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Paleae duae; inferior. ovato-lauceolata acuminata vel rarius 
glumae in modum - in foliolum extensa, tenuiter multi- (15 — 17.) 
nervia, glabra, apicem versus scabra; superior lanceolata, cylindra- 
ceo-involuta, parinervis, dorso bicarinata carinis ccc - scabris, 
apice bifida laciniis subulatis. 
Squamae tres, ACE vel inaequales, majori paleae interiori 
apposita, omnibus VV apr acutiusculis , tenuiter nervosis mem- 
rae n 
Stamina tria, libera, primum inclusa, demum longe exsería; 
filamenta filiformia, tandem elongata; anfherae lineares, basi emar-. 
ginato - pado, "m integrae acutae, dorso affixae, anticae. 
Ovarium longe stpitatum süpite compressiusculo, ovato -trigo- 
num, uniloculare. Stylus simplex; ereetus, glaber, stamina primum 
 superaus, demum aequans; stigmata tria filiformia, remote serrulato- 
plumosa, longe exserta. 
f Plyllostachys bambusoides S. et Z. 
. Culmi i inermes ramis fistulosis lirmis colore siramineis, nodis pro- 
minentibus, ramulis semiverticillatis, basi squamis inanibus 
serius deciduis obtectis iterum ramosis ultimis in specc. no- 
stris spiculas 3 — 5 Subsessiles ferentibus, summo in quo- 
vis verticillo apice foliifero. Vaginae foliorum glabrae, ore 
setis (nervis excurrentibus) deciduis fimbriatae. Folia bre- 
viter petiolata lamina basi rotundata, lanceolata, acuminata, 
margine scabra, superne glabra subtus praesertim basin ver- 
sus subtiliter pibescesi firmula, utrinque a nervo medio 
4 — 6-nervia. 
