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anthers grown together, and base of style persistent in 

 fruit but not thickened. 



Species one (P. ciliata Franch.), at Gaboon in tropical 

 West Africa. According to Franchet this grass is only 

 30 cm. high ; culms herbaceous, with long, narrow-lan- 

 ceolate leaves. 



Sub-tribe C. — Dendrocalameae. 



Stamens six; palea two-keeled; fruit fleshy or a nut. 



304. (289) Dendrocalamus Nees. Spikelets in distant 

 fascicles along the branches of the panicle ; rachilla pro- 

 longed beyond the uppermost flower ; empty glumes 

 two to many, increasing gradually in size ; lodicules none, 

 or only 1-2 rudimentary ones ; style long, with 2-3 short 

 stigmas, enclosed below by a beak-shaped prolonga- 

 tion of the ovary ; nut small, almost globose, beaked. 

 Tall fruticose or somewhat arborescent, with habit of 

 Bamhusa. 



Species nine, in East Indies, Sunda Archipelago, and 

 China. D. strictus Nees, the " Male Bamboo" of the 

 English, in India, is one of the most robust and useful 

 species ; it blooms almost annually and endures drought. 

 The young shoots of D. Ilamiltoni are a favorite vegetable. 



305. (290) Melocalamus Benth. Spikelets two-flowered, 

 small, in distant fascicles along the branches of the 

 elongated panicle ; rachilla prolonged and bearing a 

 sterile glume. The lower flower only fertile ; empty 

 glumes two ; lodicules three, large ; styles three, united 

 below ; fruit globose, nearly as large as an apple, with 

 a coriaceous, shining epicarp and " very large, fleshy 

 seed." (Kurz.) 



Species one (31. compactiflorus Benth.), a tall shrub 

 in Martaban. 



306. (291) Psendostachynm Munro. Spikelets small, 

 one-flowered, arranged in spikes along the branches of 

 the panicle, each with a subtending leaf. Empty glumes 

 one ; flowering glumes acute, involute. Palea of the same 

 length ; above it there is a pedicellate globose or oblong 



