108 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E 



ipiculns paucas (8-6, rarius 1-2) vel interdum plurimas densissime semiverticillato-capitatas geren- 

 tibas; ramulorum intcrnodiis plerumque apices versus pubescentibus vel hirsutis, nunc teretibus, 



nunc striatis vel angulatis, minus duris. Spicula oblongo-lanceolata, compressa, disticha, ei 



uriN 



4-9- 1 2- flora, 5 



urn arete imbricata, demum 



infimo 



tcrminalem 



phroditis. Palea inferior cuspidato-acuminata, basi subattenuata, chartacea, 11-19-nervia, nervis 

 superne ssepe prorainentibus, margine, supra medium, pilis densis patentibus fimbriata; superior 

 brcvior, vel aequilonga, vel etiam longior angustior, obtusiuscula, carinis pilis sat longis, crebris, 

 albidis vel coloratis ciliata. Squamutce tenuiter membranacese, diaphanse, apice pilis longis ciliatse, 



brevibus 

 superne 



obovato-oblongrae, tertia longior et multo 



to 



pcnicillatse. Stylus gracilis, filiformis 



( — j — 7 _ y A A y ± ^ — ^ 



tan turn 2-3-fidus, stigmatibus filiformibus, saepe cito dilabentibus, ut stylus inde simplex esse vide- 

 atur. Ovarium (immaturum) oblongum, apice pilosum. 



The numerous specimens which I have seen of this plant have enabled me to ascertain 

 that the large number of synonyms quoted above all belong to one species, which, indeed, 

 considering its wide range, appears to vary less than many other species. The most 

 remarkable varieties occur in plants cultivated in the gardens of Europe, two of which 

 (one from the garden at Paris, and one from that of Gottingen) are figured under the 



name of II. Thouarsil by Kunth in plates 73 and 74 of his magnificent work on Gra- 

 mineae. The native country of this species is still doubtful : it is certainly naturalized 

 in many places ; but there is no reliable information as to its being actually indigenous 

 anywhere, either in the East or the West. It is, when in flower, readily distinguished 

 from all other species in being the only one with oblong compressed spicule, the lower 

 palea? of which are not considerably enlarged at the base, combined with a long slender 

 style divided into stigmas at the extreme end, and stamens free at their base. A magni- 

 ficent specimen of this plant is growing in the Palm-house at Kew. 



21. B. Beecheyaxa, Munro. Culmo inermi, subarboreo ; panicula composita, rhachi 



striata, ramis longis simplicibus, internodiis superioribus plerumque hirsutis, flori- 

 feris saepe apice foliiferis ; spiculis ovatis, plurifloris, in glomerulis subsequidistan- 

 tibus paucis, vel solitariis bractea elongata suffultis ; palea inferiore basi latissima, 

 dorso glabra vel raro sabhirsuta ; stylo gracili, filiformi, superne 2-3-fido ; foliis basi 

 eximie cordatis et petiolatis, venulis transversis obsoletis vel nullis.— B. verticillata ? 

 Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voyage, 254, non "Willd. 



q China, Beechey ! Sir G. Staunton in herb. Mus. Brit. ! ; Quantum, Ookaisa, in svlvis. Dr. Tate I 



(var. palej 

 Culmus " 20-pedalis," 



orso pubescente). v. s. 



losus, inermis. Folia (floralia tantum adsunt) lanceolata, apice setaceo-acumi- 

 lata, brevipetiolata, petiolo interdum supra hirsuto, margine serrata, 3-5 poll, 

 mpra glabra sed uno margine tactu scabra, subtus glabra vel hirsutiuscula, 

 t conspicuis, utroque latere 6, venulis transversis obsoletis. Vaginae sulcato- 

 erumque nudae. Panicula (nodi 4 tantum adsunt) composita, elongata, rhachi 

 dura, ramis basi bracteatis, interdum sesquipedalibus, ad nodos paucis, sub- 



superioribus compressis, hirsutis), nunc anhvllis nrnin folimn. «n{«il«. iti glo- 



merulis sub^equidistantibus, approximatis, vel etiam imbrieatis, paucis, interdum 



1-2 poll, longa velatis. 5 



vel ovato-oblonga. acuta vel obtusa 



