COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMRUSACE^E. 73 



Hab. in ins. Borbonia, "regione Pays Brule/' alt. 3000-4000 ped. s. m., Commerson B Bory, Richard* 



Madagascar ? (" Calumet des hauts/' no. ] 

 Sumatra in pro v. Angkolae sup., 1000-3000 



Thenars in herb. Mus. Paris.!); 



v. s. 



Culmus 



m col 



arboreus, 50-pedalis, fistulosus, raro ultra 2| poll, diametro, ramis (vol ramulis?) 5-12 poll, lonjrk 

 basi foliatis, apiee floriferis, semiverticillatis. Folia angusta, lincari-1; 

 lin. lata, basi subattenuata, apice longissime acuminata, subtus vix pallidiora, venulis transvemia 

 obsoletis remotiuseulis, margine serrato-ciliata. Vagina sulcato-striatae, interstitiis latcralibus hir- 

 sutism ore ciliis longis basi latis fimbriate, ligula inconspicua. Panicula swbsimplcx, ramis albido- 

 fuscis, sericeo-tomentosis, spiculis pedicellatis vel fere sessilibus. Spicula oblon- i, romprcssa, 

 5-7-flora, glumis 2, brevibus, muticis, nunquam gemmiparis; flosculis 1-5 inferioribus ncutris, uni- 

 paleaceis, nervoso-costatis, interstitiis pubescentibus vel hi] atis ; pennltimo neutris simillimo, 



hermaplirodito 



Palea superior angusta, in sulco CMMdiculato nidi- 



mentum pedicellatum recipiens. Genitalia et caryopsis ut in genere deseripto. 



Boiy, in the Itinerary quoted above, gives a very good drawing and interesting descrip- 

 tion of this plant. He says it is a most beautiful grass, flowering in September mid 

 October, when the stamens are exserted and hanging from the spicula •. It is quite an 

 alpine plant, and forms a well-marked and remarkable belt all round the island of 

 Bourbon, interrupted only in places where the flow of lava prevents vegetation. 



Species valde incerta et sine dubio anomala, stylo bifido. 



2. N. barbattts, Trin. in Act. Petrop. I. c. 627, sub nom. Bambvsa barbata, " Spiculi 



sessilibus, in fasciculos dense aggregate, 5-floris, foliis la/is, ovato-oblongi*, basi 

 subcordatis."— Ruprecht, L c. 132, tab. xvii. fig. 41 ; Steud. I. c. 332. 



Hab 



s. v. Ruprecht. 



« 



ternod 



vel aphyllos, apice 'spiculas capitatas emittentibus. Folia ovato-oblonga, 6-8* poll. longa^l6-]H lin. 

 lata, basi rotundata, subcordata, longe petiolata, plicata, opaca, ucrvis - -«« 



secun 



trans.ersis infra prominulis remotis. Vagin* infra petiolun, 3-lincalcm dero ,,,nlutm.l,tcr wnm+ 

 bub.be, ore fimbriate. SpicuU in fascienlos dense aggregate, series, 3-5 l,n. long., -,- ,™, 



umis 



2-3 

 hermaphroditi) 



nervosi, glumis similes. x 



pedicello flosculi sterilis longc, firmo. . Squamula ^ mq**», la ^ la ^ ^^ 

 bifidus. Caryopsis hirsuta, attenuata." " Quoai 

 autem Guadua distorts."— Ruprecht, desc. et icon. 



Stylus 



N. Borbonico, quoad habituni 



It will be observed from the above description, whieb is the only *W°*~ "jj 



with this plant, that it is widely separated from M- . M ^T'^SS^ 



drawing isLreet, in the glumes being — ^^ it «£' t ^ 

 to wbat genus it does really belong, and have tnereioie { 



placed it 



a ; „ n+ -Rnsmil I c =Bambusa airundinacea, W 



Nastus arundinaceus, Sm. /. c. et Kaspail, L c. t> . ..j^ 



N. baccifera, Raspail, / 



Melocanna bambusokles, T 



a. sauui^ka, «-J--- =2 , wAo ^Mta, Munro 



N. capitatus, Kunth, Gram. l. a.o, .^ndern Ktb 



N. c™ E . H., B. et K. Nov. Gen. i. 201, = Chus q uea . nde* , R • 



N. guadtja, Spr. Syst. ii. 113 



Guadna angustifolia, Kth 



l2 



