130 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMRUSACE.E. 



qiialibus, florifcris, basi foliiferis, superioribus omiiino florifcris, brcviorilms, iiitcriiodiis inferioribus 

 glabris, interdum 8 poll, longis, viridibus, striatis, vcrticillis ^sa;pissimc dcnsifloris, stibglobosis, raro ad 

 iiodos dense aggrcgatis, plcrum(iuc seeus ramulos rcgularitcr spicatis. Spicula acuta, lineari-oblonga, 

 plcnimquc 3-Hora, rarius .^-O-flora, flosculia 2 inferioribus unipaleaeeis, scquentibus 1-3 bipaleaceis, 

 tcrminali tabesccutc nunc conspicuo, nunc obsolete. Palea inferior dorso glabra, 15-20-ncrvosa, 

 niargine vcl /jn-visxitne fimbriala, vcl ylahru, subulato-acuta ; superior vix brcvior, in floseulo bipa- 

 leaeco suiircmo dorso convexa, I)-ncrvis, margine ciliata, apice subpilosa, in rcliquis obtusc-bicariiiata. 

 " Antlieric angustaj, sul)u1ato-apiculata;, apiculo jnloHo." Stylus apice 3-fidus. Caryopsis (niatura) 

 3 lin. longa, lineari-oblonga, apice acuta et glabra. 

 Roxl)ur"'li's draAving in the ' Plants of the Coast of Cororaanclel' was undouhtcdly taken 

 from a plant of this species ; but the description, with which the drawing does not agree, 

 was probably written at a later date, and is very nearly in the same words as those used 

 in the ' Flora Indica,' ii. 193, for the real Deiulrocalamiis striclus. I have been un- 

 willing to change Thwaites's specific name for this plant ; but as the whole genus have 

 monadolphous stamens, it was no longer a distinctive one, and I have therefore named 

 it after the excellent Ijotanist who first described the plant correctly. 



."). O. Stocksii, Munro. Culmo gracili, intcrnodiis 4-7 poll, longis, glaberrimis, ramis 

 ad nodos paucis, spiculis sub G lin. longis, teretibus, acutissimis, glabris, plerumque 

 4-5-floris, flosciilis 2 bipaleaceis, tcrminali vel lincari brcvissimo, vel omnino obso- 

 leto, palea inferiore mewii?'«««cea, margine glabra, intlosculis superioribus interdum 

 spinoso-acutissima, antheris vel brevissime mucronatis, vel pilis hyalhm 1-2 bre- 

 vibus apiculatis, foliis angustis, subtus hirsuiis. 



Hah. in Ind. or. Concan, Storks, v. s. 



Fo/iii lincari-lanceolata, apice mucronato-acuta, basi cordato-rotundata, vcl attenuata in pctioiiini coni- 

 planatum, basi incrassatum, brevcm, subtus liirsutum, 3— 1 poll, longa, 1— G lin. lata, supra liirsuta vcl 

 glabra, subtus hirsuta, nervis secundariis utrinquc 4—5, iuconspicuis. Vaghxe striatic, plerumque 

 glabrsc vcl primum pubcscentes, ore fimbriatse. Iiiflorescentia, ut videtur, ci prjcccdentis similis 

 (ramidi florifcri 3 tantum adsunt), vcrticillis interdum 1] poll, diamcti'o, densissimis, fere cehinatis, 

 in ramulis approximatis. Spicula d-S-flora, glabra, floseulis 2 inferioribus unipaleaeeis brcvibus, 

 dorso nitidis, apice mucrouatis, 2 sequentibus bipaleaceis, terraiuali brcvissimo vel obsolcto. Palea 

 inferior (fertilis) membranacea, per totam longitudinem striaio-nervosa, apiee mucrone saepe longo 

 spinoso subulata ; supernc, in floseulo tertio, bicarinata, obtusa, earinis fimbriata, in quarto convexa 

 obtusa. Stamina 6, antheris vel brevissime mucronatis, vel fere obiusis, vel pilis 1-2 hyalinis apicu- 

 latis. Stylus apice 2-3-fidus. Ovarium (inimaturuni) apice liirsutum. 



The leaves of this species are remarkably like those of Dendrocalainus striciits. The 

 short points to the anthers and striated membranous lower palea are the chief points of 

 distinction between this and the preceding species. 



Sectio III. Baccifer.^ (conf. supra, p. 12). 



Conspectus Generum. 

 Subsectio I. Schizostachyoidea. Rhachis projjria, nisi in Ceplialostaehyo, bis tcrve fasciculatini divisa; 

 tandem spicula fertilis, plerumque eylindriea, floseulis (1 vcl raro 2) hcrmaphroditis, supra 

 glumas articulata. Squamidic -3 vcl raro 2 aut nulke. 



