134 THE BAMBOO GARDEN CHAP. 
6. At the base of the dorsal part of the last scale, which 
is at the end of the spikelet and inserted on the same plane, 
is a small filiform awn, sometimes of the same length as the 
scale, generally only half that length. 
7. On the top of the spikelet, at the base of the last scale 
and enveloped by it, are the reproductive organs consisting 
of the stamens and pistil. When the latter have reached 
their full development, they lengthen out and escape from 
the opening of their enveloping scales which represent a sort 
of case or scabbard. 
The stamens, which are three in number, are inserted at 
the base of and around the ovary. They are very long, from 
25 to 35 millimetres, and the lower half of the length is 
imprisoned within the scales which constitute the flower. 
The filament of each stamen is white and of extreme 
slenderness. The anthers are much developed, 10 to 12 
millimetres in length, pale yellow, and hanging by the 
emarginate portion of one extremity. They have two cells. 
When their development is complete and the pollen is about 
to escape they open from the top, but only along a portion 
of their length. 
The ovary is relatively very small, globular-ovoid in shape. 
The style is placed on the top of the ovary; it is of the 
same length as the scales. The stigma is trifid, feathered, 
and violet in colour, expanding as it leaves its envelopes. 
The violet tint of the stigma is seen along a portion of the 
style. 
Here, then, is a fertile, single-flowered spikelet with the 
reproductive organs united at the base of the topmost scale, 
indicating a species with hermaphrodite flowers. 
