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Spiculse spicatce, oblonf:;ae vcl cyliiulricie, flosculis 1-2 hipaleurnH, liernia- 



phroditis. Squamuhe 3 vel niro 2. P'ructus (in specie uiiica tantuni 



notus) magnufi, carnosus, pomiformis, rostratus ..... 

 Spicula cyliudrica, palcis inibricatissimis, iuvolventibus, flosculo 1 herma- 



phrodito, plerumque ttnipaleaceo, rarissime (in specie unica) l)ipaleacc<). 



Squamulce nullce. Fructus (tantum in specie unica notus) obiongus, ru- 



gosuSj rostro brevi subito cuspidatus ....... 



Spiculae cylindricse, in capitulis densis, plcrumque terminalibus congests, 



floseulo 1 hermaplirodito, bipalcacco. Squamulse 3. I'Vuctus longe 



attenuato-rostratus .......... 



Spicule oblongse, tnembi-anacem, spicatic, Hoseidis 1-2 hermaplu'oditis, bipa- 



leaceis. Squamulce 3 vel 5. Fructus globosus rostro lougo subito 



rostratus. Tab. IV. .......... 



Subsectio II. Bambusoidea. Spicula struetura Bambusce similis, floscidis 1-2 



vel plurimis fertilibus. Squamulse 3, vel plurima, vel nullcs. Fructus 



bacciformis , plerumqvie rostratus. 

 Spicula elongata, cyliudrica, pluriflora, floscidis 3-5 fertdibus. Squamulfe 3. 



Fructus rostratus. Tab. III. ........ 



Spicula subcylindrica (fructifera major, conoideo-cylindi'ica), floseulo 1 bipa- 



leaceo, hermaplirodito. Squamuke plurhiKe vel raro (in specie unica) 3. 



Stamina jB/«ri??ia vel 6. Fructus longe rostratus .... 



Spicula oblonga vel ovata, flosculis 2 vel plurimce perfectis. Squamulae verae 



nullce. Fructus oblongus, plerumque rostratus. Tab. VI. . 

 Spicula minima, ovata, floseulo terminali solo bipaleaeeo. Squamulie 



nulla. Fructus oblongus, brcvissime rostratus. Tab. V. . 



11. Melocamia. 



15. Schizostachyuin. 

 10. Vi'phulostucltijiim. 



17. Pseudostachyum. 



18. Teinostachyum. 



19. Beesha. 



20. Dendrocalumus. 



21. Dinochloa. 



XIV. Melocanna. 



Trinius in Sprengel, Neue Entd. ii. 43 (1821). Beesha, Kunth, 'Notice sur le genre Bambusa' (1822) ; 

 Endl. no. 910, sed nou Rlieede (1685). Bambusa sp., Roxburgh. Schizostachi/i sp., Steud. et Miquel. 



Spicula utrinque imperfecta, pauciflora, floseulo plerumque 1, raro 2 hermaphroditis, terminali tabeseente, 

 conspicuo, nunc subovata, nunc cyliudrica, fertilis basi, supra glumas, articulata. Glumm uumero 

 indefinitfe, forsan omncs gemmiparse. Palea inferior flosculi fertilis paueinervia, in speciebus 2 

 membranacea, in reliquis coriacea, plerumque seabra et ssepe involutissima ; superior ssepe longior, 

 in speciebus " bambusoides " et " Kurzii " membranacea, in reliquis coriacea, involuta, raro cariuata, 

 plerumque dorso eonvc.\a. Squamulce 3, vel raro 2, plerumque fimbriatie, ssepc persistent es. Stamina 

 plerumque 6, raro 5-7, antheris vel obtusis vel mucronatis. Stylus longus, apice trifidus. Ova- 

 rium longe rostratum, rostro saepe angulato, glabro vel subhij-suto. Fructus, in M. bambusoide, 

 maximus, pomiformis, earnosus, acuminatus, edulis, in reliquis ignotus. 



Gramina arborea vel fruticosa, in India oricntali, ct inss. Singapore, Java, et Andaman indigena. Folia 

 plerumque lata, petiolata, veuulis transversis nullis vel obsoletis, vagiuis ore ciliis longis, iutcrdum 

 deciduis fimbriatis. Inflorescentia nunc panieula vasta, supra decomposita, aphylla, spicidis spicatis, 

 imbricatis, bi'acteis velatis, nunc panieula decomposita, aphylla, spicidis in fasciculis sccus ramos 

 elongates dissitis, nunc panieula fere simj)lex in ramis basi foliatis terminalis, fascicidis plcrumque 

 simplicibus verticillato-spicatis. 



I think it is very pi-oljaLlc tliat Sehhoslachijum of Tsccs, which is principally distin- 

 guished by the absence of squanmla?, is merely an incomplete state of this genus ; or per- 



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