COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACKjE. 91 



"Flowers usually imperfect; I can see no ripe seeds forming." In all the other spe- 

 cimens which I have seen from Buitenzon* and Kew (where the plants flowered in 

 October 1862), the 6 stamina are quite perfect, and the spicula is regular in all respeoti. 

 It is very closely allied to B. tulda, I have observed in the living plants that 1 lie terminal 

 leaf of the branch is not as glaucous as the remainder of the leaves on the same branch 



2. B. tulda, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 25 (1814) ; PL Ind. ii. 103, Icon. 1 103 ! et herb. Koxb. ! 



Culmo inermi, fistuloso, excelso, norifero basi aphyllo, sed ranmlis uliimis ilorifcrii 

 ssepe basi foliatis ; panicula ampla, decomposita, rhachi nitida (jlaberriitm, rainis 

 simplicibus vel compositis, divaricatis; spiculis in verticillis simplieibus vel com- 

 positis per ramulos ultimos sparsis, interdum solitariis, lanceolatk plurirm ferti- 

 libus, 1-3 poll, longis, multifloris, nitidis, articulis rhachilhe e.mspicuie lon-is, apice 

 fimbriatis; palea inferiore acnta, margine superne Bsepe bre\iiimhriata, -up rion 

 carinis longe ciliata ; antheris obtusis, ovario obovdo, apice // ado ; foliis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, 4-12 poll, longis, 6-12 lin. latis, subtus plerumque hirsute, pr/iolo supra 

 Mrsuto.—B. trigyna, Roxb. MS. herb. Mus. Brit. ! JL macala, lib. 11am. 



™ Trwl nr TUnwi f« TiiWa Bans » incolisi, Roxburgh ! 5080 C ! WaBck, Griffith ! ; Birgung, HXO his ! 



Hab 



(folia tantum); Takurgung, 880! hb. Hamilton, Wall. Cat. 5026 a; A***? Sceb ur. 9141 

 Masters; Tenasserim, Martaban, Meaong! Trogla! 5027! WaUkk-, var. ramulk flonferu bati 

 foliatis (« Jowa Bans"), Bengal, Serampore ! Hort. Bot. Cat. I Griffith, herh. Ro*b. ! »i Ii all. < at 



_ . — -^ -a •« 1 «** I Tl I. _. * 



herb. Mus 



v. s. 



Chfaw arboreus, elatus, gregarius, inermis, fistulosus (parietibus tenuibus), " ,licbus 30 alti,,,,!,,,,,. 

 20-70-pedalem, cum diametro 2-4-pollieari, attingens" (Rod..), s,, ; ,.bis cariams erto dead, 



numerosissimis 



lin 

 liirsuto, 4-6 



scabra, subtus paUidiora et plerumque hirsuta, raro glabra, ncrvis secundarns u „.,.,«<■ •» «>■ - - 

 spicuis. ^J* superne, interdnm pilis longis, hirsute, marine nno c.hatic ^^J ' 



elongatis et longe ciliatis, ligul 



ad nod 



oblonga, nndnlata, num. ramuusque n™ -I " -— • ^ m .,.„,;,,,„ ,„„,,„. 

 enlas vel solitarias vel 2-3-nas vel lase glomeratas ge.ent.bus, lob.. 



interdum 



i nunqii' 



10-12 



tins, cylindnca, lanceolata, y-oo uu. m s , . * mm J l A Bt m Paha inferior hevissinm, nitida, 



Dressis anipp tantum hirsutis, chums mfenonbus gemmipan. . rmt 



pressis, apice tantum nusuus*, gi ....._, _ %a ,- i- noa . mn tmervis, niarguie interdum 



^ " ' ° .. . . +rtT . f i lim 10 lin lonaa, multmervis, mar 



basi submembranacea et phcata, interdum U lin- «»8 » 



sime 



apice pilis penicillata. Syuawitte longe vel longissime nmonatc, 

 nervosaB, duas obtusa3, tertia lanceolata. Anther* « rubro-purpurc* 



coloratae 



apiculatae. 



in 



Ovarium obovatum, apice hiwntum, itipi- 



tatum. Caryopsis oblonga vel ovalis, apice obtuso hirsuta 



i m-m nvnve to be a mountain form of it 

 This species, unless the f^/;^rtS ■* «*e uearlv adjoining p, 



appears to be principally confined to the plains *» J> Dected b WaUicl 



vinces; but I am unable to distinguish specifically the spea 



) msnngu.s.1 ^ -v - ^. -, , ; 



of Martaban, and conta.ned m to « • 



w 1827 in the teak-forests ot Martaoan, c.u ~-~- SDCeimons is m uch more solid 



section, however, of the stem which is attached to these spcdm 



