152 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



tli lis n/ucrone longa Ursula appendiculatis. — Bambusa maxima, Ham. lib. 882, in 

 Wall. Cat. ">()39. B. monogyna, Griffith, Icon. cl. fig. 2, Notulae p. 63, Itin. not. 



110. 



Yar. /I edulis f Munro, spiculis plurifloris, pseudosquamulis 2-3, verticillis majoribus, 



foiiis I.iti -im is ct tciiuinrihus. 



Hah. in IikI. or. Assam, (ioalpara, Hamilton, Jenkins ! 189 !, Masters, Gowahutty 641 ! 748 ! (in hb. Cal- 



cuti , Negrigam! Kujoodoo !, Bootan, 143!, Dewangiri, 2 ! 2680!, Mislimee, Ghaloom vicus, 101 

 16! 18!, Sikkim, Darjeeling! Griffith- Sikkim ad 4000 ped. frequens ("Pao"), Yoksun ! 5600 

 j (I., Dnbdil ("Ku vet ct Putu") (folia tantum) , I 'arjeeling !, (var. #) Sikkim, Ramoon et Rato val- 

 libus ! IOOO pecL ("Pao" et " Wall " pulluli juveniles edules), Hooker et Thomson. Kew cult. v. s. 



internodiis brevibus. 4-5 



tosn parietibua crassis. 



lata, basi rotundata. intei 



4-16 poll, longa, 10 lin -5 poll. 



tiuscula, nervia < undariifl utrinque 6-17, subconspicuis, brevipetiolata. Vagina superne glabne, 

 inferne pilia strigosis adpressis hirsute, ligula elongata. Panicula ampla, ramis erectis, ssepe fistu- 

 losis, rhachi scabra vel scaberrinia, niultisulcata, nodis hirsutissimis, glomerulis spicularum saepe 



denais mi , raro proliferis, interdum 1| poll, diam., plerumq.ue distantibus. Spicula fragilis, ovalis, 



cotuprosa, 3-5 lin. longa, 4-5-6-flora, flosculis 2-4 bipaleaceis, penultimo difformi, fructifero, 

 terminali nunc l-paleaceo, nunc ad pedicdlum redacto. Palea inferior 



latissim 



rioso-ni< ibran 



icea, interdum emarginata, marginibus fimbriata, multinervia, glabra; superior an- 

 gustior, patllo brcvior, dorso apicem versus sparsim pilosa, membranacea, inter carinas ciliatas 3-5- 



iktvui. 



b 



raro /, anthci'is rubro-purpureis 



/3 pseudosquamulae 



tcrdum adsunt. Stylus longissimus, apice trifidus. Ovarium ovato- conicum, bispidum. Fructus 

 oblongus, apice liirsutus, rostratus, rostro saepe persistente; interdum, non semper, perigynio inferne 

 soluto, scutcllum visibile est. Vide not. ad D.giganteum. 



Dr. Hooker states that the young shoots of this species are eaten when boiled, and that 

 the plants flower every year. The flowers, in the variety D. edulis, exhibit occasionally the 

 most capricious variations : some flowers contain 3 stamens tolerably perfect, the remain- 

 in- 3 being converted into style-like processes; sometimes there are two distinct styles, 

 aid sometimes the style is 1-cleft ; occasionally there are 7 stamens. 



I), i.viiflorus, Munro, Tab. VI. Culmo fruticoso, fistuloso, internodiis brevibus 



iatis, glabris, panicube ramosae ramis simplicibus, 1-3-4 ad nodos (fig. b), 1J-1 



i 



2 



pedalibus, internodiis apice incrassatis, uno latere sulcatis et hirsutis, verticillis 

 paucispiculatis, spiculis sub 8-floris, latis, oyatis, abtnsis, pubescentibns, palea infe- 

 nore margine fimbriata, antheris lange mucronatis.—Bambusa verticillata, Benth. in 

 Fl. Hongkong 434, non "Willd. 



Hab. in China, Hongkong 



mosa, no. 649 ! Oldham, v. s. 



Cuhnus 6-7-pedalia et ultra. Folia (fig. c ) lato-lanceolata, basi rotundata, vix attenuate, brevipetiolata, 



apice acuminatissima, utrinque glabra, margine aapera, 7-10 poll, longa, 1^-3 poll, lata, nervis 

 secundaria atroqne latere 9, robconspicuis, ramulis transversis creberrimis, vix conspicuis. Vagina 



sulcato-stnata-, glabra, vel inter stria* pilis sublongis lurante, ligula obtusa, truncata, raro fimbriata. 

 Pamela (pars superior 4-pedalis adest) composita, spiculis in glomerulis, ramis approximatis, 3-6 vel 

 superne sohtarns. Spicula lato-oblonga (fig. 1), 9 lin. longa et 6-7 lin. lata, compressa, sub-8-flora, 



