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are in leaf only. Dr. Hooker's specimen from KMengunge is the only one that gives 

 any information as to the structure of the panicle. Dr. Hamilton's, which is the only 

 other Indian one I have seen in flower, contains merely a single detached branch of a 



panicle. Mund's, from the Cape, is evidently in an abnormal leaf-bearing condition; 



and the only remaining flowering specimen, namely that from Imreliell, contains two or 

 three detached branches of a panicle. Roxburgh states that the bamboo-workers of 

 Bengal consider this to be the very best Bamboo for building houses, scaffolding, ,V« 

 but that in order to render it durable, it requires long immersion in water. 



15. B. flexuosa, Munro. Culmo florifero basi aphyllo, spinoso, 6-12-podali; panicula 



decomposita, ramulis tenuibus, ad nodos spiculas paucas, latas, compressas, multi- 

 floras gerentibus, rhachilla spicula? conspicua, valde jlexuosa, glum is lincarilms, 

 acutis, paleis hiantibus, ovario rostrato ; foliis lanccolatis, brcvibus. — " Uumttii 8}><- 

 nosa," Osbeck in " Resa," 204 (1757). 



Hab. in China, circa Cantonem, no. 10,000, Hancel; Quantung, Sir G. Staunton\ in herb. Mas. Brit, 



(folia tantum). v. s. 



suflr 



ramis 



lin., intcrnodiis glabria, striatis, 2 .'5 



los locatis. Folia parva, lanceolate 



maxima (in speciminibus visis) 2 poll, longa, 5-6 lin. lata, basi rotundata, petiolata, apice nmcroiii <>- 

 acuta, margine, prsecipue in fohis jimioribus, longe ciliata, utrinque glabra, nervis tecundarii 



membrana 



3-4. Vagina glabrae vel hirsute, striate, margine lievcs, infra petiolum 



elongata, seepe longe ciliata. Culmi floriferi dispositio ramorum ut in foliifero, ramulis simplicibns 

 vel compositis, foliis hinc et inde sparsis, cito deciduis, spiculis in ramulis approximates, inferioribus 

 geminis vel ternis, superioribus alternis, 10-14 lin. longis, eximie compresais, sessilibns vel interdum 

 pedicellatis . Spicula 8-12-flora, flosculo inferiore interdum et superioribus 2-3 



masen 



intermediis 



aperte, conspicuje, flexuosaj longis, hirsutis, compressis; glumis linearibus, aeutis, saepe distantibui. 



infer 



longe, in superioribus paulo, superiorem subcymbiformem, dorso canaliculatam, carinis plus mine 

 ciliatam superans. Squamula 3 subaaquales, apice rotundato-obtusissim*, longe fimbriate, ner- 

 vosa*, nervis, stepe curvatis, squamute marginem per currentibus . Stomm* f>, filament* ' 



is. Stylus basi subbulbosus, primum indivisus, sed cito in stigmata 3 pulchcr- 

 rne nuda, fere ad bulbum 3-partitus. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, vix 2 lin. 



basi 



pansa, antheris obtus 

 rime penicillata, inft 

 longa, apice glabra el 



This has a different look from all other Banibuste. The perfect spicula has the rhach.s 



as much exposed as it often is in Braohjpodmm, to which it hears some resemblance. 



The gaping pafe also give the plant a very peculiar appearance. Osbeck, in speaking 

 of this plant, collected during his travels in China in 1751, says that it is generally 6 

 feet, but occasionally 12 feet, high, and that it is said to flower once in s.xty years. 



16- B. Blumeana, Schultes, Syst. vii. 2. 1343 (1830). Culmo elongate, spinoso, pani- 

 cula •• lateral! » (Schult.), decomposita, patula, ramis plerumque sol.tarns inferi- 

 oribus 15 poll, longis ; spiculis vix compressis, vcrticillato-glomcratis, rhachilhe 



