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brcviter hispidis, ramis 5-2 poll, longis, alternis, solitariis, ercctis, capitate parvis, :\ li„. latis cr- 

 rupte verticillatis. Spieula cylindrica, acuta, sub 6 lin. longa, flosculo fertili nun, uni, ieweo, nunc 

 bipaleaceo (palca auprema nunquam perfecta, interdum obsolete), terminal! taboscrnte nunc run 

 spicuo, nunc deficiente. Palea inferior 15-17-nervis. Stamina 6* obtusa. %/,* api. v 3-fidus. 



The only specimens which I have seen in flower are those contained in Wight's her- 

 barium, without any locality attached; and from these 1 have made my descri] ion. I he 



inflorescence, as described by Schultes, would occasionally appear to be very different 

 from that described, and in some respects rather resembling that of S. glaucifoliu w . 



4. S. glatjcifolitjm, Munro. "Culmo humili, 9-pedali," panicula deoomposil inter 



nodiis superioribus 4-3-2 poll, longis, striatis, asperiusculis, remnlis (loriferil l>re 



vibns, ad nodos fasciculatis, e capitnlo denso, 1^ poll, diam., ad quemque nodnn 

 sessili, erumpentibus, ramis interrupte gloinerato-spicatis, spiculis august is, cylin 

 dricis, pallidis, omnibus sterilibus (in spec, viso), foliis latis, basi angustatk potiolaf is. 

 — Bambusa glaucifolia, Rupr., I. c. 147 ; Steud. I. c. 331. B"utbo8 «i xlo, tiolnndd 

 El. Ins. Ocean. Pacif. 217. 



Hab.m insulis Oceani Pacifici, Tahiti, Hawaii! Wilkes (florif.), no. 130, Gvillrmin, ( Ovb«" incolif 



Moehroch 



cc 



Wilkes: Nukahiva. !\ii1>er. v.*. 



Culmus ad nodos ramos paucos (1-2) 1-2-pedalcs emittens, nodis parum tumcntibus glabria. / 

 ovato- vel lineari-lanceolata, glabra, 8-17 poll, longa, l|-2 poll, lata, longe acuminata, basi inaqui- 

 latera, in pctiolum 2-3-5 lin. attenuata, glauca, plicata, margine imo lrcvia, raperne tantum biapidi i 

 basin versus macula flavo-aurantiaca insignata, nervis secundariis utrinque 11-11 —livprcrfr 

 PaniculBB pars suprema l^-pedalis adest, efoliata, ramis tenuibus, 1-4 poll, lo gift, capitnla 2 I 

 ferentibus. 



I have seen only one flowering specimen of this plant, which was collect-! at Tahiti 

 in AVilkes's Expedition. Unfortunately, although the spicuhe are numerou . there i not 

 one which contains the least trace of genitalia. Every spieula is sterile ; and I thereto 

 think it is very possible that the specimen I have seen may be a prolil rous bam 

 sport. The inflorescence agrees to some extent with one of the states of S. Blumm 

 described by Schultes. 



5. S. acutiplouum, Munro in hb. T.C.D. Culmo suffruticoso, vcl seandente, panicula 



. a, decomposita, 4-pedali et forsan ultra, fistulosa, ramis ramulosis, spiculi 

 brevibus, acutis, secus ramulos dense verticillato-spicatis, fructu oblongo, rug so 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis, vaeinis utrinque auriculato-fimbriatis. 



Hab. in i ns 



Luconia ! Wilkes, v. s. 



<»**., ut videtur, pluripedalis. Folia 6-9 poll, longa, 8-10 lin. lata, baa rotunda ta. ve, ^ 

 * petiolum hrevissimum. ima basi incrassatum, apice mucronato-acuta, u ruiqi 



margine asperrima 



Vagina supernc, 



re fim- 



-■uginea versus pnecipue, stngoso-hirsutre, mnuqu* «.««,.-- a(](>t) vr] aphy Ua vel 



feus, ligulis brevibus, saepe longe fimbriatis. Panicula ^^M, «ta*ribi, a- 

 ramo uno alterove basi foliato, internodiis 5-2 poll, longis, intenori° »n^ ^^ 8U bpollioa- 

 berrimis, ramis tenuibus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, inferionbus ^"^' ^ sicul(l acuta . 



r ibus, fascicuhs brevibus, dense spicatis, ramis superioribus aniplicibu., * I ^ 



V 0L, XXVI. 



