

COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.-E. 1 [ 



tratum, rostro nunc caduco, nunc persistente. Fructus bacciformis, ofabngns, api< hirsute ,,| ( > 

 rumque rostratus, rostro interdum deciduo. 



Gramina arborescentia vel fruticosa, ssepius inermia, in India occidentali, Malacca, Java, <t Ckiit 

 crescentia. Folia nunc angusta, nunc lataet latissima. Infloresccntia in omnibus .pmcbus similii, 

 nempe panicula composita, spiculis secus ramos glomerato-spicatis, glomeruli <• verticillis ultis in 

 ramulo abbreviato valde approximatis derivandis. 



This genus is distinguished from Bamhisa by its fruit and the absence of true 

 squamulae. In all other respects it agrees with that genus. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Folia plerumque angusta, nunquam lata (in D. Parishii ignota). Spicula brcris, 



pauciflora, antherae breviter apiculata. 

 Palea inferior smnoso-acuta vel nunaens. dorso adnresse hirsuta. Paniculse 



ramis ultimis validis, glabr 



mucronata 



sen us 



inferior fere glabra, margine fimbriata, colorata, mucronata. Pani- 



culse ramorum 



Folia ignota . . 3. D Parit/iii. 



Palea inferior omnino glabra, membranacea, acuta ; superior aquilonffa vol 



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longior, ssepe dorso ad basin fissa. Paniculse ramis ultimis elongates 



pen dull s 



rem 



atissima. Spicule breves, verticillis parvis, secus ramos tenue 



pendulos, elongatos dissitis 

 i\ latissima. Snicula ovata "\ 



fi 



ifi 



mucronatse 



Spicula 



Spicula ovato-acuta, dorso lavissima, 4-5 



6. D. giyantrtt*. 



7. D. Hookeri. 



Spicula 



densifl 



obtusa, dors 



s, I). Hat 

 \). D. latiji 



1. D. STRICTTJ « Nees in Linn£8a , ix . 476. Culmo subarboreo, alto panicuLe rami 



ultim 



/3, glabris, verticillis den si Hon 



ultimis validis, internodiis apice, nisi m var. p, giaun*, »«» • : W ^ 



terdum maximis, spiculis pallidis, palea inferiore (saltern in f ^ Jl™^ 

 dorso Mrsuto-pubescente, apice spinoso-acuminata, punge>rte,iolm su P 

 fe-Miq. 1.1 iii. 421. Ban*! striata, Boxb. Corom. PL l 08 .uoad desc j, *d 

 non quoad tab. 80 !, quee est Oxytenanthera Thwaltem, Munroj, J ^ • 



Ind. ii. 193 ; Kunth in Jour, de Phys. 1822, 148 ; Enum 431 B -^ ^ 

 *i. 1339 ; Kupr. I c. 146, t. xii. f. 56 ; Steud. Syn. NU • , 



Bottler, non Willd. B. glomerat,, Koyle hb. **T?*i J^ Lodd. 

 Boxb. hb. 



Lodd. «•' 



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vvmu. jt.yumer™*, *3~ ~ ? pnbesCCttS, Loud. « 



A to^, hb. Ham. in Wall. Cat o088 a . J ^ ^ 



Lmdl. in Penny Cyc. Vastus strictus, Sm. in B» s J g ^ ^ ^ 



Baspail, /. c. v. 442. Jfiw^, Pluken. Mantissa, lb, %• **. u ^ ^ 

 Hukenet herb, in Mus. Brit.), vol. xcii. fol. 31; Bo th ^' ^'^^^ hirsut is, pani 

 P forsan monstrosa, verticillis proliferis, paleis inferiori i 

 culae intpvTiririi^ Mxm^ rti>» "R.rvrhnr<rli in hb. Kew.J. 9 



