COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.*. ] 1 



subarborea, vel subscandentia 



Folia lanceolata, petiolata, venulis transversis nullis, vaginis ore fimbriatis. 



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bsimplex, ramulis 



This is distinguished from all other genera of the section by the elongated spicu 

 with several perfect flowers and long joints of the rhachilla. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Spicula 1|-2| poll, longa, 5-1 1-flora. Squamulse apice glabra . . . 1. T. GriffitMH. 

 Spicula 12-14 lin. longa, 5-7-flora. Squamuhe apice fimbriate . . . 2. T.tttetwafmn. 



1. T. Gbutithii, Munro, Tab. III. Culmo gracili, internodiis apice scabriu sculis, rami's 



fasciculatis, valde ingequalibus, spiculis spicatis, saepe solitariis binisre, ilosculi- 

 fertilibus, squamulis glabris, vix acutis, foliis plerumquc 5-7 poll, longis, vaginis 



longe fimbriatis 



Burmah prone Wulloboo 



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iffith. v. s. 



Culmus gracilis, apice filiformis (fig. B.), vagans vel subscandens (pars superior 7-pcdalis adest), intcr- 

 nodiis 5-8 poll, longis, ramis ad nodos fasciculatis, valde insequalibus, 2-12-polliearibiis, wmplicibi 

 vel compositis, floriferis nunc basi nudis, nunc foliatis (fig. A). Folia oblongo-laueeolata, pleru ,u- 

 -If poll, lata, utrinque glabra, nisi interdum subtus basin versus subliirsuta, jx tiolata, ipei 

 attenuata, acumine scabro, nervis secundariis utrinque 5-6, parum conspicuis. Vagvm glabra 



us vel ramulis terminalis, spiculis vel solitariis vd bini ter 

 Spicula U-21 poll, longa, apice valde attenuata, 5-1 1 -Dora, lot- 



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subsimpli 



mbricat 



acuminata 



culis 1-2 inferioribus brevibus, diflbrmibus, sterilib 



fertilibus, 2-4 supremis gradatim tabescentibus, rhaclrillse articulis longis, taupeak, glabris 



1,2). Palea inferior (fig. 1) basi involvens, 

 glabra vel interdum margines vers 

 bicarinata, carinis breviter ciliatis. 

 nervis basin concavam versus subin 



p< rl 



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„ ^ jbiibj superior (figg. 1,2) longior vel brrvior, obt 



SquamukB (figg. 3, 4) lanceolate glabiw, iib»|iial« f irrv< 

 -assatis. Stamina 6 (figg. % 3), basi libera, anil obtu u 

 rarii rostro glabro indiums, tandem nsertna, ipu l-Mm 



■e attenuatum. Caryopsis fcrc matura (fig. 8) glabrrnma. b, 



issime 



2. T. attenuatum, Munro. Culmo subarboreo, 12-25-pedali, apice interdum 



lilifor 



internodiis apice hirsutis, ramis fasciculatis, brevinsculis, spiculis mfescactib* p 

 subspicatis cougestis, spicula subpollicari, flosculis 2-1 fertilibu Bquam" '« 

 fimbriatis, foliis 3-6 poll, longis, vaginis ore longe fimbriatis, 



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Thw. Enum. 375 



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Ceyl, 



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plunfloris et culmo apice fili for mi !). v. s. 

 <*«&«« mediocris, inermis, |-1 poll, diam., apice filiformis. Folia 3-6 



lineari-lanceolata, subabrupte acuminata, basi rotuudata, petiolata, nen i> 



pte acuminata, basi rotumuiu*, F— — ^ ^ fimbria t*. /W- 

 "iconspicui 8 . Vagina sparsim pallidc adpresso-pilosas, margine ci u J^. fi &&&, &* ' l1 ^- 

 <*fo subsimplex, spiciformis, internodiis uno latere sulcatis, m ramis n«^ a**^ «"! 



culis vel brevissimis, foliatis vel basi nudis, terminahs, spiculis in ' ^^ ^^ -_ 7 . Hor 

 **o supers solitariis. Spicula 12-16 lin. longa, angusta attenua «>" - '* ^ wrtumli* 



Aoseulo infimo 1 et sunerioribus 2-3 sterilibns, intermedin hermaphrodite, 



