COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEJ2. T>7 



Arundo canila, Mol. (Steud.). "Modimi crcscendi reproaentat Lutke, Iter, 1885, 

 atl. tab. ii." (Itupr.). C. parvifolia, Philippi in Linna?a, xxxiii. 2:V.). 



Hab. Chili, Valparaiso, Cuming, 639!, Bridges ! Capt. King] Bertero, no. 81 G, Vuppig, Kaslahky, 



Wilkes !; C onception, M er tens. — Gardner, 5410 ! in Hb. Bentliam. v. s. 



Culmus 8-10-pedalis, erectus, superne nutans, internodiis sub 3-4 poll, lon^is, la>vigatis, strannmi- w\ 



purpurascentibus ; ramulis patulis, pedalibus vel 2-pollicaribus, basi foliiferis, apico flori.iris, dense 

 fasciculatim erumpentibus, "sterilibus quibusdam divaricatis vel flexuosis." Folia Ianceolata vel 



mucronato 



ibrigida, sessilia, mar 



ligul 



nullis, 1 poll, et ultra longa, 1|— 3 lin. lata. V< 

 , brevi. Panicula lineari-oblonga, U-2-3 poll. 



erumque semel bisve composita, interdum magis composita, thyrsoidea, rhaelii prdicellisqw 



brevibus tenuiter puberul 



Spicule saepe 



lanceolate, nitidje, obsolete nervosse, 3-3^ lin. longai. Glunue lanceolate, cuspidatae, ]>lu3 mums 

 carinas, rarissime pubesceutes, flosculo infimo vix duplo breviores. Flosculi ncutri iiuwpialcs, cuspi- 

 dati, 3-5-nervibus ; superior longior, hermaphrodito, glabro, saepe colorato, 7-nervi, ^-\ brevior. Palm 

 superior apice obtuso bifida. Squamuke subinaequales, lanceolate, basi venosse, superno timbriat:. • 

 Stylus plerumque eito bifidus in stigmata 2 plumosa. 



This plant varies considerably both in foliage and inflorescence. The specimens col- 

 lected at Valparaiso in Wilkes's Expedition exhibit a very small prostrate form, which 

 I believe to be C. parvifolia of Philippi. Huprecht has given two drawings of the struc- 

 ture of the spicula, which do not agree with each other : plate vii. fig. 19 represent^ 

 the ordinary state of the plant, and is quite correct in all details ; plate ix. fig. 19, 



bearing the 



ect in many respects, and the second neutral flow 



epresented as having two paleae 



8. C. ttliginosa, Philippi in Linnaja, xxx. 207. Panicula bis terve composita, linoai 



oblonga, 2-4 poll, longa, ramis adpressis, glumis lanceolatis cuspidatis, superw. 



flosculum infimumfere cequmite, foliis angustis subtus tessellatk 



Chili, Valparaiso, Puerto Monti! in uliginosis (« kleine Quila" incoli.s), Philippi. 



V. 8. 



■pedal 



internodiis foliiferis glabris, 7 poll, longis,. diametro 3 lin 



spatha striata, adpresse hirsuta, involutis; noriferis sub 5 poll Jong.s, glabns t—bu . 

 Lull foliiferi (nondum sat evoluti) sub 3 poU. longi, oligopbylh , flongcn lore apbyU 3-6 pcdl 

 longi. Folia liueari-lanceolata, basi attenuata in petiolum brevem, ap.ce ruueronato-aeuta, marine 

 cartUagineo crasso serrata, rigida, glaueescentia, 1J-2J poll longa, 2-3 hn lata, nerve central, 



subtus valde conspicuo, secundarns 2-3 



tessellata. 



uscufce, apice tenuiter ciliate, ore nudas, ligula 



rhaeli i 



Panicula bis terve composita, ramis aup™», —* <—*—-, . - incon-mcue 



snblongis angulatis seabriuseulis. «M t^£S!^A^S, 



flosculum mfimum acuminatum 



parum 



Palea superior bicarinata, 6-nervis, inter cannas pubeseens. 



Genitalia carie de 



speciminibus a me visis 



In tnany respects this is very closely allied to 0. Ou^U; but the foliage appear 



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