US COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEvE 



Huh. iii India orientali, in siccioribus fere ubique, Bengalia, Behar, Dunwah Pass, no. 896, Pancha- 



durma!, /looker; Hurdwar, Wall. Cat. 5038b!; Seharunpoor, Watsonl; Himalaya, Griffith ! 



Madden \; Kaleedongee, 311 ! 372! ("Kussub"), Royle ; Kalka! Thomson; Kumaon, Strachey I ; 



Mil ooreel Delira Dlioon (var. anthcris longe mucronatis) , Falconer; Chumba, 206!, Pinwell; 

 Punjab, Aitrhesonl ; Banda, Edgeworth; Nagpore ! (Cent. Ind.), Madras, Dr. Shuterl 208; 

 \7W ! 8845 ! 8418 ! 8110 !, Wight ; Vizagapatam, Russell ; montibus Nilagiri, Schmidt, G. Thom- 

 son \ Wiffhtl; Bombay, Balzell I j Concan!, Stocks; Belgaum ("Chouga''), 821 ! Ritchie; Burmah, 

 Wall. Cat. 5037 ! var. vagiiiifl viscosis; Tenasserim, 26 ! Falconer ! McClelland ! ("Minwa"), no, 18! 

 Hnnidis; Singapore ! Montgomerie, var. verticillis maximis; Java, Junghuhn. v. s. 



Culm its SH»pe inermiSj nunc suflfruticosus, nunc subarboreus, nunc arboreus elatus, u 8-10-pedalis in Be- 



Iiar " [Hooker) ; " in collibus 40-, in vallibus 100-" (Brandis) ; " dense csespitosus, basi ramis fascicu- 

 latis, horizontalibus, rigidis, s?epe spincscenti-ramosis, interdum foliigeris tectus " {Brandis) ; spathis 

 striatis, flavis, intus lsevissimis, 8-10 poll, longis, apiculo adpresso, glabro. Internodia ssepe pedalia, 

 plerumque glabra, fere solida. Folia lanceolata, basi rotundata, vel raro attenuata, brevipetiolata, 

 apice tenuissirac acuminata, 1 J -10-1 2 poll, longa, 6-12-18 lin. lata, supra aspera et interdum hir- 

 suta, subtus hirsuta vel tandem glabrescentia. Vagina plerumque hirsutae, nunc viscidce, nunc 

 glabrae, ore eiliis paucis, eito caducis fimbriate, ligula brevi, producta, truncata. Panicvla ramosa, 



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ramis teretibus simplicibus, elongatis, nunquam pendulis, glomerulis spicularum ssepe densissimis, 

 i— 1-2 poll. diam. Spicula ovata vel oblonga, 3-9 lin. longa, ssepe acutissima, flosculis 1-2 inferi- 

 i »ribu8 1 -paleaceis, 2-3 su perioribus bipaleaceis. Palea inferior (fertilis) ventricosa, subcoriacea, dorso 

 hirrota vol pubcscens, apice spinoso-pungente subulata; superior angustior, obtusa, pubescens, 

 inter carinas ciliolatas 2-4-nervia, (in flosculo supremo) dorso convexa, ecarinata. Stamina 6 (in flos- 

 culis quibusdam, sed raro, 3 rigidiora et mutila), connectivo in conum brevem, rarissime elongatum 

 et nracronatum producto. Stylus longus, piiis hirsutus, apice bifidus. Ovarium rostratum, apice 

 hirsutum, rostro subpyramidali. Fructus bacciformis, 3-4 lin. longus, ovatus, rostratus, rostro per- 

 -i>tcntc, apice infra rostrum subhirsutus. 



This very useful and strong Bamboo is generally known to Europeans throughout 

 a as the male Bamboo, and is universally used for spear-staffs. It is extremely 

 [able in the size of its foliage. The plant flowers frequently, if not every year, and 

 I not die down after flowering, as is the case with so many Bamboos. 



2. D. sericeus, Munro. Culmo subarboreo, panicuhe ramis ultimis validis, internodus 



glabris, vel apice hirsutiusculis, verticillis vix 1 poll, diam., spiculis 3-5 lin. longis 

 palea inferior e dorso et margine pilis subbulbosis, densis, sericeis barbata, mucronat£ 

 Bed vix spinosa, foliis lineari- vel oblon^o-lanceolatis 



turn), v. s. 



monte Parasnath, 4000 ped. s. m., Thomson ! Hooker 



fimbriatis, amces versus nilis bulbosis 



triangular 



subtu. 



Folia 5-15 poll, longa, 6-9 lin. lata, ssepe longe petiolata, utrinque 



nee striatse, margine fimbriate 



ciliata. Panicuhe 



caduce fimbriate 



i 



»bos 



nunc 



- - - — v V ** w 



eodem verticillo, obtusa, dorso basi 



, striatis, non nitidis, et interdum 

 is. Spicula brevis, plerumque 3 lin. longa, nunc 

 Palea inferior (fertilis) apice cucullata et mucro- 



