COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEjE. ft 



m Mah-lo " bamboo. Some specimens, under the same native name, collected bv Hooker 



in Sikkim, appear to me to be quite distinct; and I think there is com 



about the identity of Thomson's specimens, which are in leaf only. 



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4. B. appinis, Munro. Culmc florifero filiate ? diffuso, msandetUe, paniculas oolot 



ramis elongatis, erectis, ad nodos paucis, spiculis connects, cohratis, palca infer 



to»0<? acuminata, foliis petiolatis, fere setaceo-acuminatis, \; .jinis ore ,,//,„/„,.;, 

 conspicue ligulatis. 



#<z£. in Ind. or. Burmah; Yoongalum ("Theeshe " incolis), no. 18, Bn lis ! 



" Culmus diffusus, scandens, diamctro vix bipollicari/' raniulis foliiferis l-lj-pnlalibus, Mm] r I ipoci- 



minibus visis apice floriferis. Folia lanceolata, 1-8 poll, longa, 10-12 i'm. lata, deniuiii rHrac 

 basi rotundata, conspicue petiolata, apice fere setaceo-acuminata, margine breruaime Bcrrata, utrinquc 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora, nervis secundariis utroque latere 8-10 vcl intenlum 5 (teste Brandis,. 

 Vaginae striatae, glaberrimse, infra petiolum membrana integra coriacea terminate, ore rum- fimbriate , 

 ligula pro ducta, obtusissima. Panicula in culmo foliifcro terminalis, an semper ?, foternodiis glaber- 

 rimis, 4-7 poll, longis, ramulis ad internodia 2-3, ssepe pedalibus et ultra, spiculas paucaa, ooriw < as, 

 nitidas, subpollicares, semiverticillatas, per intervalla 2-4 poll, distant I, gerentibus, Lnterdom 

 spica, fere simplex, in ramulis foliiferis terminalis. Spieula coriacea, 6-10-flora, mtidUtima, la? 

 fusca, rhachillge articulis striatis, subbrevibus, apice brevissime fimbriate . Palea inferior plus quam 

 20-nervis, basi plicata, apice longe acuminata) superior multo angustior, inter carinas ciliat 

 7-nervis, et extus carinas utrinque 4-nervis. Squamulce 3, fere crassae, basi nervosa* et mbplicata', 

 duse majores basi interdum coalitae. Ovarium subobovatum, apice obtuso subhirsutum et itteouatmn 

 in stylum, cito in stigmata 3 divisum. 



This, again, approaches very closely to B. tnlda; but the scandent habit would appear 

 to keep it distinct, as well as the long petioles, and vaginae without any traces of a fringe, 

 but with a ligule of some length. The specimens are not sufficiently perfect to show 

 whether the leaf-bearing and flowering culms are ever distinct; but that is not likely to 



be the case in a climbing plant. 



5- B. tuldoides, Munro. Culmo inerai, vix arboreo, fistuloso; paniculas ramis inferi- 



oribus subsimplieibus, semiverticillatis, paucis, superioribus alternis foliis super,, 



inftorescentiam intrantibus, rhachi nitida, glabra, dura, tereti; spiculis palltdis, mm 



nitidis, membrmaceis , cylindrico-compressis, subuucialibus, rhacb.lla tandem » 



bill, in glomeruli plus minus distantibus, vis dense aggrcgatis, palea inferior. 



apice mbobtma, snbito mncronata; foliis angmtis, subtus pallidts et hirsute, vagstm 



B. Blumeana ? Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voyage, 251, ad not., mm 



glabris. 



Rcem. et Sch. B. tulda, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 431, non Eoxb 



Hab. in China, Canton, Millett 



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w* suoarooreusr', mermis, suusuuuua v^ x,o v - „„+:, A iot r , „,„. 



* , , ,. - » n i „„ r « lin lata lanceo lata, basi rotundata, petiolata, mar 



tantum adsunt) Inec folia 5-7 poll, longa, 5-8 tin. lata, lantcumi*, r 



' , / „ ofn mnra ff i„hri vol margine tactu BCabra, subtus lm ata, 



gme (prsecipue basin versus longe serrata, supra glabra vei dwu & 



n CT vis (P secunda ri is utrinque 6-8, subcom„ieu,s. V^ glabra- pul,bre «-^"^ 

 paucis caducis fimbriate biauriculata, Fo,ia floralia -i„uha s,d „„„„ a. - ~ " ; 

 -cuudariis paucioribus, auriculis vaginte obsolete. Panicula d.ametro mftntt 8 b„, rh.u fa. gl,bra. 



