56 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



Hab. in Brasilia, Sellowl; in monte Itacolumi et Serra de Carassa, alt. 5000-6000 ped. s. m., Riedel; in 



Adamantum provinciae Minarum 



3000-4000 ped., Martins: Organ Mts. in summis 



v. s. 



it 4-6 



maculatis, dense ramulis 



densissima 



errimis, inferne adpressis, stricte arrectis 



superne latioribus et dense Miosis tectis. Folia linearia, subulato- acuminata, quasi acerosa, rigida, 

 sessilia, raraulorum suprema ultrapollicaria, inferiora breviora, vix lineam lata, utrinque glabra, subtus 

 7-1 1 -nervia, nervis secundariis a tertiariis vix distinguendis. Vagina striata*, lateribus hirsute vel de- 



ula 



semel composita, depauperata 



ohlonga, densa, plus minus pollicaris, spiculis distincte pedicellatis, rhachi pedicellisque puberulis. 

 Spicula 3-linealis, subfusiformis, obtusiuscula vel acutiuscula, opaca, demum fusceseens. Glume 

 ovata>, minutse, obtuse. Flosculi neutri subaequales, 3-nerves, mucronulato-acuti, sub lente dorso 

 aspcriusculi, discolores in specim. e Sellow, concolores in spec, e Gardner, hermaphrodito brevissime 

 strigoso-hispido fere dimidio vel £ breviores. Palea inferior mucronato-acu 



em 



vatae. 



matibus 



A Dice fimbriate 

 laneeolatum, ii 



attenuatum" (N 



Trinius states that this is one of the numerous plants called " Taquarra," as I hav< 

 already mentioned at p. 48. 



4 



6. C. Purdieana, Munro. Panicula semel composita, 2-3-pollicari, spiculis ptibe 

 scentlbus, glumis brevibus obtusis, palea inferiore flosculi hermaphroditi longisshne ami 

 minata. foliis ansustis subtus non tessellatis. ■ 



Hab 



iC 



Monte del Mor 



v. s. 



ipedal 



ultra, superioribus gradatim minoribus sub 3 poll, longis, ramulis numerosiss 

 ad nodos inferiores densissime fasciculatis. Folia ramulorum floriferorum 



mucronata, margine 



nervis 



glabrae, ssepe coloratse, ligula brevi dorso pubescente. 



2 poll, longa, 1-1| lin. lata, 

 transversis nullis. Vaginae 



semel 



ispiculatis, adpressis, sub 2 poll, longa, lineari-oblonga, rhachi scabriuscula. Spicula angusta 



brevipedicellata, 5 lin. longa, pubescens. 



vissimse, obtusse 



tiuscidae. Flosculi neutri nervosi, insequales, superior £ longior sub 3-linealis, oblongi, apice 



pubescentes 



her 



phroditi 5 lin. longa, dorso inferne glabra, superne pubescens, 7-9 -nervis, apice subulato-aeuminata ; 

 superior paulo brevior, fere glabra, superne tantum subbicarinata, apice bisubulata. Squamuhe 3, 

 oblique lanceolate, nervosa, toto margine fimbriatse. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 plumosa. 



Purdie says this is called " Carisa " by the natives ; but that appears to be a word used 

 for many species, indeed for cane-brakes generally. The long-pointed lower palea dis- 

 tinguishes this from all other species with short glumes. 



7. C. Cumingii, Nees in Linnsea, ix. 487: Panicula plerumque semel bisve, raro magis 



composita, contracta, lineari-oblonga, 1-3-pollicaris, glumis lanceolatis cuspidate, 

 foliis angustis, margine cartilagineo, subtus non tessellatis.— Rupr. I. c. 122, tab. vii. 

 fig. 19 (tab. ix. fig. 19, dubia) ; Steudel, I. c. 336 ; Em. Desv. in Gay, Fl. Chili, vi. 

 448, tab. 83. fig. 1 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 1044. Arundo quilling a, Molina (fide Cuming). 



