' 
Bambusec.] CO. GRAMINEZE. 1211 
sub floribus arti ; floribus I phroditis v. superiore masculo, inferioribus interdum 
sterilibus. Glumse —— membranacesm v. subcoriacez, muticz v. breviter mucronato- 
aeuminatso, tenuiter multinerves, inferiores 3-4 vacuse ab extima parva in superiorem 
il datim auctze ; florentes longiores, summa ssepius angusta vacua ; 
palea glums subeequalis, sepe angusta, carinis 2 acutis ciliatis valde prominentibus vix 
tamen vere alatis. Lodicule 3. Stamina 6, filamentis liberis. ' Ovarium apice hirsutum ; 
stylus elongatus, indivisus v. varie 2-3-fidus, stigmatibus breviter plumosis. Caryopsis 
oblonga, facie plana v. leviter suleata, gluma paleaque inclusa, libera, pericarpio tenui 
semini adhzrente, humectato tamen facile solubili.—Gramina arborescentia v. rarius 
suffruticosa v. scandentia, interdum spinifera, foliis breviter petiolatis eum vagiria arti- 
culatis planis venulis transversis obscuris v. conspicuis. Panicula in caule inferne foliis 
denudato interdum quam maxime decomposita, rorius simplex. Spicule quam in Gwadua 
ssepius minores, secus ramos el iculat; semi-verticillatze sessilesque. 
Species bene notz ad 24, Asiz tropiez v. subtropiez incol:z, quarum una etiam in America tropica 
late dispersa, sepissime tamen culta. His a variis auctoribus adduntur ultra 50 quarum flores 
fructusque adhue ignoti et ideo valde dubiw remanent. Munro im Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 87. 
Tupr. in Mem. Acad. Sc. Petersb. ser. 6, v. 137, t. 11 ad 18. Kurz, Bamb. 64; For. Fl. Brit; Burm. 
ii, 550. .Beauv. Agrostogr. t. 25, f. 3 (Nastus). Wendl. Collect. t. 47, male.  Kunth, Rev. Gram. 
1. 78, 74. Hoxb. Corom. Pl. t. 79.  Bedd. Fl. Sylv: t. 821. 
D. nana, Roxb., a cxteris speciebus differt i ia multo simpliciore, panicula brevi, spieulis 
paucis vix Geecais -B. pubescens, Dol in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. En 189, t. 51, ex ins. Santa 
Catherina Brasiliz, nobis ignota est. — B. capitata, Trin.; Dell l. e. 190, t. 52, ex obs. recentioribus 
Munroi, et ex speciminibus nostris, certe Guaduc nec DA species. 
287. Gigantochloa, Kwrz MS.; Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 193.— Spicule 
oblongz, superne parum attenuatz, co-florse, secus ramos elongatos panicule dissite 
glomerate, rhachilla demum ssepius articulata, floribus hermaphroditis v. abortu unisexu- 
alibus. Glums rigidule membranace:e, multinerves, mutipis v. AMT ALSE 
inferiores 3-D vacus ab extima parva in sup til :bsimil 
auct ; florentes longiores, summa ssepius angusta vacua; palea glumis subequalis, 
angusta, carinis 2 superne prominulis ciliatis. "Lodieule 3 v. pauciores (rarius 0?). 
Stamina 6, filamentis in tubum primum ovarium vix superantem demum longum tenuem 
connatis. Ovarium apice hirsut stylus el indivisus v. superne breviter 2-3-fidus, 
stigmatibus tenuibus breviter pilosis. " Caryopsis (ubi nota) oblonga v. angusta, antice ssepius 
sulcata, gluma paleaque inclusa, libera, pericarpio membranaceo. —Gramina arbores- 
centia, habitu Bambusce. Panieule rami sspe lis densis 
subglobosis numerosis, 
5: T 5 
Species 4 v. 5, Indi: orientalis et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burm. ii. 
556 (excl. G. albociliata) ; Bamb. 58. 
288. Oxytenanthera, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvi. 196. —Spicule elongato-conicze 
densissime capitatz v. glomeratze (rhachilla vix articulata?) flore unico terminali herma- 
phrodito additis interdum 1-3 inferioribus (masculis v. sterilibus ?). . Glum:e oo (6-10) ab 
infima brevi lata ad superiores longas semet arcte involventes gradatim aucto, rigide 
acute v. late, multinerves, omnes preter summam vacuze v. 1-3 
superiores florentes ; in flore terminali palea 0, nisi pro palea glumam intimam sequenti 
simillimam haberes. Lodicule 0. Stamina 6, filamentis in tubum primum ovarium vix 
excedentem demum longum tenuem connatis. Stylus elongatus, apice 2-3-fidus, stigma- 
tibus brevissime pilosis. Flores inferiores dum adsint omnino GigantocMoc, palea normali 
2-carinata.  Caryopsis floris terminalis ubi nota lineari-oblonga, glumis laxe inclusa, 
libera, pericarpio b ; florum lateralium non vidimus, —Gramina arborescentia 
habitu Gigantochoc., 
Species ad 6, quarum 5 Indie orientalis v. Arehipelilt Malayani incole, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or, 
t. 284, FI. Sylv. t. 322, liabitu et inflorescentia GigantocMoam referunt, quacum junxit Kurz; ab illa 
differunt, et, ScAi. io accedunt spieulis sup flore terminali (solo fertili ?) epaleaceo, 
