138 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



3-1 liu. loiiga, cylindrica, plcnimque stcrilis, nirissimc fructifcra, 3-ilora, fiosciilis 2 iiifcrioribus steri- 

 libus, acutis, tcrminali uiiipaleacco, genitalia arete aniplcctcnte, nuliraento termiiiali millo. Squa- 

 mula rmlliE. Stamina 6, anthcris breviter mucronatis. Stylus lorigiis, gracilis, in stigmata 3, plu- 

 mosa, revoluta, sublonga divisus. Ovarium (iramaturum) angustum, rostratum. Fntclus matunis 

 ovato-oblongus, nigcr, sub 5 liu. longus, rugosus, apice dcprcssus, rostri residuo subito apiculatus, 

 paleis trihus pcrxi.steiitibus quasi involucratus. Semen, a pericarpio promptc solutum, oblongum, scu- 

 tello centra/i liirsuto. 



The above-described very remarkable fruit distinguishes this from all other Bamboos. 

 It is, I believe, the only species of the genus of which the fruit is known, and helps to 

 show how little is known at present of what the really perfect state of the spiculte of the 

 species of this genus, and several of Jlelocauna also, may prove to l)e. 



ScnizosTACHYUM APUS, 8tcvid. = JBcDiibiisa apus, Rccm. et Sch. 

 S. uiTUNG, Steud. =B. hitwig, Roem. et Sch. 



S. CAPITATUM, llupr. = Gnadna ? copitata, !Muiiro. 



S. DUiilE, Rupr. =Jjambusa Blumeana, Sch. 



S. IRATEX, Steud. =MelocanJia ZolliiKjeri, Kurz. 



S. ZoLLiXGEiii, Steud. =J/. ZolUnyen, Kurz. 



XVI. CEPnALOSTACHYUM. 



Munro, nov. genus. Schizostaclnjum, Griffith. Icon. PI. Asiat. 151; Notuhc, Oil. 



Spicule utrinquc imperfecta^, in glomcrulis i)lcrumqnc termiualibus, sul)globosis subsessiles, fertiles cylin- 

 dricse, teretiuscuUe, sub-3-florfe, flosculo inferiore unipaleacco, peniiltimo tantum fcrtili, bijjalcacco, 

 ultimo stipitiformi, tabescente, saepc minuto. Glumce aristata;, gemmij)ane. Pulea inferior (fcrtilis) 

 subulato-acuta, membranacea, venosa, striata, ssepe venulis trausvcrsis anastomo&antibus, dorso 

 glabra vel hirsuta; superior plcrumque longior, apiee mutica, vcl biaeiculata, dorso profunda sul- 

 cata. Squamnla 3, magna; (nisi forsan in C. Chapelieri) , apice fimbriate. Stamina 6, autlieris obtusis. 

 Stylus longus, rostro inelusus. Stigmata 2, plumosa, ramosa, rationc styli, brevissima. Fructm basi 

 attenuatus, longe rostratus. 



Gramina fruticosa vcl arboresccntia in montibus India; oricntalis ct Birmali crcsccntia. Folia lanccolata 

 vel ovata, pctiolata, plcrumque acuminc longo stepe liirsuto terrainata. Intlorcscentia semper capi- 

 tuliformis, plcrumque terminalis, foliis sujierioribus quasi involucrata, ramulis inferioribus in- 

 tcrdum verticillato-spicatis, in C. peryracili glomcrulis secus ramos graeiles dissitis, monilitbrmibus. 



Griffith's drawing contains a very good analysis of the structure of this genus ; and the 

 descrijjtion above given is principally extracted from his notes. In regard to llie struc- 

 ture of the inflorescence, he says, "It is not difficult to conceive that the usual form is 

 to have one terminal spicula, which, by the continued development of lateral flower- 

 buds, subsequently assumes the anomalous structure and appearance of Schlzoslachyum 

 described by jS'ees in Agros. Bras. p. 534?." 



Conspectus Specierum. 

 Capitula terminalia vcl in ramulis inferioribus apliyllis subspicato-verticillata. Sjii- 

 cula fcrtilis 0-7 liu. louga, vix exscrta, spiculis sterilibus uumerosissimis bracte- 

 i.sque scai'io.sis sufifulta. Folia lanccolata . . . . . . . 1. C. C(rpitatum. 



