104 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E 



subco 



subinconspicuis, 5-6 utroque latere. Vagina primum 



ramis 



dcmum glabrescentcs, ore ciliis paucis, vix cito deciduis fimbriate. Panicula mgens, 



rorismmifl semiverticillatis, simplicibus compositisve, ssepe longis, decurvis aut pendulis, spinosis, 



spiculis rarissime dense 



sepissime agglomerato-ternis 



alteniis solitariis et glumis distantibus quasi pedunculatis, internodiis, ssepe ipso apice, brevissime 



ramulis 



hirsutis. Interdum panicula ampla, fohosa, 

 ( |uis minoribus, 5-10, basi cuneatis vel rotundatis (in eodem ramo) terminatis. Spicula plerumque 

 nitida, kmccolata, 8-12 lin. longa, 6-12-flora, flosculis fertilibus 3-7, 1-2 vel pluribus inferioribus 

 genua i paris, sequentibus perfectis, his, palea superiore inferiorem superante, terminalibus " 



tabcsccntibus. 



acuminata vel mucronata, interdum 



ginc basin versus, interdum superne tenuiter fimbriata, ssepe omnino glabra; superior ssepe longior, 

 irinis longc ciliata, sub lente valida hispidiuscula. Squamula 3, insequales et dissimiles, duse 

 latiores, obtusse, tertia lanceolata, angustior, omnes ciliatse. Stamina 6, connectivo vel obtuso vel 

 appendicular. Stylus basi conico-bulbosus, infra medium 2-3-, plerumque 3-fidus in stigmata 3 

 pulchre plumosa. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, apice styli residuo hirto coronata, 



"ma 



forma avense. 



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The hard, polished, yellowish, smooth, spinous "branches of the panicle best distinguish 

 this from B. orientalis. I presume that this is the species referred to above, at p. 4, as 

 having, in 1864, furnished, during one of its periodical flowerings, food to upwards of 

 50,000 persons in Canara. I believe there is no doubt that this Bamboo, which Mr. 

 Stewart says is called k< Bidunguloo " in Canara, dies after perfecting its seed ; but in 

 proof of how rapidly the young plants may reoccupy the ground, I would mention that I 

 have a plant growing in my greenhouse raised from a seed sent home by Mr. Dalzell in 

 1864, on which there are now 22 culms. With the exception of Wight, no. 3346, and 

 G. Thomson, 110 and 161, nearly all the dried specimens which I have seen of this 

 species have been collected, probably for convenience' sake, from plants bearing leaves at 

 the end of the flowering branches, and consequently in an abnormal condition. Hence 

 has probably arisen much of the confusion in the nomenclature of the plant indicated by 

 the numerous synonyms quoted above. 



18. B. spinosa, Roxb. Hort, Beng. 25 (1814) ; El. Ind. ii. 198, icon. 1964, non Nees in 



Linn. ix. 474. Culmo spinosissimo, florifero plerumque omnino efoliato ; panicula 

 ingente, ramosissima, spinosa, spiculis fere semper sessilibus, ssepe curvatis, acutis, 

 sub 4-6-floris, 5-6 lin. longis, coriaceis, interdum monoicis, rhachilla raro 

 per ramulos ultimos, ssepe tenues, plerumque dense glomerato-verticillatis, glome- 

 ruli subsequidistantibus, palea inferiore ssepissime margine plus minus fimbriata, 

 m flosculis perfectis, superiorem carinis ciliatam non sequante, stylo basi conico- 

 bulboso, cito, fere ad basin, plerumque trifido, raro forsan bifido, foliis raro ultra 

 6 poll, longis, subtus interdum pilosis, vaginis ore ciliatis.— Hamilton in Linn. 

 Trans, xiii. 480, teste herb. Ham. in Wall. no. 5024 ; Spreng. I. c. ii. 112. Arundo 

 indica arborea, Burmann, Thes. Zeyl. 35. B. arundinacea, Thw. En. PL Zeyl. 375, 

 non Retz. "Arundo bambos," herb. Roxb. non Linn. 



Goragh 



Hamilton 



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) , Jenkins ! (var. spiculis long*- 







