132 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



haps tliis 1,'cuus should have been contined to tlic one typical large-fruited species, and 

 tlio remaiiidor placed in Schizostachyum, with an enlarged character. 



Conspectus Specierum. 

 Sect. I. Typica. Culiiius m-borcus. 



P.inicula amp/a, siipraflccomjjosita. Palca; meiitbranacece. Scjuamuhi; 2. Fructus 



tiinyiiiis, poiiiiformis, rarnosiis . . . . . . . .1. M. bambusuides. 



Sect. II. Duhiic. Culmus subarboreus vcl friitcscens. Fructus ij^otus. 



Panicula decomposita, aphylhi, ramis valdc vlongatis, srepe compositis. Spicula 



plcrumqiie sesquiflora, palcis coriaceis. Antherse obtusa; . . .2. M. rirgata. 



Panicula subsimplex, basi foliata, fasciculato-spicata, fasciculis 3-4. Spicula 

 3— t-flora, palcis coriaceis. Antlicrse obtusie. Folia angusta, nervis secun- 

 dariis inconspicuis . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 3f. gracilis. 



Panicula ut in M. graci/i, fasciculis pluriniis. Spicula 3— i-flora, palcis con'ace/*. 



Antlicric obtus;e. Folia lato-Ianceulata, nervis secuudariis conspicuis . -I. M. Zollingeri. 

 Panicula ut in M. graci/i. Spicula 3-5-floraj palcis membranaceis. Authene 



longe murronata . . . . . . . . . . . 5. M. Kurzii. 



\. M. BAMBrsoiDES, Triu. I.e. 43. Culrao ar])oreo, excelso, apicc tantum ramoso, pani- 

 cula supradccomposita, basi ai^hylla, spiculis 3— 4-floris, palcis membranaceis, squa- 

 mulis 2, ovario apice rostrato, demum carncscente, in fructum jiomiforme, interdum 

 5-pollicarc, increscente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, vaginis ore longe fimbriatis. — 

 Spreng. Syst. ii. 113 (excl. syn. Lour.) ; Rupr. I. c. 155 ; Steud. I. c. 331 ; Miq. I. c. 

 423. Bambnsa baccifera, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 25 (1814) ; Corom. PL iii. 38, t. 243 

 (1819) ; Fl. Ind. ii. 197. Beesha Bheedei, Kuntli, I. c. ; Rev. Gram. i. 141 ; Enum. 

 434 (excl. syn. nonnuU.), non Rupr. I. c. ad not. Beesha baccifera, Rcem. ct Sch. 

 I. c. 1336. Nastus baccifera, Rasp. I. c. v. 442. 



Hab. in Ind. or. Chittagong, spontanea (" IVIooUi " et " Metunga "), Hooker ! Jones !, (" Bish Bans ") Rox- 

 burgh ; SyUiet, Wallich\ Cachar ("Moolli-") Veriier; Tipperah, Campbell; Arracan, Theobald; 

 Akyab, Tickell ; cult. hort. bot. Calc, Thomson ; Moulmein ! Falconer ; ile Bourbon ! Boivin ; Mau- 

 ritius ! Ayres (var. ramo florifcro basi foliato) . v. s. 



i'tilimis 50-70-pcdalis, basi periphcria 12-13 poll., ercctus, apice tantum ramosus, fistulosus, parictibus 

 tenuibus, " tabashcer " fundens. Folia ovato-lanceolata, basi attenuata, iuaequilatera, petiolata, pe- 

 tiolis flavcsccntibus, apice setaceo-acuminata, 6-12 poll, longa, 1-2—4 poll, lata, utrinque glabra, scd 

 supra ad unum latus scabra, sul)tus ])allidiora, nervis sccundariis utrinque 8-14, subcouspicuis. Va- 

 gin<E glabra; vcl villosae (teste Roxb.), ore firabriatie, ligula inconspicua. Panicula supradccomposita, 

 ramis ramulisque itcrum itcrumque divisis, ultimis spiculas sjncatas, inferiorcs stcrilcs, suprcmas tan- 

 tum fcrtiles, bracteis involutas gerentibus. Spicula fertilis supra glumas articulata, 3— 1-flora, flos- 

 culis 1-2 infcrioribus ncutris vcl masculis, penultirao hcrmaphrodito, terniinali tabescente, interdum 

 ad pediccUum redaeto, interdum palcis duabus pra;dito. Palea inferior (flosculi hermapliroditi) 

 mcmbranacea, 9-ncrvia, apice acuminata; superior tenuimerabranacea, subsequilonga, dorso vix cari- 

 nata. SquamultE 2, paleae inferior! oj)posita;, lineari-oblongae, apice obtusfe, margine fimbriat^e, 3-5- 

 nerviac, persistentes. Stamina 5-7, longa, basi libera, antlieris, demum tortis, subobtusis. Stylus 

 longus, attenuatus, apice 2-3-4-fidus, stigmatibus brcvibus, pilosis. Ovarium longe attcnuatum, cito 

 crcscit et carncscit. Fructus pomiformis, .'5-r)-j)()llicaris, curnosus, apicc curvatus et acuminatus. 



