130 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^E. 



1. S. pa rvi folium, 3Iunro. Culmo suffruticoso, ramis foliiferis ssepe apice floriferis, ad 



nodos s;rpe numcrosissimis, panicula angusta, fasciculis approximatis, imbricatis 

 Musculo f'ertili bipaleaceo, foliis parvis, angustis, subtus hirsutis, vaginis miro modo 

 ut cinque ffnriculatis, auriculis longe fimbriatis. 



Hah. in .Madagascar, Nossi-be, no. 1978! iles Comores, Mayotta, no. 3030! Boivin in herb. Mus. Paris 



no. 74 ! Gerrard. v. s. 



Culmus 8-10-pcdalis {Gerrard), internodiis inferioribus 9 poll, longis, 3 lin. diam., glabris, apice tenuis- 

 simiis, filitormis, ramis brevibus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 1-3| poll, longa, 3-5 lin. lata, basi 

 attcuuata, vix pctiolata, apice mucronata, supra glabra, vel raro hirsutiuscula. subtus nilis sat. lnnri. 



nervis secundariis 



pnmum 



glabrae, utroque latere auriculatse, auriculis linearibus, pedatis, elongatis, interdum apicem vi 

 mosis, et ciliis longis subfuscis fimbriatis. Panicula subsimplex, fasciculis paucifloris, sub 

 Sjjicula elongata (nondum evoluta), flosculis omnibus imbricatissimis, 2-3 inferioribus st 

 pcnultimo bipaleaceo, hermaphrodito, terminali tabescente brevissimo, glumis nunc glabr 

 longe fimbriatis. Palea inferior convoluta, 7-9-nervia, acuminata; superior 

 bifida. Genitalia immatura. Stamina 6. Stylus apice 3-fidus. 



multo 



The remarkable auricles of the vaginae and very small leaves distinguish this from the 

 remainder of the genus. In inflorescence it is very similar to the next species. 



2. S. DUMETORUM, Munro in Seem. Bot. Her. 424. Cnlmo 4-6-pedali, panicula ramis 



terminali, fasciculato-spicata, fasciculis 1-4 poU. distantibus, inferioribus interdum 

 proliferis, spiculis gracilibus, cylindricis, flosculo uno fertili, 1-paleaceo, foliis lan- 

 ceolatis, supra scabris, subtus glabris.— Benth. El. Hongk. 435. Bambusa dume- 



Ht 



tormi, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 781 ; Stend. I. c. 331 



Hongkong, Seemann ! 255 ! Wilford, Hance. v. s. 

 frutescens, 4-6-pedalis, multicaulis, tenuis, inermis, tevis. Folia lanceola 



etiolata, apice 

 4-5 . Vagina 



fimbriate 



ramis 



pierumque terminal, adjecto interdum ad nodum "fascieulo spicularum dense congestaru 

 bpicu/a 3-6, fasciculatae. attenuate • d™*™***.* 1 1 ™n i n v « * • * . ^ , -i: 



a 



mma 6. Stylus longus, rostro ovarii (longo, angulato) 



divisus 



immaturum) 



inferioribus 

 arete involvente. Sta- 

 stigmata 3 brevissima 



3. S. Blumei, Nees ab Esen. in Agrost. Bras. 535. Culmo arborescente, panicula com- 

 posite, ramis elongatis, approximatis, simplicibus, spiculis in glomerulos secus ramos 

 dissitos congest*, cylindricis, acutissimis, palea superiore subobsoleta, foUis htis, 



Eup 



phcoMs sublonge petiolatis.-RcBm. et Sch. I. c. 1355 ; Kunth, Ennm. 435 , ~- r - 

 pte XVL f ' U) ' analySiS ° ptima ; SteU(L l °' 332 5 Mi( l- L °* 424 ' excL SyB 



Hah 



Vidi spec, in hb. W 



f, , x * -&"•" o'uc iuuu muicaio. 



:^TJ"" ia ?; SPeC ' ^ fl ° ralia < >»° P»»- longa, IMi poll, lata, lanceolata, basi 



u™l L 2 ' o T,' '; tnnq " e SCabra ' '«*» -t-to-acumi^tissiL, margine aspera, nervis 

 et r ria ' qUe w ,' ! V™ C ° nSpiCUiS - F <*» Me ™ nitid*, snperne sulcato-striats, 

 apicenm. Z P ^f ^™' ™ ** cito cadncis fimbriate, ligula brevi, truncata, sspe 



P hmbmu. Pamela ramuhs (basi foliiferis) tenninabs, 10-14 noil. lon,a. ramosa, interaodiis 



