120 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^ 



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et acutis capitulia instar aven* obtusse, erectis, in culrai summo semper frequentioribus."— Rumph. 



K unth includes this as a synonym of B. verticillata, Elume {Gigantochloa verticil- 

 la ta, Munro) ; and Loureiro considers it to be his Arundo multiplex (B. multiplex, Poir.) ; 

 but it appears to me to be very doubtful whether it really belongs to either species, being 

 distinguished from the first by its shorter and much softer stem, and from the last by the 

 size of its leaves. B. Beecheyana bears a greater resemblance to Rumphius's drawing 

 than G. verticUlata does. 





Bambus® minus notce, steriles, foliiferce tantum. 



53. B. amaiiussan v, Lindl. /. c. no. 25. " Culmo pollicem crasso, adeoque duro ac Arun- 



darbor spinosa, vix recto, internodiis brevibus, spathis pilosis et rugosis, foliis 

 instar Lelebce vel paulo latioribns, exceptis inferioribus quse minora sunt, tenuia, 

 glabra nee pilosa." — Leleba amahussana, Humph. /. c. ; Rcem. et Sch. I.e. 1346; 

 Rupr. /. c. 146. • 



Hob. in Amboina ad pagum Amahussa, Manipa, Rmnphius. 



Rumphius adds that the wood of this is very thick, and that the Chinese use the leaves 

 for packing their rice in. 



54. B. aristata, Lodd., Lindl. /. c. no. 16. " Culmo tenui, glabro, inermi, nodis primum 



far'niosis, foliis glaberriniis, basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, vaginis pubescen- 

 tibus, fimbriatis, ligulis ciliis longis, validis fimbriatis." 



Hab. in Ind. or., Lindley. 



55. E. atka, Lindl. /. c. no. 22. " Culm 



idi usque ad verticem, internodiis 



d summum 2£ poll, [an pedes ?] longis, foliis 13-16 poll, longis, 2-3^ poll, latis 



sinuosis et nervosis, superne ex viridi nigricantibus, inferne griseis. Sub 



maxime 



stantia lignosa, non torqueri potest, Lelebce albce (B. tenuis) instar, sed frangitur et 

 facile finditur."— Leleba nigra, Rumph. I. c. ; Rcem. et Sch. 1. c. ; Rupr. I. c. 145. 



Hab. in Amb 



.~>6. B. blancoi, Steud. 1. c. 331. " Culmo inermi, foliis ensiformibus, utrinque rigide 



breviterque pilosis, margine minutissime serratis, petiolis per totam longitudinem 



pilosis."— A[i q . i. c. 421. B. mitis, Blanco, I. «., non aliorum 



Hab 



~>7. E. fera, Miq. I. c. 418. " Culmis usque 30-pedalibus, superne nutantibus, inermibus ; 



ad nodis sa3 P e curvatis, internodiis ad nodos brevisulcatis, l-lfpedalibus, foliis 

 6-10 poll, longis, digitum latis, glabris, viridibus, subtiliter striatis."— Arundarbor 

 ferce species prima s. Bulu Swangi, Rumph. I. c. iv. 16, tab. iv. (folia tantum depicta) ; 



««««,> 7? „.../ •_ o»i 



B. vulgaris ? " (Miq.) 



Hab 



