COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEJL To 



rantes. Squamula 8, basi latae, apice conico-acuminatre, fere enervosae, margine superioro tenui- 

 ciliatse. Stylus basi, brevi spatio, simplex, tunc bifidus. 



This fine species is well distinguished by its very lon^ glumes, ri\ ailing in that respect 

 Chusquea aristata, Munro, which it resembles in many respects, all hough ol* course 



widely separated from it by the character of its foliage. 



5. P. aperta, Munro. Panicula pedali et ultra, (/porta, patula, rhachi glaberrima, pedi- 



cellis longis; spiculis obtusis, sub-3-linealibus ; foliifl li~2J ped. longis, subtus 

 pubescentibus . 



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Hab. in Nova Granada, sub nom. "Chusquea de Paramo," Goiulol ! v. b. 



Culmus erectus, simplex? (folia 2 et panicula tantum visa). Folia 1 £-:.'] ped. longa, 1 poll. lat;i, supra 



glabra, subtus pubescentia et glaucescentia, basin versus, miro modo, in petiolum 3-4 />o/l. ionguui 



attenuata, inarticulata. 



l>roct ssu 



longo auriculata. Panicula 16 poll, longa, amplissima, laxa, rhachi glabi nima, rudiii primariiii 

 subsolitariis, srepe dicliotomis, pedicellis interdum Longiasimu (1 poll, et ultra). Spied* lob 3 lin. 

 longa, subobtusa, glabra, glumis brevibus vel brevi-imis, o\atis, obtusis, em-mis, fimbria) is, floa 



culis neutris plus quam duplo brevioribus. Uiflosculi obtusi, inconapicue nmosi, margine vix fin.- 

 briati, concolores, hermaphroditum simillimum, subobtusum, glabnnn, membranaceum fere aequantca. 

 Squamula 3, multinervia;, membranaceae. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 valdc divergentia. Otw- 

 rium apice brevirostratum. 



A very fine grass, unlike any other of the genus, with most remarkably iong-petioled 

 leaves, and very curious appendages or auricles to the vagina. 



Fendler. no. 2501 !, from Colonia Tovar, in Venezuela, is probably another speck 



Planotia. I have, however, only seen some leaves of this, which are 6 feet Ion- 

 inches broad, with unusually long ligules. Fendler states that it had never been 

 flower or fruit. 



Section II. Bambuse^e ver.e (conf. supra, p. 12). 



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Conspectus Generum. 



t iluin* nunquam gemmi P ara3. Stamina 6, filamentis basi hberis. Squa- 



mute 3, normales. Styli 3, fere ad basin discreti. Spicule 

 5-7-flor*, flosculo {nonnisi penultimo) bipaleaceo, hermaphrodite 

 plerumque gemmipara. Stamina 6, filamentis ban Hberis. Spied. 

 plerumque multiflora, flosculis 1-pluribus bipaleaceis. 

 Pale "superior lata, bicarinata, carinis alatis. Squamm* 3, normal,. 



Stylus brevis, cito 2-3-4- parti tus . . ■ • • • 

 Palea superior „»* angusta, bieanna.a ^m* £ 



Nastu* 



umse 



10. Ouadua 



S quamulse 



v 



1 1 . Bam bus a 



Xsubbrevis, cito 3-fidus vel basi subbulbosus promnde W-Mm . 

 vel longus, apice tantum 2-3-fidus . . ■ • • 

 \ei lon^u , ! n | am entis basi mmadelphu. 



Glum* interdum gemmipane. Stamina o, n. am 



o • i a * a vpI nhlona*. Sqnamula? abnormalea 1 »j aiu 



Spiculae subovaUe \el ooiot,ga>. i . . . 12. Gigautocbha. 



abortu nulla; . • • • " * ' Vi Oxytena$Uker*. 



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