82 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



interdum hirsuta, nervis secundariis 14-16 vix elevatis, venulis transversis obsoletis. Vaginas pie- 



r 



trancata?, sa?pe efimbriata? ; interdum, praecipue in ramulis 



sima 



Inflorescentia 



perata, fere spicata, 2-4-nodosa, spiculis paucis, 1-3, ad nodos sessilibus, in ramulis ter- 

 um, eodem ramulo, spiculis paucis infra folia fere ad basin ramuli locatis, interdum 

 terminali similes, aphylla?, ad nodos ramorum, cum spiculis 1-2 fasciculatis . Spicula 

 i, 1-2 lin. lata, cylindracea, 15-24 lin. longa, subarcuata, 7-8-1 2-flora, la?te stramineo- 

 i auiceaue attenuata, flosculis inferioribus nonnullis masculis, supremis tabescentibus, 



articulis brevibus, uno latere sulcatis, fere glabris. Gluma 

 Lor acuta, nitida, sa?pe glabra vel brevissime adpresse hirsuti- 

 )r vix brevior, carinis late alatis et superne fimbriatis, 8-10- 

 nbranacea?, basi callosa? et multinervosa?, oblonga?, obtusa? 

 trifidus in stisrmata 2-3, longa vel brevia (in eadem spicula), 



intermediis hermaphroditis, rhachilla? 

 breves, carinatae, glabra?. Palea infei 



nervia. Squamula 3, tenuissime 

 (acuta;, fide Kunth). Stylus cite 



submembranace 



Ovarium apice conico hir- 



sutum 



I have fortunately seen several specimens of this plant in flower, and have thus had 

 an opportunity of observing how extremely variable the inflorescence, as described above, 

 is. The bright yellowish-brown-coloured, shining, long, narrow spicula? afford very good 

 marks for distinguishing this species at sight from all others. Kunth' s mistake in 

 assigning a diameter of 16 inches to the culm has been copied by nearly all other writers 

 on Bamboos. Humboldt says this is found abundantly in the mountains of Quindiu, 

 forming forests several leagues in extent, growing in hot valleys and at moderate 

 elevations. 



7. G. Teinii, Rupr. I. c. 130, tab. xv. fig. 38. Eamis tiiberculato-asperis, foliis angustis, 



3-3^ poll, longis, supra scabro-hispidis, petiolo hirsute, vaginis piiberulis, ore 

 herbaceo-setulosis, panicula vel brevi subsimplici, vel longa et decomposita, 

 spiculis J-l poll, longis, 4-6-floris, palea inferiore margine glabra. — Steud. I. c. 333. 

 Bambtisa Trinii, Nees in Linn. ix. 469. 



Hub. in Brasilia, Sellout ! v. s. 



Cut mm pedalis, ramis tuberculato-asperis, lanuginoso-canis, ad originem spinis recurvatis sa?pe oppo- 



sitis. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, basi cuneata in petiolum brevem hirsutum, glauca, 2|-3J 

 poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata, margine scabra, supra scabro-hispida, subtus nisi ad petiolum ct ncrvum 

 medium fere glabra, nervis secundariis utrinque 3, venulis transversis null is. Vagina puberula?, 

 ore setulosa?. Inflorescentia maxime irregularis— nunc panicula brevis, 4-5-stacliya, in ramis spi- 

 cigeris lateralibus, aphyllis cum foliosis ramosissimis mixtis, nunc ramorum validorum terminals 

 spicam exhibet prselongam, racemoso-decompositam, interrupte glomerulifloram, aphyllam. Spicule 

 subsolitaria?, |-1 poll, longa;, lanceolata?, acuminata?, nitidse, virides vel straminea?, 4-6-8-flora, 

 rhachilla? articulis 1J lin. longis, flosculis demum squarroso-patentibus, 1-2 inferioribus et 1-3 

 uperioribus sterilibus, intermediis perfectis. Gluma acuminata?, 7-9-nerves, mucrone brevi termi- 

 nate. Palea inferior 7-13-nervis, margine glabra, superiorem ovalem, apice obtuso denticulato, carini* 

 alatis, interne la?vibus apice scabriusculis, a?quans. Squamula 3, obtusa?, plicata?, basi nervulosse, 

 inconspicue fimbriate, tertia angustior. Stylus basi bulbosus, cito trifidus in stigmata 3 plumosa. 



The inflorescence of this species is remarkably variable ; in the compound state it has 



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