Squa- 



86 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



nodos fcrunt. Spicula angusta, cylindrica, ssepe curvata, 5-8 lin. longa, pauciflora, flosculis 1-2 

 mttrioribui et 1-2 superioribus incompletis, reliquis hermaphroditis, glumis glabris, coloratis, inter- 

 dum gem mi pans. Palea inferior nervis validis 6-10 cum totidem intermediis tenuioribus, 

 subglabra, margine fimbriate; superiore margine ciliata et brevialata, srepe conspicue brevior. 

 mula, stylus et ovarium veluti in G. refracta. 



In many respects this approaches G. refracta ; hut the spiculae are more deeply 

 coloured, shorter, narrower, and with fewer flowers; and the panicle, of which there is 

 mi excellent specimen in Burchell's collection, is much more compound, with the diver- 

 gent hranches inclining upwards. The leaves are occasionally nearly as long as in G. re- 

 fracta, but they are much more attenuated at the points, and generally very much 



narrower. 



13. G. Venezuela, Munro. Culmo florifero aphyllo, panicula3 ramis divaricatis, decom- 

 poses, latere uno planis hirsutis, spiculis compressis, 9-12 lin. longis, palea inferiore 

 nervoso-costata, dorso kirsuta, foliis plerumque 3-4-J poll, longis, 4-5 lin. latis, 

 petiolis hirsutissimis, vaginis glabris vel superne hirsutis, uno margine longe ciliatis. 



Hab. in Venezuela, Dr. Krueger ! v. s. 



ternodiis suDerioribus sub 3-Dollicaribus 



canal iculatis, hirsutis, nodis undique strigoso-hispidis, ramulis paucis brevibus ad nodos fasciculatis. 



-4i noil, lomra, 4-5 



hirsutissimum 



pilis brevibus hirsuta vel demum glabrescentia, nervis secundariis utroque latere 3-4 conspicuis, mar- 

 gine brevissirae serrata. Vaginae inferiores hirsutse, superiores vel glabra vel superne hirsutse, uno 

 margine longe ciliata?, oreque ciliis longis paucis sat rigidis caducis fimbriate, vix ligulatae. 

 ti floriferi paniculae ramus unus longus tantum adest, adjectis plurimis brevissimis simplicibus ad 

 nodum strigoso-hirsutum fasciculatis. Ramus subsesquipedalis, internodiis 2-3 poll, longis, rhachi 

 strigoso-hispida, ramulos 2-3 valde insequales ad nodos strigosos gerens. Spicula pallida?, 2-3, glo- 

 merate, 5-6-8 florae, basi valde attenuate, 9-12 lin. longse, rhachillse articulis brevibus, hirsutis, 



)letis, glumis interdum gemmiparis. Palea inferior extus hirsuta, 



flosculis 



incom 



nervoso-costata, apice mucronata; superior obtusa, carinata, inter carinas alatas et longe ciliatas 



3-4 



G. paniculata. 



'us et ovarium veluti in G. reft 



The specimens which I have seen of this are very imperfect ; but I think it is readily 



listinguishable from G. refracta by its much smaller leaves and the long fringe on one 



side of the vagina. The single branch of the panicle which I have seen is also very much 



more compound, and the spicule more hirsute, than in either of the two preceding 

 species. 



All these last three species are certainly very closely allied, especially in the structure 

 of the spicule, although they are remarkably different'in general appearance. They have 

 all the same obovate form of .ovary that is found in Bambusa tttlda and allied species ; 

 and the keels of the upper palea are very much less winged than in any of the ten other 

 species of Guadua. Consequently there remains but little except their geographical dis- 

 tribution and their peculiar hairy petioles to separate them from the genus Bamtem, in 







