COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 127 



plerumque nonnisi uno, terminali vel penultimo, fertili, rhachilla obsoleta, puleis imbrioatissimis, 

 nunc sursum deorsumque, nunc deorsum tantum imperfecta (flosrulo terminali tabescente ftnll U 

 Palea inferior multinervia, acuminata vel spinoso-mucronata, marline nunc pilis sat long is fimbriata, 

 nunc glabra; superior, flosculi fertilis supremi, dorso convexa, Cir ii 1 i s ohsotetit. Squamulm nulla 

 Stamina 6, basi monadelpha, antheris mucrone vel seta, ssepe loagissima, w\ (in 0. Stocksii) pilis 

 paucis hyalinis apiculatis. Stylus gracilis, longus vel longissimus, basi vi\ incrassatus, apicc in stig- 

 mata 2-3 interdum longa et plicata divisus. Canjopsis angusta, Enuri-oblonga, buIoo longitudinali 



notata. 



Gramina arborescentia vel scandentia, in Africa tropica, India orientali, Zeylaniu, Java ct faisulis ad 



L< (11- 



tibus crescentia. Folia varia. Inflorescentia vel capitulum, vel panicula deownposita, spiculis in 



ramos 



The monadelphous stamens often with extremely long points, the absence of squmnu 

 the convex, not keeled, upper palea of the fertile flower, and narrow linear oblong fi 

 are characters which separate this genus from all others. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Scirpobamhos." Spicule cylindrico-conicse, 12-20 iin. long*, in captuUi, 

 s^epe terminalibus, dense aggregatae 



1. 0. A/njssiuira 



Sect, II, Spicule in verticillis, secus ramos dissitis, aggregatae. 



Spicula cylindrica, 9-14 lin, longa, flosculo termh 

 spicuo, exserto. Palea inferior acuminata, mar 

 violaceis ciliata 



ron- 



2. 0. nvjro-tiluiia. 



Spicula cylindrica, angusta, sub 9 lin. longa, s*pe curvata, flosculo 



terminali tabescente nulla. Palea inferior marine pilis albis fimbriate 3. 0. albo-nkrt* 



Spicula subcompressa, brevis, 4-7 lin. longa, ssepius 3-flora, raro 6-flora, 

 flosculis 1-3 bipaleaceis. Palea inferior spinosa -acuta, margine ftrewt- 

 *i*n* fimW** v«l oruuino Glabra. Anther longe mucronata . . * U. J 



Spicula fcrey, *r*«*, 6 lin. longa, 4-5-flora, flosculis 2 ^^ 



terminali vel ad 



redacto, vel omnino obsoktn. 



Palea inferior ssepe spinoso-acuminatissima, nervosa -striata, margine 



glabra. Antherse vel mucrone 

 culatse . 



5. 0. Stocks 



1. 0. abyssinica, Munro. Culmo arboreo, spiralis oblongo conic , 



capitulis, tenninaUbus vel .picatia, "^^^ SS^S. • 



bipaleaceis, palea inferiore dorso plus minus bi suta, 10 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



Hmhri^.-Bambma <%«*»«», Kick Tent ^ Aby . ^ ^ ^ 

 Walp. Ann. yi. 781. 2». Schimperia**, Steud. in bit. ad. w. 



#«6. in Africa tronica. A bvssinia in ripas fluv 



vr 



Art 



Quart in 



no. 501 ! Sctoer (folia tantum) ; Gallabat, Matamma, no 

 ArJ; «,™ „o nft „„j . ™ ^ 1134! JVehvitsch; Ac 



«/' 



Andongo, 2400-3800 ped. s. m 



( } - V * S - - mi8 alauca-pnnnoms, ramis vrrti<-Ulatis, 



CW»«* 25-50-pedalis, lignosus, basi 1J-8 poll, diametro, merm , y finil)ria ti S , apiculo lincari-hmoo- 

 spathis 10 poll, longis, intus glabris, extus hirsutis, margine sii | hta _ pler uiliqae 6-7 poll- 



okrn a ™u i. „^„„„„ w«nito. /b/w linean- vel oblong , ' ._ . ,,. , ,; 



olato, 2 poll, longo, utrinque 



longa, 6-12 lin. lata (interdum, in eodem 



