98 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^l 



b 



nigris, balbosis Iiirsutis, margine longe ciliatis, apiculo triangular!, basi fimbriate, brevissimo, 3-5 

 I. a. longo tcrminatis. Kami foliiferi geniculate pauci (5-8), basi bracteati, verticillati, apice folia 



panca (3-5) gerenfe*. Folia plerumque 4-6 poll, longa, et 9-12 lin. lata, in ramulis floriferis 8 poll. 



longa, et 18 lin. lata, lanceolata, basi rotundato-attenuata in petiolum sublongum, acumine, praecipue 



urimis 



subbiaur 



ariis discernendis, menibranacea, pallida. Vagina glabra, breviter 

 fu$ci$, plicatis, cito deciduis fimbriate, ligula demum elongata. Panicula ramis inferioribus verti- 

 eillatis, simplicibus, valde inaequalibus, supcrioribus altcrnis, ssepe gracilibus, loriformibus, basi pie- 



interdum paucifoliatis, spiculis glomerato 



minus 



distantibus. 



imum cylindrica, demum com 



masculo 



gemmipara 



2-3 sequentibus subpatulis, fertilibus, 1-2 superioribus tabescentibus, gluma inferiore 



superiore 5-7-nervi, margine subfimbriata. Palea inferior (fertilis) acuminata, multinervosa, 



glabra; superior vel longior vel subsequilonga, carinis breviciliata. Squamula variabiles, ratione 



margme 



minus 



Antherarum con- 



noctivum obtusum. Stylus cito 3-fidus, stigmatibus sublongis, tenuibus. Ovarium (immaturum) 

 lincari-oblongum, rostratum, rostro glabro, styli 3-fidi residuis coronatura. 



This is a well-marked species, readily distinguished from all others of the genus by the 

 peculiar long heard at the base of the spathes, combined with the long hairy point to the 

 loaves. The specimens I have seen do not enable me to state whether the leaf-bearing 

 and flowering culms are generally distinct. The plant appears to be confined principally 

 to the lower and warmer slopes of the Khasia mountains. 



12. 13. polymorpha, Munro. Culrno excelso, inermi, fistuloso, duro, internodiis apice 



pilis adpressis albidis, hirsutis, florifero basi aphyllo ; panicula supra decomposita, 

 ramis ramulisque polymorphis, nunc brevibus vel brevissimis, verticillis spicularum, 

 paucifloris, approximatis, nunc 2-3-pedalibus, verticillis densinoris, 4-6 poll, di- 

 stantibus, spiculis interdum monoicis vel dioicis, 3-6 lin. longis, palea inferiore obtusa, 

 mucronata, superiore carinis glabra, antheris ssepissime seta apiculatis, ovario sub- 

 rostrato, rostro hirsuto ; foliis angustis, utrinque hirsutiusculis, vaginis eximie 

 auriculatis. 



Hub. in Ind. or. Martaban, Pegu ! (" Kijathounwa" incolis), no. 1, Brandts; Rangoon, M'Clelland. v. s. 



60-80-pedalis, rectus, apice leniter curvatus, inferne nudus, superne ramis semi- 

 verticillatis comosus, diametro maxima 6-pollicari, parietibus tenuibus, annulis horizontalibus, inter- 

 nodiis 1-2 ped. longis n (Brandis) ; spatbis crassis, coriaceis, intus nitidis, pilis paucis sparsis, extus 



arboreus 



canescentibus adnressis, medio 



cucullato, mucronato 



)> 



tenuia, lineari-lanceolata. basi inaenualia. subattenuata 



marline 



i 



poll, longa, 4-7 lin. lata, supra, punctulis 

 mmutissimis tota supcrficie scabriuscula, pilis paucis sparsis, utroque margine et medio aspera, subtus 

 pilis CTebris hirsuta, nervis secuntlariis utroque latere 6-8, subconspicuis. (Folia pauca, raro inflo- 

 rescentiam intrantia, minora, vix 3 lin. lata, 2£-4 poll, longa.) Vagina carinatse, 



compi 



abrupte terminate 



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auriculis rape elongatis, ciliis longis fimbriatis, ligula vix ulla. Panicula supra decomposita, inter- 



