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fimbriatse. Stamina d, antheris mucrone hirsuto apiculatis. Stylus loiigus, apicc tritidus. Oriiriiim 

 (immaturiuTi) stipitatum, apicc longissimc attcuuato-rostratum, rostro suljliirsuto. 



The infloresceuce and foliage of this speeies is very similar to that of the ])roc<'diiig 

 species ; hut the spicula is different in appearance, although, I think, really similar in 

 structure. 



Species mimis nota, valde dubia. 

 (5. M. HUMiLis, Eoepcrt in Trin. Clav. Agr. 105. " Culmo humili, 15-18-pedali, crassitie 

 pollieis — brachii, ad nodes saepe ramulos foliosos emittente ; foliis anguste lanccolatis, 

 6-12 poll, lougis, 1^ poll, latis, viridil)us, subtus laniKj'uiosis ; fructihus rugosis, im- 

 bricatis, medulla alba sicca repletis " (sec. desc. Rumph.). — Spreng. Syst. ii. 113 ; 

 Eupr. I. c. 154 ; Steud. I. c. 331 ; Miq. I. c. 423. Beesha ? humUis, Kunth, Enum. 

 434. B. Fax, Roem. et Sch. I. c. 1336 (excl. syn. nonnull.). Arundarbor cratium, 

 Rumph, Amb. iv. 5. An Arundo fax, Lour. I. c. 74? 

 Hub. ab i^mboina ad Javanij Rumphius. 



Melocanna excelsa, E,oep. = Bambusa maxima, Poir. 

 M. Rheedii, Steud. = Beesha Bheedli, Rupr. 



XV. SCHIZOSTACHYUM. 



Nees ah Es. in Agrost. Bras. 535 (1829), Rupr. /. c. t. xvii f. 44 [analysis). 



Spicula utrinque vel deorsum tantura imperfecta, eylindrica, augusta, plerumque clongata, fertilis siqira 

 glumas articulata, spiculis sterilibus plurimis stipata, plerumque 3-4-flora, flosculo uno tautuiu 

 fertili. Glumce plurimse, fere omnes gemmiparae, a spicula fertili remotte. Palea omues imbricutis- 

 simce, 2-3 inferiores vaeuae, steriles, suprema vel penultima sola fertilis, genitalia arete involvens. 

 Palea superior (nisi in S. parvifolio) deest vel ad rudimentum minutum vel lineare redacta. 

 Squamula nulla. Stamina 6, antheris obtusis. Stylus longus, ovarii rostro inclusus, stigmatibus 3 

 brevissimis. Caryopsis matura (in S. acufifloro tantum visa) oblonga, rugosa, obtiisa, rostro brevi 

 subito cuspidata. 



Gramina arborea vel suffruticosa, vel subscandentia, in ^Madagascar, China, Java, Tahiti ct aliis insulis 

 Oceani Pacifici crescentia. Folia nunc lata nunc angusta. Inflorescentia variabilis, panicula nunc 

 ampla, decomposita (in S. acutifloro), nunc eomposita, nunc fere simplex, fasciculis interrapte spicatis. 



This genus is very closely allied to Melocanna ; and I have now retained in it only 



those species in which the squamulse are deficient and the upper palea generally obsolete 



or altogether wanting. In one species, however, as stated above, the upper ])alea is 



present. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Panicula subsimplex, fasciculis paucispiculatis, interrupte spicatis. Spicuhi elon- 



gata, eylindrica, ?ioscv\o YTS.Ktii.1 bipaleaceo. Vagina auriculato-fimbriatse . 1. S. parvifolium. 



Panicula, nt in praecedente, fasciculis interdura proliferis. Spicula elongata, eylin- 

 drica, flosculo fertili l-pakaceo. Vaginae ore tenuiter fimbriatie . . . 2. S. dumetonwt. 



Panicula eomposita, ramis inferioribus elongatis, verticillato-spicatis. Spicula clon- 

 gata. Palea superior flosculi fertilis ad rudimentum lincarc redacta. Folia lata 3. ^. Hlumei. 



Panicula decomposita, verticillato-spicata, ramis floriferis e verticillis erumpcntibus. 



Spiculae omnes in speciminibus visis i'«ctt«. ¥o\ia lata ..... 1- S.glaucifolium. 



Panicula supradecomposita,, ramis iterum ramulosis, ramulis ultimis spiculiferis. 



Spicula subbrevis, acuta. Folia lineari-laiiceolata . . . ■ . b. S. acutijlorinn. 



