142 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



giistuin, lincari-obloiif^iin. Fruclus {^lobosus, apicc dcprcssus, rostro contracto subito cuspidatus 



(figg. «,!))■ 

 (iramcn subarborcsccns, in India oricntali (Assam et Sikkim) indigcnum. Folia lanceolata. Inflo- 

 rescentia pauicula supradccomposita, ramulis vel omuino florifcris, vel basi foliifcris apicc florit'oris, 

 ad uodos fasciciJatis, spiculis sscpissimc morbosis ct monstrosis, in fig. B bene dclincatis. 



Mr. Pitch's excellent drawing explains the inflorescence of this genus better than I 

 could possibly succeed in doing in the most lengthened description. 



Species iniica tanlmn nota. 



P. POLTMORPHUM, Munvo. Culiui iutcrnodiis saepe apicc scabris, ramis pauicula; 

 intordamlonii,-issimis, pcMidulis, stepissimc pscudospiculas (spiculas inorbosas, sterilcs, 

 polymorphas) ferentibus, spiculis fevtilibus 4-5-floris, glabris, squamulis sa-pe 5, 

 foliis lanceolatis. 



H(ib.\i\ India or. Assam, Nigrigam ! Knjoodoo ! ct Tingrci ! cum Thea associata, 1081! 1089! 1403! 

 Griffith ! ; Sikkim, 1000-GOOO pcd. s. m. Balasnr I Darjccling ! (" Mountain Bamboo," " Purpbiok," 

 " Partok "), Hooker et Thomson. 



Culini intcrnodia sa;pe 8 poll, longa, 3 lin. diamctro, fistulosa. Folia oblongo-lauccolata, apicc rostrato- 

 obliquiacuminata, basi inaiquilatcra, vix attenuata in petiolum brcvem, ima basi tumidum, 4-14 

 poll, longa, |-2 poll, lata, utriuque glabcrrima, ncrvis secundariis utrinque 7-11, subconspicuis. 

 Vagina striata;, glabra;, vel primum hirsutse ct fimbriatse. Panicula supradccomposita, ramis ad 

 nodos numerosis, plcrumqne basi nudis, iutcrdum oligophyllis, fasciculis saepe iterum itcrumque 

 divisis, ad nodos ramulorura ultimorum altcrnis, spiculis fcrtilibus ])cdunculis clougatis sterilium 

 sa^pc stipatis. Spicula saepissimc morbosa;, iiimc glabra;, curvatfe, squamis plurimis imbricatis, nunc 

 globossR, liirsuta;. Spicula fertilis et genitalia ut in genere descripta. 



Perfect (lowers arc very rarely found in this species. I had seen numerous specimens 

 collected l)y Griflitli, and Hooker, and Thomson, and never could find a perfect flower ; 

 and the flowering branches were always more or less in the form represented at fig. b of 

 Fitch's drawing. ■J'homson, however, collected some perfect flowers on his journey to 

 Sikkim in 1857 ; and these are represented at fig. a. I have also seen some perfect fruit 

 collected near Darjeeling in the same year by Mr. Hodgson. 



In outward form these fruits are extremely like the seed-pods of Anagallis or of 

 Primula. The change that takes place between the young ovary shown at fig. 5 and the 

 perfect fruit (fig. 8) is very remarkable. 



XVIII. Teinostachyum. 



Munro, nov. gen. Tab. III. Bdmhiisa, sp., Tlnvaites. 



Spicula plurillora, sursum dcorsumquc imperfecta, cylindrica, attenuata, clongata, l-2i poll, longa, rha- 

 eliillic articulis sa;pe lougis ct conspicuis, flosculis inferioribus 1-2 et superioribus 2-4 unipalcaceis, 

 incompletis, intcrmediis 3-5 fcrtilibus. Gluinie 2-3, vel numcro indefinitic, plcrumquc gemmipara;, 

 semper distantes. Palea inferior basi involuta, medio lata, apice attenuata, plurinervis; superior 

 brevior, vel lougior, bicarinata, carinis ciliatis. Squamula 3, basi interdum concavje ; apice unica 

 specie glabra;, unica fimbriatse. Stamina G, basi libera, antberis obtusis. Stylus longissimus, rostro 

 ovarii inclusus (Tab. III. f. 5), delude exsertus, apice 2-3-fidus. Stitjmata tcnuia, brevia, revoluta, 

 cito caduca. Ovarium lougissimc attcuuato-rostratum. Fructus bacciformis, rostratns. 



