COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE !. 1 1.1 



Culmi internodia superiora, 4-2| poll, longa, nitida, glabcrrima, rami's simplicibut vi 1 mro .n.]KMit 

 valde insequalibus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, plerumque 4-5 poll, longa, sub (i lin. lata, Wi I 

 data et petiolata, apice seta longa, scabra acuminatissima, Utrinque glabr sed supra un<> laid, 

 marginibusque scabra. Vagina glabrae, ore ciliatse, ligula brevissima. Pamcula apioe n rtiiillat 

 spicata, nunc 1-2 nunc 4-5 poll, longa, rliaclii glabra, verticillis saepe imbricalis, duiic bad mala 

 nunc foliata, in bis spiculse omnes steriles, tametsi genitalia adsint. Spicule fertile*, ad cunclem 

 nodum culmi, in ramis brevissimis, 1-1 \ poll, longis, subsolitariae. Spicula tterilis ryliodrica b 1) 

 lin. longa; fructifera conico-ovata, 12-14 lin. longa, 3-4-flora,flosculi- 1 2 inferioribtu tmipal< . 

 sterilibus, supremo vel rarissime 2 hermaphroditis, terminali tnboscente nullo. Pa/ra nraltiucrvi , 

 glabrae, vel hirsutiusculae, membranaceae, inferiores subito mucronat;e ; superior subobtus: v yuamula 

 plurimae, angustae, apice fimbriatae. Stamina plurima, 15-18, basi libera, antheris rel longe \ I 

 breviter apiculatis. Stylus longus, apice 3-4-fidus, stigmatibus phimosis. Fractal oblongus, apice 

 longissime rostratus, rostro incluso 20 lin. longus. 



This has a more delicate habit of growth than the succeeding species, and 1ms very 

 much the appearance in foliage of some of the Amndinarias. Tbe g neral character of 

 the plant is extremely well represented in Rheede's drawing. 



2. B. stridula, Munro. Cnlmo fruticoso, panieula in ramis foliiferist rtninali, 1 a x e spi 



cata, rhachi hirsuta, spicnlis sterilibus et fructiferis in eodem glower ulo airgregatis 



antheris apice mucronulatis, foliis ioaajusculis.— Ockkmdra tiridmla, Thw /. c. W 



Bambusa stridula, Moon's Cat. p. 26, teste Thw. 



Hab. in Ceylon, 1044 ! Gardner, Macrae, 42 ! Walker, 1345! Wight, Thomson \ ; Rataapooia (*Bs a 



gass ") 241 ! TJiwaites 



Nudd 



V. s. 



(( 



Frutex, culmis suberectis, confertis, internodiis saape scabris." Folia late lanceolata, 8-10-12 ] I. 



longa, l|-lf poll, lata, b 



fuscum, apicv Beta o-acumia 



labra 



—»-_._..,«. ^k^plusminushirsute.veltandemglabrescente^mar,,,,,-,,,: 

 s*pe biauriculate, et ciliis pallidis longis caducis vel persistentibus fimWs, ligtd. to, -v.. - m. -■ 

 Panicnla terminal, rerticillato-spicata, 1-3-pedalis, spiculis in glomeruli p«voy»bd»fc 

 gregatis. Spicu!a fert i, is eylindrica, snbpollicaris, acuta, ^««' *»"' ™ J^L ,,„,;. 



multiner 



«*miiiuus, sea longionous, mumnerviis, uuiigmc iuum». — > -r , . (X j nl j. 



cello rndimentario minimo vel fere obsolete. Paha inferior (fertilis) 12-14 J.n. i0 ^' 

 -mbranacea, acuta, glabra, s.pe superne fusca, ^^\*^"^Z^ 

 eonvexa, fere 18-nervia. SaaamuU 6-9 vel forsan P lure, *££^ ^ bclusfU 

 ™m em « (7-30), antheris utrinque bifidis, apme mucronulat,. **£L indurate acuminata 

 m stigmata 4-5 brevissima nlumosa divisus. F™cto ovoideus, stylo perawe 



squam 



2 poll, longus 



Thwaites says this is common in the warm and moister parts of 'Ceylon, ana 1 1 ij 

 d ant in the Saffrasan district. The leaves make an excellent thatcJi. 



3. B 



boreo, 50-pedali," spiculis fcrtilibu 



api' 



• capitata, Munro. « Culmo arboreo, ou-peua., j ^ mUTrupl e subj 



wrum capitato-consestis, sterilibus multo mmonbus . 



meukto-spicatis, rel in fascieulis previous te ^T_I,^ w/ ,i/„/ . Kuala 



Palea superiore apice bifida, foliis lineari-oblongfe. ^. f ^^ ^^ 



fern. i. 325, t. 75 ! Enum. 430, Suppl. 355 ; Rupr.X* » 



^ C. 333. Bambnsa capitata, Willd. hb. 7013, teste lim. ^ 



T °L. XXVI. 



