W COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



Otitis subceqmlibus, flosculis neutris f-| brevioribus, foliis lanceolatis, subtus pube- 

 rulis vel pubescentibus venulis transversis plus minus conspicuis.— Enum. 428; 

 Suppl. 351 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. I c. 616 ; Rupr. I. c. 123, tab. ix. fig. 20 ; Steud. 

 Syn. 336. C. pubescent, Steud. I. c. 337. C. Valdiviensis, Em. Desv. in Gay, El. 

 Chil. vi. 446; Walp. Ann. vi. 1044. C. intermedia, Steud. in Lech. El. Chilensis 

 (flatten tantum). Arundo quila, Poir. Enc. vi. 274; Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. Mant. 

 ii. 479. An ctiam A. quila, Molina, Geog. Nat. and Civil Hist, of Chili, i. 126 

 (1809) P Nasi us quila, Roem. et Sch. Syst. vii. 2. 1361. 



I lab. in Chili, Dombey ; Valparaiso, Capt. King ! Wilkes ! ; Valdivia, Bridges, 821 ! Philippi ! Lechler, 525 ! 



& 525 a ! ; ins. Chiloe, Capt. King ! Anderson ! v. s. 



Culmus ramosissimus, elatus, internodiis saepe 9 poll, longis, farctis, lsevigatis vel apice scabris; ramulis 



floriferis patulis, 6-15 poll, longis, subcompressis, vel 4-5-phyllis vel polyphyllis, ad nodos fasciculatis. 



lineari 



b 



dam inajquilatera, apice acutato-subulata, margine cartilagineo remote spinuloso, supra glabra 

 is glaucescentia, puberula vel pubescentia, pilis longis ssepe inspersis, nervo centrali prominulo 



secundaria 6-10 



ligulu ciliato-pilosa. 



margine ciliatae, infra petiolum membrana brevi ciliata terminate 



(pedal 



ibus interdum 1|-2| 



brevibus. Spicula ovata, 2-3 lin. longa, pallida vel colorata, subnitida vel 



flosculis neutris 1-| brevioribus. Flosculi neutri sub 



aequales, 3-5-nerves, cuspidati, saspe discolores, liermaphrodito glabro vel pilis brevibus adpressis 

 hirto f^| breviores. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) nervis 7 distinctis, acuto-mucronata ; superior 

 brevior vel longior, 4r-6-nervis, apicem versus subbicarinata, apice emarginata. Squamula hyalinse, 

 infcrne 4r-5-nerves, apice obtusae et piliferae. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 plumosa. Fructus 

 immaturus lineari-oblongus, glaber vel puberulus (teste Steudel). 



I have fortunately had numerous specimens of this plant to examine, and feel, after 

 careful comparison, that I am justified in considering all the species named above to be 

 either identical with or mere varieties of the original C. quila. Kunth's drawing repre- 

 sents an unusual state, with the panicle shorter and less compound than it generally is. 

 Lechier's no. 525 contains a specimen of this state. C. Valdiviensis, which has the trans- 

 verse vein lets more conspicuous and the spiculae more hirsute than usual, has, I think* 

 been created by a misapprehension of Philippi's as to what the true C. quila is ; for in 

 Limn -a, xxix. 103, he says that "in C. quila glumse aristatse sunt, spiculam suba> 

 quantes." I do not know what his authority is for this statement, which certainly does 

 not coincide with Kunth's description or figure. I must refer to this again in describing 

 the following species. This plant is stated by various collectors to be called by the 

 inhabitants « Quila," « Kili " or « Keelee " 



26. C. tenuiflora, Philippi in Liniuea, xxx. 206. Panicula decomposita, elongata, 



gracih, ramis demum divaricatis, rhachi scabro-hirsuta, glumis longis spiculam 

 ceauantibus vel supemntibus, foliis angustis subtus glabris vel puberulis.—C. quila, 

 Em. Desv. I c. 447 (non aliorum) ? C. ciliata, Philip. 1. c. xxxiii. 299 ? 



Hob. in Chili, Valdivia, San Jose in nemoribus, Santiago in maritimis, Philippi \> Chiloe, Germain, v. s. 



