsequans (figg. 1, 2). 



basi 4-nervem 



fimbriat 



m loculis apiculatis (figtr 



interne plumosa (fig. 4) . 



. 2, 3). Squamula 3, 

 livisus in stigmata 2 

 tenuata, fusca. 



exttmrSr' f" aPPr(>aCheS VOry Cl ° Sely ln ^ rcs P ccts t0 0. tenella, but it is 



extremely dnterent m appearance, and may be easily distinguished by its pale-eoloured 



