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2. B. sb'kta. Corom. pi. 1. N. 80. 



Spikes with dense globular verticels. Calyces from 

 two to three-flowered, all hermaphrodite ; no nectary ; 

 exterior glumes of the corols daggered. 



Teling. Sadanapa vcdroo. 



This is clearly a distinct species ; it grows in a drier 

 situation, is not near so large, has a much smaller ca- 

 vity, and is very straight ; its great strength, sohdity, and 

 straightness renders it much fitter for a variety of uses, 

 than the common sort ; the natives make staffs to their 

 spears, &c. of it. 



Stems fewer, straighter, and smaller, than in the com- 

 mon sort, otherwise they are the same. Thorns oftener 

 wanting. Inflorescence the same as in the former. Verticels 

 sessile, globular, very dense, entirely surrounding the 

 branchlets. Spikelets of the verticel, crowded, distichous, 

 &c. as in the last. Calyx as in the last, except that the 

 scales are longer, and common to two or three spikelets. 

 Here the flowers are generally all hermaphrodite, and 

 seldom more than three to the calyx. Corol two-valved ; 

 exterior valvelet downy, with a very stiff", sharp, daggered 

 point. Inner valve as in B. arundinacea. Nectary I 

 could not see any. Stamens six. Pistil woolly. Stigma 

 two-cleft, filiform. Seed as in the last. 



3. B. Tulda. R. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Spikelets about five-flowered, 

 all hermaphrodite. Nectaries cuneate, fringed. Style 

 three-cleft. 



Vansa is the Sanscrit name which Sir William Jones 

 applies to bamboos in general. 



Beng. Tulda Bans. 



Hind. Peka-Bans. 



This is the common bamboo of Bengal, where it grows 

 in the greatest abundance every where. Flow^ering time 

 the month of May. 



