1.31 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^ 



This is principally distinguished by its narrow leaves, with very inconspicuous 

 secondary nerves, from M. Zollingeri. 



4. M Zollingeri, Kurz, MS. in hb. Culmo suffruticoso, internodiis glaberrimis, vel apice 



ucabris, ramis ad nodos fasciculatis, patulis, nunc foliiferis tantum, nunc apice floriferis, 

 fnxiculis spicularum spicatis, approximatis, spiculis paucifloris, plerumque 4-6 lin. 

 longis foliis 6-12 poll, longis, f-lf poll, latis, saepe plicatis, nervis secundariis 

 utrinque 6-10-12, conspicuis, vaginis glabris, ore fimbriatis. — Schizostachyum Zol- 

 Ungeri) Steud. /. c. 332, forsan & iraten, Steud. I. c, var. ramis striatis puberulis. 



S. JBlumei, Miq. I. c. 424 sed non Nees. 

 Var. j3. brachyclada, Kurz, spiculis 4-5-floris, flosculis 2 perfectis, spicse densse verticillis 



inultifloris, foliis subtus hirsuiis. 



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Var, y. longispiculata^ Kurz, spiculis LJ poll, longis. 



/fab. in Java ("Tring Embon" incolis), Horsfield ; Buitenzorg ("Bamboe Koeda "), hort. Bogor. ("B. 

 golilah-ab"), Ktrrz, 717 ! 3529 Zollinger] var. ft, Buitenzorg (" Boeloe Konning""), var. 7, hort. 



Kurz. v. s. 



amis raro tantum 



foliiferis et spica terminatis. 



m subbrevem 



natissima, margine scabra, glaucescentia, utrinque glabra, vel interdum subtus hirsuta, non raro 

 tactu asperiuscula. Vagina plerumque glabrae, interdum tactu scabrse, margine ciliatse, raro late- 

 ribus biauriculatse, fovea emarginata, glabra vel fimbriata, ore ciliis sat longis ssepe deciduis pulchre 

 fimbriate. u Panicula subspicata, terminalis, subcontinuo vel brevi interrupte fasciculis spicarum, 



nunc pauci- nunc plurispiculatarum obsessa 

 2-3 poll, longis. Spicula fertilis plerumque 



)> 



inferioribus 



brevis, 4-8 lin. longa, interdum (in var. 7) 1| poll. 



longa, plerumque 4-flora, flosculis inferioribus 2 sterilibus, tertio bipaleaceo, hermaphrodite, rudi- 

 mento flosculi quarti plus minus conspicuo; (in var. /3) spicula 5-flora, flosculis 2 intermediis bipaleaceis. 

 Palea inferior (fertilis) nervosa, scabra, coriacea, superiore bicarinata brevior, apicem versus tenuiter 

 ciliata. Squamula* 3, oblongse, fimbriate. Stamina 6, rarius 3 (teste Steud.), antheris obtusis. 

 Stylus longus, apice 3-fidus. Ovarium (immaturum) longe rostratum, rostro tenui puberulo. 



5. M. ? Kurzii, Munro. Culmo suffruticoso ? ramis floriferis basi foliiferis, panicula 



simplici, verticillato-spicata, verticillis paucifloris, bractea elongata basi stipatis, spi- 

 cula 3-5-(lora, flosculis 2 intermediis bipaleaceis, hermaphroditis, paleis submem- 

 branaceis, squamulis 2-3, antheris longe mucronatis, foliis lanceolatis, vaginis dorso 

 hirsutis, apice auriculato-finibriatis.— Barnbusa schizostachyoides, Kurz in lib. 



Hab. in ins. Andaman, Kurz. v. s. 



ius, ut videtur, suffruticosus, internodiis superioribus brevibus, striatis, fistulosis, ramis ad nodos 1-4. 

 basi foliiferis, apice floriferis. Folia lineari- vel oblongo-lanceolata, 5-8 poll, longa, 9-12 lin. lata 

 basi rotundata vel attenuata in petiohim brevem, supra hirsutiuseulum, margine asperrima 

 utrinque glabra, sed supra ad unum latus aspera, nervis secundariis utrinque 6-8, inconspicuis. V* 

 gina primum pilis fuscis hirsutse, biauricular, auriculis fimbriatis. Panicula spicata, fasciculis pau 



no* 



piculatis, sub^quidistuntibus. Spicula teres, 4-6 lin. longa, dimorpha, nunc 3-flora, _ D . 

 culo mfimo Btorili, 2 sequentibus bipaleaceis, terminali obsolete, nunc 5-flora, 1-2 terminalibus in- 

 complete, sterilibus, rhachillcB articulis 1-2 visibilibus, brevibus, obovatis. Palea inferior 



margine breviter fimbriata; superior brevior vel longior, eximie mevibranacea 



bicarinata, carinis ciliatis. 



obsoletse 



gust* 



