HO COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^E 



glomeratis, spicula ovata, brevissima, paiwiflora; palea inferiore apice spmoso-acuta, 

 margine fimbiiata, supcriore apice bifida; squamulis plerumque 1-2, rarissime 3 ; 

 stylo longo, filiformi, hirsuto, tandem superne 2-3-fido ; foliis latis et longis. 



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Hub. in I ml or. Tenasserira, Martaban, Pegu, usque ad 4000 ped. s. m., prsecipue in saxis calcareis 



(" Kycllo-wa" ct "Mytsanguc" incolis), Brandts, no. 2 ! 



v. s. 



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circumferentia maxima 27-pollicari. striatus, inferne subnudus. prope terram 



semiverticillatis 



radicum annulos emit- 



tcntilms, intemodiis 2-2;] ped. longis, spathis 17 poll, longis" (Brandis), intus glabris, extus fuscis, 

 superne pilis fuscis aspcris, apiculo spatham longitudine superante, lanceolato-acuminato, intus basin 

 versus pilis dcnsis, fuscis hirsutissimo. " Folia magna, 10 poll, longa, 3 poll, lata, nervis secundariis 



2 i " {Brandis) ; 



folia 



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rotundata, utrinque glabra sed supra uno latere tactu scabra, venulis transversis obsoletis vel nullis. 

 Vagina glabrae, ore nudse, lateribus in auriculam obtusam rotundatam products. Panicula maxima, 

 ramosissima, intemodiis superioribus 3 poll, longis, pallidis, teretibus, nitidis, spiculis numero- 

 sissimis, in semiverticillis globosis, ssepe 9 lin. diametro, secus ramulos subaequidistantibus, sed 

 superne approximatissimis, ramulorum intemodiis apices versus incrassatis, uno latere sulcatis et 



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hirsutis. Spicula 3-4 lin. longa, ovata, 4-5 -flora, flosculis 2-3 perfectis, rkachilla inconspicua. Palea 

 inferior basi lata, apice spinoso-acuta, glabra vel superne scabrula, 16-20-nervia, toto margine 

 fimbriata; superior paulo brevior, margine et carinis fimbriata, apice bimucronata, inter carinas 

 2-3-nervia. Squamula variabiles, raro et tantuni in flosculo infimo 3, plerumque 2 vel 1, lanceolatse, 

 fimbriatse, vix nervosae, hyalinae. Stamina 6, basi libera, antheris apice penicillatis vel nudis. Stylus 

 longus, ban incrassatus, hirsutus, tandem superne 2-3-fidus? (tametsi partitiones nunquam vidi). 

 Carijopsis obtusa, styli residuo rostrata, hirsuta, 1| lin. longa, inferne sulco longitudinali notata. 



I have some doubt about tlie leaves of this plant, as two very different sorts of leaves 

 are enclosed in the same envelopes with Dr. Brandis' s excellent flowering specimens, and 

 neither quite agree with the description given by him. I have consequently taken my 

 description from some to which a label marked " Kyello-wa " is attached. The other 

 leaves are remarkably unequal at the base, which would probably have been mentioned 

 by Dr. Brandis. These latter are very thin, 14-15 inches long, and 2£ inches broad. 



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The necklace-like flowering branches of this magnificent species are extremely strikin 

 In many respects, especially in outward form, it approaches very closely to Bendro 

 co lamus Jlagelliferus. 



Bambus.e cognitcB steriles (foliiferce tantum), igiturque, quoad genus, dubice. 



* Venuli transversi creberrimi conspicui, hinc folia tessellata. 



24. B. tessellata, Munro. Eoliis 1-1J ped. longis, 2-3|- poll, latis, eximie tessellatis, 



an B. reticulata forma major ?, Rupr. I. c. 148. 



Halt, in China. Vidi folia segfrcg 

 Folia membranacea. oblon^o-lan™, 



China 



interstitiis quadratis, apice acuminata, bad insequilatera et 



petiolum 



marjnne 



costam mediam, ad latus magis evolutum, nervis 



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