12G COLONKL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



bad rotundatis, utrinque glabris, sed tactu asperiusculis, nervis secundariis incon- 

 spicuifl, vaginis compressiusculis, glabris, panicula coniposita, spiculis dimorphis, 

 fertilibus compressis, plurifloris, ssepe 12-15 lin. longis. — Bambusa diversistachya, 

 Munro, in herb. T. C. D. 



Hub. in Malacca, " propc Ayer Punas, circa domum," Griffith. 



v. s. 



Outmt s arboreus, 30-pedalis, fistulosus (internodiis floriferis tantum visis). Folia angusta, setaceo- 



acuminata, basi rotundata vel attenuata, petiolata, petiolo glabro, margine argute serrata, plerumque 

 8-11 poll, longa, 9-12 lin. lata, ntrinque glabra, nisi interdum pili panci subtus ad costam sparsi, 

 nervii secundariis utrinque 4-6, segre a tertiariis discernendis, venulis transversis obsoletis. Vagina 

 glabrae, utrinque products, ore nudse, ligula elongata, truncata, glabra, interdum longe ciliata. 

 Panicula vix decomposita, terminalis, internodiis teretibus 4-6 poll, longis, inferioribus apice scabris, 

 supcrioribus gradatim glabrescentibus et nitidis, ramis inferioribus ad nodos plerumque 3, interdum 

 plurimis, nunc floriferis tantum, nunc foliiferis superne floriferis, apice nutans et simpliciter verticil- 

 lato-spicata, ramis approximantibus, brevibus, subdensifloris, spiculis secus ramos fasciculato-verticil- 

 latis, vel ssepe solitaries, plurimis cylindricis acutis, angustis, incompletis, vix 9 lin. longis, paucis 

 oblongis, compressis, 12-16 lin. longis, et 4 lin. latis, bromiformibus . Spicula fertilis 11-13-flora, 

 flosculis omnibus, nisi 2-3 terminalibus tabescentibus et forsan infimo, bipaleaceis, hermaphroditis, 

 rhachillse articulis supcrioribus plus minus conspicuis. Palea inferior valde acuminata, margine et 

 dorso glabra, superne immerse nervosa; superior multo angustior, vix brevior, ssepe hirsuta, 

 6j lin. longa, carinis inconspicue fimbriata. Squamula 3, oblongse, longe fimbriate. Stamina 6, 



monadelpha, antheris mucrone hirsuto vel penicillo pilorum apiculatis. Stylus longus, hirsutus, 

 superne bifidus. Ovarium (immaturum) apice hirsutissimum, longe rostratum. 



Tin's has a very different appearance from the two preceding species. The perfect 

 spicula has a considerable resemblance to that of Bambusa vulgaris. 



Species clubia, folia tantum. 



4. G. apus, Kurz, MS. in herb, (nomen). Folia (2 tantum adsunt) 14 poll, longa, 2^-2 



poll, lata, basi inaequilatera, attenuata in petiolum supra scabrum, subtus hirsutum 

 basi incrassatum, supra glabra, sed medio et ad nervos margini alteri adjacentej 

 scaberrima, subtus scabrula et pilis brevibus hirsuta, margine serrato scaberrima 

 nervis secundariis tota lamina 26-28, elevatis, conspicuis, venulis transversis incon- 

 spicuis. Vagina sulcatae, striatse, margine ciliata?, superne glabrse, inferne strii 



3 



4 



pilis albidis adpressis hirsutae, fovea apice callosa, hirsuta, margine fimbriata, li- 

 gula truncata, dorso hispida, margiue tenuissime ciliata.— A an B. apus ? Roem. et 

 Sch. /. c. 1350, et ante, p. 112. 



Hab. in Java, hort. Bogor. (" Talie " incolis), Kurz. v. s. 



These leaves are different from some marked " Apus " in hb. Horsfield, as already 

 mentioned at p. 113. In many respects they correspond perfectly with Schultes's descrip- 

 tion of B. apus, differing principally in having hirsute petioles. Hasskarl, in Cat. Hort. 

 Bog. 295, says that " Apus " belongs to the genus Dendrocalamus. 



XIII. OXYTEN 



Munro, now gen. Bambusa>, sect. Scirpobambos, Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 439. 





Spicula subcylindiica 



curvata 



