1H> COLONEL MONRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E 



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fiimplicibus vol puree raniosis, flaccidis, unilateraliter fasciculatis. Folia breviter sed distincte petio- 

 lata, c basi acutiusculu lanceolata, acuta, membranacea, tenera, lsete viridia, subtus pallidiora 

 nervii secundums utrinque 8-4, xgvc a tcrtiariis discernendis, venulis transversis obsoletis. An ob 

 colorcm folioram cmortuorum flavcscentium 'aurea' dicta?" — Miguel. 



The plant which I have seen cultivated at Kew under the name of JB. aurea appears to 

 j a spedes of Arundinaria or Thamnocalamus. It agrees with the above description, 

 ipt that the vagin.-c are more distinctly striated, the transverse veinlets rather more 

 nspicuous, and the ligule i s rather elongated. 



80. B. regxa, Thomson, MS. in Brandis herb, (nomen tantum). Culmo arboreo, elato, 



foli is angustis, fere linearibus, vix 3 Hn. latis, 2~3£ poll, longis, supra glabris, sed 

 uno latere tactu asperis, subtus concoloribus, hirsutiusculis vel glabris, vaginis 

 stiiatis, inter strias hirsutis, vel demum glabris, margine superne ciliatis, ore nudis 

 Cat. Bot. Gard. Calc. 79. B. siamensis, Kurz, teste Kurz in herb. 



U <iIk in lad. or. Tcnasserim, ad Salucen fluv. (« Tiwa » incolis) , Brandis, no. 12 ! : Siam ! 



Kurz. v. s. 



infcrne nudus, apice ramorum 



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13 poll, longis, annulis liorizontalibus, spathis deciduis, internodia Eequantibus, 



culo adpresso, laiiceolato."" {Brandis) . 



nibus a me 



pull, late, vix ooriacea, intoa infcrne glabra;, extus pilis brevibus, adpressis, nitidis hirsute, apiculo 4-5 

 poll, longo, atrinque hirsute, intcruodiis culmi superioribus sub 4 poll, longis, flavidis, nitidis, 

 soluhs, wmulia simplicibus vel compositis et divaricatis, ad nodos paucis vel numerosis. Folia 

 apice mucronato-acuta, basi rotundata vel cuneata, petiolata, margine serrata, nervis secundaria 



atnoque 3-4, mconspicuis, venulis transversis nullis. Vagina apice truncate, liguia brevissima, 

 truncata. 



Brandis says that " this is a most elegant Bamboo, on account of the regularity of the 

 nodes, and that it is brought to Moulmeyn in great quantities, and used as handles for 

 umbrellas. The young plant cultivated at Kew, and received, I believe, from Calcutta 

 as B.repa, appears to be distinct from this species. In the Kew plant the leaves are 

 (. inches long and 10 lines broad, with 6 secondary nerves on each side, and the petiole 

 inconspicuously hairy above, whereas it is quite glabrous in the Tenasserim specimens. 



Ml. B. ,.vgm.ka .Miquel, I.e. 286. "Culmo suffruticoso, semipedaU, solido, subtereti, 



■ amoso, folia dense distichis, c basi rotundata in petiolum vix ullum coustrictis, 



lanceolatis, acut.s, 5-4 lin. latis, 1-1* poll, Wis, manrinibus subciliolato-scabris, 



subtus pubescentibus, subglaucino-pallidis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 



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Had. in Japonia (« Gin-Meitsife 

 u Statura pygmaea insignis, ca 



modo aceedens/'— Miguel. 



horto Bogoriensi. s. v. Miqucl. 



! [Phy Host achy $ nigra, Munro] quodam- 



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L Vrili W TA '- V 7t' Gal ' tenfl01 ' a ' 1865 ' 362 > *• m - %?• ». '■ - Caule humili 

 ramisl! t /•' Sl f[ ammo ' nodis ^"nulatis, s*pe ramulos 3 breves gerentibus, 

 ram,s bas, braeteis glabris vel villoso ciliatis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis vel ovato- 



