94 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE,E 



positis, valde insequalibus, ad nodos 



ad 



erticillatis, intemodiis infimis apice scabriusculis, glomerulis plerumque paucispiculat 



approximatis 



oicula pallida, membr anacea , non i 

 inferioribus brevibus, apice tantum 



4-8-ttora, flosculo infimo masculo, 2-5 sequentibus fertilibus, 1-2 supremis tabescentibus 

 •ior nervosa, glabra, obtusa, brevimucronata : superior vix vel nmlto brevior, acuminata 



apice fasciculo pilorum terminata, carinis superne tantu 

 simae, longe et tenuissime fimbriate. Anthera obtusse. 

 et t( mi iiia. Ovarium stinitatum, fere 



'a obovatse, obtusis 

 tigmata 3 sublong; 



I in. longa, obtusa, fere glabra. 



obovatum, apice hirsutum, in stylum rostratum. Caryopsis 2\ 



In the structure of the spicula this is very close to B. tulda ; but the plant appears to 

 Ik; smaller, and to have a generally different appearance. Moreover Mr. Hance, who has 

 had an opportunity of observing the plant when growing, is decidedly of opinion that it 

 is distinct. The perfect spicules are much smaller than in B. tulda, and have not the 

 usual shining appearance ; the lower palea is blunter and has fewer nerves ; the vaginae 

 are more glabrous and more deeply striated; and I have never observed the lowest 

 branches near the main axis to be scabrous in tulda, as they often are in this species. 



6. R axgulata, Munro. Culmo inermi, herbaceo?, fistuloso, paniculse rhachi molli, 



submedullosa, sulcato-striata, intemodiis apice subhirsutis, ramis ramulisque angu- 

 l«tis, uno latere ssepe hirsutis, verticillis ssepe eompositis, distantibus, spiculis 6-12 

 lin. longis, membranaceis, pallidis, foliis angustis, subconcoloribus, subtus hirsutis, 

 vaginis superne hirsutis, oreque ciliatis. 



Hab. in China, Formosa, no. 650 ! Oldham, v. s. 



Cut mm suffruticosus ? vel herbaceus? (ramuli foliiferi 3-4, disiuncti 



adsunt) 



intemodiis inferioribus 



acuminata 



secundariis utroque latere 5-6. 

 timbriatse, collo auriculatae. Pa 



mararmi 



tandem glabrescentes, mar 

 )edalis adcst), intemodiis in 



medullacea, viridi 



simphcibus. r 



mollibus 



latere sulcatis et s*pe hirsutis, glomerulis plerumque distantibus, ssepe eompositis. Spicula pallida 



hirsut 



Anther w 



brevimucronata^ 

 Stylus cito 3-fidus. Squa- 



apice vix hirsutum. 



fimbriate sub^quales, tertia minor. Ovarium stipitatum, tandem subobo. 



> 



mor 



rugosa, squamulye 



iuscQ-hirsuta, cum ovario rostrato apice glabro, occurrunt. 



This species of which I have seen but one specimen, collected by the late Mr. Richard 

 Idham, m 1861, appears to be more herbaceous than any other Bamb^. m «—, 



rtnated, almost pithy panicle, with angled branches, distinguishes it from all other allied 



species. B. ortentalis of IS 



The g 



hns .v. TiZTTZ 7 a PP roaches « in having a soft and striated panicle, bnt 



has a very different stvle and fruit. 



