68 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEJE 



Hab. in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado Mont., Raddi, Gaudichaud, Mertens. s. v. Ruprecht et 



Kunth. 



dens ? , ramulis ad 



Kth 



phyllis. Folia ovato-lanceolata (Kunth), lineari-lanceolata (Rupr.) , 3-3| poll, (teste 

 (teste Rupr.) longa, utrinque glabra, subtus pallidiora, basi insequalia, cuneata, apice angustato- 

 acutata, nervis secundariis 9, venulis transversis rarissime vel non anastomosim plenam referentibus. 

 Vagina compressae, carinatre, superne ciliatae, ligula prominente, oblique rotundata, glabra. Pani- 

 cula patens, ovato-oblonga, bipollicaris, rhachi glabra. Spicula (interdum monoica, teste Raddi) 

 oblonga, pedicellata, castaneo-fusca, coriacea, nitida, 4-5 lin. longa, glumis acuminatis, brevibus, 

 l-l^ lin. longis, carina scabris. Flosculi neutri obtusiusculi, glabriusculi, obsolete 7-nervii, inse- 

 quales, superior hermaphrodito parum brevior. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) flosculis neutris 

 simillima, sed major; superior subaequilonga, ad dorsum superne sulco hirtello notata, 6-nervia. 

 Squamula angustae, integrse, apice pilis longis ciliatae, insequales, duse trinerviae, tertia brevior 



1-nervia. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 pilosa 

 Ruprecht et Kunth, descr. et icon. 



(Kunth) 



>> 



I am only acquainted with this plant from Kunth's drawing, and Ruprecht's and 

 Kunth's descriptions. Nees says he never saw the plant, and, quoting Raddi's words 

 verbatim, states that he cannot but doubt the correctness of them. Judging from Kunth's 

 drawing, I cannot consider that the plant should be placed in the section denned by 

 having " panicula contracta capitulum referens." It appears to me that it should have 

 been placed next to C. oligochylia, to which it is evidently closely allied. It will be 

 observed that the two descriptions by Kunth and Ruprecht differ in many respects, 

 especially as to the size and form of the leaves. Kunth states that he described and 

 figured his plant from a specimen sent by Gaudichaud. Ruprecht does not state from 

 what particular specimen his description was made. 



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C. capittjhflora, Trin. Act. Petrop. I. e. 613, icon. 339. « Capitulis terminalibus 

 rhachi pedwellkque dense pnbeacenUbm , glumis acwmmato-Bubulutk, carinis oiliatis 

 paleis nervosts subobtusis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis."-Eupr. I. c. 125, tab. ix. fig. 25 



Steudel, I.e. 337 



.mbrosis (" Quixiume 



Trinius 



ternis vel numerosis, fasciculatis, spith 





viridia, concoloria, basi 



perfectam 



usculo. 

 lisque < 



** glabrae, ligulse loco margine subauriculato-producti 



borbiculatum, diametro 8-lineali, folio supremo parvo stipatum 



3-4-liuealis, plus minus obtusa. elumis acumi 



subulatis, nervosis, scabriusculis, ad cariuam eiliatis flosculo nfi T T ' -l " * 



*i in»mifllp« 7 o ™ •• . • ' nosculo infimo duplo brevioribus. Flosculi 



n msequales, 7-9-nervu, nervoso-stnati, dabri, obtusi inWH,,™ • *• • 

 ;*,. _, i i v • , ' 5**"*^ ooiusi, interdum mmutissime mucronulati, 



hermaphroditum obsolete nervosum, nitidum, coriaceum, ob- 



flosculus neuter tertius, vel etiam 



parum 



alteris flosculi 2 hermaphroditi occurrunt P„j P „ . 7 ' ™ etam SpC 



nr*>w„ „^™- £!T ' occurrunt. Palea superior mfenore paulo brevior, bicostata 



binervis 



utnnque mnervis. Squamua 3, subaemialp* inf ™ Q *_ „ , 



bifidus » ,Hcrm«fo o i. °> SUD£ec l ua tes, mferne nervate, superne fimbriate Stylu 

 oiflaus m stigmata 2 pubescenti-plumosula ."— Tri n i„» »* v> ,.. 



Trinius et Ruprecht. 



