128 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEjE 



I in. lata, venulis transversis inconspicuis, inferiora 10 poll, longa, If poll, lata, venulis transversis 

 conspicuis), basi subcordata, vel in petiolum hirsutiusculum attenuata, margine serrulato-scaberrima, 

 supra glabra, sed uno latere tactu scabra, subtus pilis brevibus, ssepe vix conspicuis pnbescentia, vel 

 glabra, nervis secundariis utrinque 5-10, plus minus conspicuis. Vagina interdum glabrae, interdum 

 hirsute, margine ciliatse, ore fimbriate, ligula brevi, truncata. Inflorescentia nunc capitulum densi- 

 fiorum, in ramis terminate, nunc "capitulis lateralibus superpositis, terminali majore, et quasi 

 ^picam vastam, interrupte verticillatam efformantibus." Spicule, raro fertiles, in capitulis numero- 

 sissimae, acutissimae, 12-20 lin. longrae, paleis imbricatissimis, flosculis inferioribus 1 paleaceis, erlumis 



gradatim increscentibus, mucronatis, hirsutis, flosculis 



bip 



leaceis, vel masculis, vel femineis, vel hermaphroditism Palea inferior (fertilis) 9 lin. longa, acutissima, 

 subspinescens, perfecte convoluta ; superior vix brevior, in flosculis bipaleaceis inferioribus 1-2 

 bicarinata, superne fimbriata, apice hirsuta, bimucronata, in flosculo supremo bipaleaceo, dorso con- 

 vexa, 10-12-nervia, caryopsin arete involvens. Stamina 6 monadelpha, antheris apice mucrone 



longo hirsuto subulatis. St\ 

 saepe plicata, hirtella divisus. 



tandem articulatus, apice in stigmata 



uno 



fitsco longitudinali notata. 



This fine distinct-looking Bamboo seems to have a wide range in Africa, extending into 

 both, tropics. Barter says that it was the only arboreal grass he had seen (in Baikie's 

 Niger Expedition), and that the stems were used to pole canoes, and the smaller ones 

 as shafts for spears. This species has a very different appearance from the remainder of 

 the genus ; but the structure of the spiculse in all the species is very similar. 





2. 0. nigro-ciliata, Munro. Culmo excelso, internodiis floriferis ssepe 9 lin. diametro, 



glabris, ramis floriferis ad nodos fasciculatis, 3-pedalibus et ultra, spiculis 9^14 lin. 

 longis, angustis, saepe curvatis, flosculo terminali tabescente conspicuo, exserto, palea 

 inferiore acuminata, apice nervosa, margine pilis sat longis, nigris vel violaceis fim- 

 briata, foliis basi insequalibus, subtus pubescentibus vel demum glabris. — Bam- 

 busa nigro-ciliata, Biise in PL Jungh. i. 389 ; Miq. I c. 416 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 1045. 



B. bitung, Hassk. PL Jav. rar. 42, sed vix Schult. B. gracilis, Wall. MS. in Cat. 

 5033! 



Hub. in Ind. or. Tenasserim, Heifer, 285 ! 314 ! ; Martaban, Meaoung ! Kogun ! in saxis prope mare inter 



Chappadong et Amherst, JVallich, 5033!; Moulmein, Falconer, 18! (fol.) 20! (flores), Lobbl; 

 Chittagong, Jones ! ; Madras, Canara, Mercara, Hohenacker, 527 ! ; ins. Andaman ! Sumatra ! Kurz; 

 Java, Zollinger \ Junghuhn, ("Lengha" incolis) Horsfield\ v. s. 



30-40-pedalis {Heifer), pulchre striatus {Wallich), internodia florifera tantum visa. Folia 7-10 



vel etiam 12 



acuminata 



breviter 

 pubescentia 



v 



el 



i glabra, nervis secundariis, utrinque 8-10-12, mediocriter conspicuis. Vagina, infra peti- 

 abrupte truncate, margine fimbriatae vel glabrae, dorso superne plerumque glabrae, interdum 



brev 

 ramis compositis, longi 



maxima, decom 



terdum 2- 



pedalibus, ultimis verticillato-spicatis, apice interdum foliatis, spiculis in verticillis i-l|-2| poll 

 distantibus, vel paucis vel numerosis, ramulorn™ Wp™™i;; t»4?<«;«*a«« t ju\^t m «,«— ;««K«« vel 



supremis 



praecipue, hirsutis. Spicula cylindrica, angusta, 5-6-7-nora, flosculis 



ibus 1-paleaceis, tunc 1-2-3 bipaleace 

 fertilis) saepe dorso pubesce 



Palea in- 



