FLORA VITIENSIS. 323 
Trin. in Act. Petrop. 6. vol. i. p. 3538.— Common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 684; Milne and 
M‘Gillivray!). Also collected in the Marquesas (Barclay !), Society (Banks and Solander! W. 
Anderson! Barclay!), Samoan (Sir E. Home!), Tongan (Barclay !), and New Hebrides group 
(Milne and M‘Gillivray !). 
VII. Schizostachyum, Nees ab Esenb. in Agrost. Bras. p. 535 (1829) ; Munro in Trans. Linn. 
Soe. vol. xxvi. p. 135.  Spicula utrinque v. deorsum tantum imperfecta, cylindrica, angusta, plerum- 
que elongata, fertilis supra glumas articulata, spiculis sterilibus plurimis stipata, plerumque 3-4- 
flora, flosculo 1 tantum fertili. Glume plurimee, fere omnes gemmipare, a spicula fertili remote. 
Palee omnes imbricatissime, 2-3 inferiores vacue, steriles, suprema v. penultima sola fertilis, 
genitalia arcte involvens. Palea superior (nisi in S. parvifolio) deest v. ad rudimentum minutum v. 
lineare redacta. Squamule nulle. Stamina 6, antheris obtusis. Stylus longus, ovarii rostro 
inclusus, stigmatibus 3 brevissimis. Caryopsis matura (in S. aculifloro tantum visa) oblonga, 
rugosa, obtusa, rostro brevi subito cuspidata.—Gramina arborea v. suffruticosa v. subscandentia, 
foliis nune latis nune angustis; inflorescentia variabili ; panieula nune ampla, decomposita (in 
S. acutifloro), nunc composita, nunc fere simplex, fasciculis interrupte spicatis. 
There are two Bambusaceous plants in Viti, only one of which I was able to collect, and respectively 
termed “ Bitu ” and “ Bitu vatu ” by the natives. 
1. S. glaucifolium, Munro, l. c. p. 137; ‘ culmo humili, 9-pedali;” panicula decomposita ; 
internodiis superioribus 4-3-2 poll. longis, striatis, asperiusculis ; ramulis floriferis brevibus, ad 
nodos fasciculatis, e capitulo denso, 1} poll. diam., ad quemque nodum sessili, erumpentibus ; ramis 
interrupte glomerato-spicatis; spiculis angustis, cylindricis, pallidis, omnibus sterilibus (in spec. 
viso); foliis latis, basi angustatis, petiolatis.—Bambusa glaucifolia, Rupr. iu Act. Acad. Caes. Petr. 
ser. vi. Sc. Nat. vol. iii. pt. 2. p. 147; Steud. Syn. Glum. vol. i.p.331. Bambos Arundo, Sol. Prim. 
Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 217. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, iti Levu, on banks of rivers (Seemann ! 
n. 694). Also collected in the Society (Wilkes !), Hawaiian (Wilkes Exped. !), Samoan (Wilkes 
Exped. !), and Marquesas Islands (Kyber !). 
Stems used for rafts and torches. 
VIII. Thouarea, Petit Th.; Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 173. Spicule 2-flore. Flores sessiles, 2- 
paleacei, in spiculis 1-2 infer. cujuslibet spice superior (exterior) ¢; inferior (interior) d; in 
spiculis superioribus uterque d. Gluma superior (exterior) ovato-oblonga, concava, membranacea, 
floribus brevior; inferior (interior) 0. | Fl. 2: Paleze 2, subsequales, chartacee, mutice ; inferior 
concava, superiorem 2-nerviam amplectens. Stamina 3. Ovarium glabrum, inter stylos in acumen 
productum. Styli 2, terminales. Stigmata plumosa, pilis densis longis simplicibus. Squamule 2, 
carnos, truncato-subemarginate, glabrze. Caryopsis elliptica, glabra, haud sulcata, embryone 
parallele compressa, paleis inclusa. Fl. g: Paleæ 2, membranacez ; inferior ovata, acuta, superiorem 
2.carinatam amplectens. Stamina 3. Squamule 2.— ulmi repentes, longissimi, ramis erectis 
brevibus indivisis foliatis; foliis planis ; spicis terminalibus solitariis brevibus, spiculis paucis unilate- 
ralibus uniseriatis sessilibus, rhachidibus non articulatis, 
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]. T. involuta, R. Brown, Prodr. vol. i. p. 197 in adnot.; spica secunda mutica 4-flora invo- 
luta; receptaculo foliaceo concavo.—Ischemum involutum, Forst. Prodr. n. 385 et Icon. (ined.) t. 
275.—Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped. !), and Oneata (U. S. Expl. Exped. !). 
Also collected in the Society Islands (Forster!) and Tana (W. Anderson !). 
