COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEJI. 1();» 



oribus) ; 



Hooker (folia tantum) \ Trnasscrim. Moul 



Wallich ; Mergui, Griffith, 327 ! Heifer, 2G7 ! ; Pegu 

 land\ v. s. 



Culmi « subarborei " (Roxb.), dense csespitosi, "30-50-pedales" {Roxb.), "jOO-j^dalca* [BrandU), 



supcrne mcurvi, spinosissum, ramis interne semivcrticillatis, supemc altmiatim riistichis, vix listu- 

 losi, duri, virido-flavi, striati. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 8-6 (raro 7 poll.) Ion- had plci-iumpf att - 

 nuata in petiolnm brevissimum, basi subtumidum, supra subglabra, subtus pallidum ct sa-pr hirsuta, 

 nervis secundariis utroque latere 4r-6, plerumque inconspicuis. Vagina primum dense hirsute 

 deinde subglabrae, ore ciliis paucis caducis fimbriate. Internodiii culmi floriferi aphylli rig foliiferi 



'is fistulosis (teste Roxb.). Panicula ingcns, ramosissima, ramulis ultimigplrruiiKjui 

 spicnlis per intervalla, ssepe brevissima, dense glomerato-verticillatis. Intcrdum spicul. 

 ulis, diametro 1-pollicaribus, ad basin ramulorum asgrccatai. Sincula acuta*. sa i oe curvat.:i>. 



ma 



4- 



mar 



carinis superne ciliata, longior, in hermaphroditis brevior. Ant } w r arum coimecthum elongatum 

 Sguamula 3, fimbriate, vix nervosa?, duse subobtusfe, tertia lanceolata. Sty/us plerumque <it< 

 3~fidus, basi conico-bnlbosus. Ovarium (immaturum) lineari-oblongum, "clavatum" (H ■!>.. 

 Caryopsis matura nunquam a me visa. 



This species is best to be distinguished from I?, tmmdinacea by having a paler-coloured 

 and more striated panicle, smaller and more coriaceous spicule, with fewer flowers, 

 generally smaller leaves, which are often hairy on the underside, and with the petiole 

 sometimes remarkably swollen at the base. In some of the Tena scrim specimens th< 

 spiculge are remarkably small; but they do not appear to differ in any other respect. 

 Unfortunately most of the specimens I have seen are imperfect; -omc contain only mail 

 spicule, and the flowering specimens generally are unaccompanied by leaves, and via 

 versa. Roxburgh states that "it is a middling- sized subarboreous species;" but a few 



lines below he says, "the height is from 30 to 50 feet;" and Dr. Brandis • vs it spread 

 all over the lower part of Pegu, in the plains and along the principal streams, and attain 



a height of 100 feet. Thwaites mentions that the seed of this species is eaten in Ceylon 

 and it was probably this species which is referred to in p. 4 as haying flowered so pro 

 videntially in India in 1866. The magistrate states " it was the wild t horny species onh 

 which had flowered." 



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19. B. orientals, Nees in herb. Wight. 206 a, et in Linn. ix. 472 (partim). Cul mo i Me) 



spinoso, florifero, in speciminibus visis efoliato, glanco-nrk/i, angnlo.to et $ulca> 



mmusque duro, internodiis ssepe hirsutis; panicula decomposite j spicnlis membi 



naceis, irregulariter paniculato-agglomeratis, interdum circa node* dense vert ,c. hit 

 nonnullis, glumis distentions, distincte pedunculatis, 7-9 lin. Ion la, 5-*fions 

 palea inferiore margine vel fimbriate vcl nuda, superiorcm vix sab --" •■ ■ ■ 



basi conico-bulboso, non longe supra basin 2-3-fido; foliis (in spec, v.s.s) 2-.,, poll 



. longis, petiolis plerumque hirsutis, raginis primum hnsut.s ore long 



Kupr. i.e. 142, t. xiii. fig. 51. B. vrndmacea, Nees in Lmn. I. o. 475, t. sto * ight, 



hb. prop. 207 ! =1802 !, et Rnpr. I. c. 141, t. xiii. fig. 50, scd non Bet., ct sliorum. 



m. in pcninsula Indije orie ntalis, no. 206 a ! = 1800!; Quiton, no. 3417! //„/„! In p.anitie „. 



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