

Culm 



COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE B AMBUS ACE A SO 



Ovarium rostratum. Gttyopsis basi styli trifidi euro* 



nata, subtricornuta. 



Culmus suffi 



poll 



a 



feriore rostrato-acuminata 



ji 



Culmus elongatus, vix arbor eus. Folia 3-6 poll, long*. Spirilla gul, 



8-flora, rhachilla tandem conspicua, paleis imbricatis, int'eriorc nni- 



/ 



cronato-acuta 



. Hi. B. liliiiiiiiiii,. 



Sect. II. Stylus basi subbulbosus, proftmde (sed non ad basin) 2-3-fidus, stitrina- 



tibus longis, tenuibus. Ovarium infra apicem constrict inn. Cary- 

 opsis conico-rostrato-acuta. Palea superior in fln-.ulis perfect 

 inferiorem plerumque superans. 

 Culmus spinosus. Paniculae rhachis teres, glaberrima, nitida, dura, glome- 



rulis plerumque paucispicitlatis. Spicula 8-12 lin. lougn, 6-12-ilora, 



flosculis fertilibus 3-7 



17. fi. arundinacra 



Culmus spinosus. Paniculse rhachis teres, striata, vix iiilidu, dura, spi- 

 ralis plerumque dense glomerato-verticilhifis. Spicule coriaeca, 

 ssepe monoica, 5-6 lin. longa, 4-6-flora, flosculis fertilibus 2-3 . 1H. II. ipino i. 



Culmus inermis? Paniculse rhachis glauco-riridis, angulata, sub mollis. 



Spicula submembranacea, 7-9 lin. longa, 5-8-flora, flosculis ferti- 

 libus 3-5 W. B. orientalis. 



Sect. III. Stylus longus, basi simplex, hirsutus, superne tantum (vel, in B. Old- 



hami, ad medium) 2-3-fidus. Culmus inermis. 



Culmus arboreus. Spicula oblonga, subcompressa, evoluta quasi bifida. 



Palea inferior basi subattemata, superne margine jimbriata. An- 

 therce pilis brevibus apiculatae. Squamula3 3 . . . .20. B. vulgaris. 



Culmus subarboreus. Panicula composita. Spicula ovata vcl ovate-la n- 



ceolata, 7-8 lin. longa, flosculis 7-11, palea inferiore bam latissima. 

 Squamuke3 ; ■ 2\. B. IWrbryana. 



Culmus eximie fistuhsus, cavus, siiffruticosus? Panicula sulmmjdex. 



Spicula ovato-!anceolata,12-13\m.]<mga, flosculis 8-13, palea infe- 

 riore basi latissima. S quamuhe 2-3 . Stylus ssepc ad medium 3-fidus 22. B. Oldham. 



Culmus arboreus, maximus. Spicula ovata, brevissima, 3-4 lin. longa. 



Palea inferior spinoso-acuta, margine huge fimbnata, Squamulae 



1-2-3 



23. B. Brandisii. 



1. B. kana, Eoxb. Hart. Ben-. 25 (1814); PI. Ind. ii 109. Panicula interdum depau- 

 perate, in ramulis ssepe efoliatis paucispiculata, ramulis foliiferis adjectis, interdum 

 subsimplici et etiam monostacbya, ramulis foliiferis term ina 1 i , raro con, port. , 

 spiculis eylindricis, perfects Hi poll, longis, palea superiore injure gUherr^ 



staminibus 6, quorum 3 interdum (lusu) obsoletis, folfc plerumuu. pams, l-.-polb- 



caribus, interdum majoribus, 3-5 poll, longis, subtus »»£«« «£" «"* 



aurieulato-fimbriati,^. mm. hb. Ham. in Wall Cat. o03fi I AftamUj 

 Cat. et Lindl. in Penny Cye. (1835) ; Item, et Seh. 1. c v«. 13.,, ; Bta**^ BJtor - 

 •«*, ML, Steud. in Zoll.Cat.57; Syn. 330; ^'^f^^^ 

 285, teste Kurz in berb. ex hort. Bogor. B,cm% ** ^^^^ 

 Kew ex berb. Zuee. B. glaacescens, Sieb. Cat. et Hort. B. stenUs, Kurz ,n Hort 



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