COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 133 



The very curious fruit of this species is remarkably well figured by Roxburgh in the 

 ' Plants of the Coast of Coromandel.' The plant appears to have fruited abundantly in 

 Arracan in 1861 and 1805 ; and Mr. Theobald states that " the true seed inside the 

 fleshy pericarp, about the size and shape of a small betel-nut, is very pleasant eating, 

 and not at all austere, though without much flavour. The natives declare the whole 

 fruit is edible after baking." Some further particulars al)Out the flowering of this plant 

 will be found at p. 3. 



2. M. viRGATA, Munro. Culmo subarboreo ?, internodiis floriferis interdum 12-15 poll. 



longis, glabris, vel apice scabrulis ; panicula longissima, ampla, nutante aphylla, ramis 

 fasciculatis, paucis vel plurimis, virgatis, simplicibus vel compositis ; spiculis in fasci- 

 culis, interdum proliferis, nunquam densifloris, per ramos dissitis ; spicula cylindrica, 

 acuta, pauciflora ; flosculo uno fcrtili ; paleis coriaceis suhhirsutis. — Bamhusa, sp., 

 Griffith, Journ. p. 89. 

 Hah. in lud. or. Burmah, Keouksik ad fluv. Mogong, Griffith, v. s. 



Panicula aphylla tautum adest, dccomposita, rliaclii glabra, ramis ina;qualibus, ssepe pcdalibus, internodiis 

 teretilnis vel xvao latere plauis, fasciculis, plerumque sessilibus, interdum pedunculatis et compositis, 

 interdum longe distautibus, basi bracteatis. Spicula fertilis acuta, angusta, sub 6 lin. longa, plerumque 

 sesquiflora, flore inferiorc bipaleaceo, fertili, ad basin, flora tabescente, pedicellato, fertili breviore aucto. 

 Flos terminalis interdum major et bipaleaceus, sed semper sterilis. Palea inferior dorso sparse hirsuta, 

 coriacea; superior sulcata, apice bimucronata, inferiorc longior, carinis non ciliatis. SquamulcB 3, 

 laneeolatse, inconspicue nervatae, margine teuuiter fimbriatffi, interdum basi coalitje, subiiuequalcs. 

 Stylus longissimus, stigmatilnis 2-3, breviljus, phimosis. Ovarium (immaturum) basi stipitatura, 

 longe rostratum. Folia dcsuut. 



The structure of the spicula is similar to that of the three following species ; but the 

 inflorescence is much more compound tlian iu any of them. 



3. M. GRACILIS, Kurz, MS. in hb. Culmo suffruticoso, 10-pedali, ramis numerosis, bre- 



vibus, fasciculatis, ramo florifero, basi foliate, fasciculos spicularum 3-4, simpliciter 

 spicatos gereute ; spicula sub 3-4-flora ; foliis angustis, lineari-lanceolatis, nervis se- 

 cundariis yegre a tertiariis discernendis ; vaginis ore ciliis cito deciduis fimbriatis. — 

 Cat. Bot. Gar. Calc. 79. Bamhusa, Wall. Cat. 5032. 



Hah. iu Singapore, 5032! WulUch; Java, hort. Bogor. et Calc. Bot. Gard., Kurz. v. s. 



Culmus gracilis, internodiis glaberrimis, fistulosus, ramulis foliiferis floriferisque ad eundem nodum semi- 

 verticillatis. Folia angusta, 5-6 poll, longti, 6-8 lin. lata, apice setaceo-acuminata, basi rotundata, 

 petiolata, pctiolo fusco, margine aspera, utrinque glabra, subtus pallidiora ct punctulis minutissimis 

 asperiuscula, raro pilis parvis basin versus, ad costam sparsis, nervis secundariis utrinque 3-4', a;gre 

 a tertiariis discernendis, venulis trausversis fere obsoletis. Vagince margine priniura ciliatas, glabraj, 

 sulcata, abrupte truncate, ore ciliis paucis, cito caducis fimbriatse. Panicula spicata, brevissima, 

 fasciculis parvis, paucis, (in spec, visis) 3-4. Spicula vix 4 lin. longa, nunc 4-Hora, flosculis 2 infe- 

 rioribus et terminali sterilibus, nunc sesqiiijlora, flore torminali tabescente. Palca inferior nervosa, 

 coriacea, acuta, superiore bicarinata sulcata brevior. Stamina G, filamentis plerumque brevibus, au- 

 theris fusco obtuse apieulatis. Stylus longissimus, apice brcviter 2-3-fidus. Squamula 3, augustae, 

 oblongie, finibriatie, 3-5-nervosac, subiuajqualcs. Ovarium (ininiat\inim) longe rostratum. 



