144 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



glabris, tcnuil)us, loiif^is. Pulva inferior 8-12-ncrvis, },'l;il)crrima, acuta, mucrouata ; superior brevior, 

 bicarinata, cariuis supcmc tautuin iucouspicuc fimbriatis. Hquumula; 3, lanccolatic, apice fiinbriatae, 

 basi augustata; ct concavic, nervosic. Stamina (>> antbcris mucrone brevissimo, ol)tuso a[)pcn(licu- 

 latis. Stylus elongatus, .apicc iu stigmata 3 plumosa divisus. Fructus rostratiis, utrinque attcnu- 

 atus, glabcr, rostro iucluso -i^ liu. longus. (Uiagn. praecipue ex descr. Thwaites.) 



XIX. Beesha. 



Rhecdc, Hort. :Mal. v. 119, t. fiO ! bona (1085), sed nou Kunth, ' Joum. dc Physique' (1822), quse est Mc/o- 

 canna Intmbusoides. Ocldandra, Thwaites in Eiium. Ceylon Plants, 37G. Nasti, sj)., Kunth, llcv. 

 Gram. i. 32,j, t. 75. Bambos, Du Petit Thouars, gen. nov. Madagasc. in Mel. de Bot. (1811), non 

 lletz. 



Spicula utrinque imperfecta, monoica (an semper?), cylindrica, fructifera plerumquc multo major, plu- 

 riflora vcl pauciflora, flosculis paucis vel plurimis, inferioribus unipalcaceis, neutris, penultimo bipa- 

 leaceo, hermaphrodito, rudimento minuto floris superioris tabcscentis, hoe interdum obsoleto. 

 GlunuE dua2. Palea inferior (fertilis) multinervia, membranaeea, nunc dorso glabra, nunc setalis 

 nigris obsita ; superior plerumque longior, apice obtusa vcl bimucronata. Stjuamula plurim<E, vel 

 in B. capitata 6. Stamina G-9 vcl plurima. Sti/li/s longus, apicc in stigmata 3-4—5 divisus. 

 Fructus majusculus, ovoidcus vel oblongus, longe rostrato-acuminatus. 



Gramina arborea vel fruticosa in India orientali (Malabar), Zeylania ('t ]Madagascaria indigcna. Folia 

 varia, magna vel parva. Inflorescentia plerumquc termiualis, nunc la.\e vertieillato-spicata, nunc 

 spiculis in apice ramulornm capitato-congestis. 



Rhecde's drawing is, considering its date, a very good one of the Malabar species ; but 

 there has been much confusion about his genus. Kunth, who, in 1822, was the first of 

 modern writers who used the word, distinctly states that he applied it to Bambusa hacci- 

 fera of E-oxb.; and this mistake has been perpetuated by most authors, who have fre- 

 (jucntly applied the description of the fruit taken from Rheede's drawing to Roxburgh's 

 plant ; and, vice versa, descriptions from Roxburgh's drawing of B. baccifera, only found 

 in Eastern Bengal, have been applied to Rheede's plant, only found in Western India. 



Conspectus Specierum. 

 Folia angusta. Spicula fertilis major, plerumque in raraulo brcvi ad basin rami vel pa- 



niculae loeata. Squamulae plurima. Stamina plurima, plus quara G, antheris 



ssepe longe mucronatis . . . . . • • • ■ • . I. B. Rheedei. 

 Folia lata. Spicula fertilis in verticillis spicfc cum stcrilil)us mixta. Squamuhe ct 



stamina /j/wnVwa ............ 2. B. stridula. 



Folia angusta. Spicule fertiles apicc ramorum capitato-congcsta;. Squamulaj 3. 



Stamina 6 ..........■•• 3. -B. capitata. 



1. B. Rheedei, Kunth, Enum. l-Si (excl. syn. omn. nisi Rheede in Hort. Mai.). Culmo 

 arborescente IG-pedali, ramis foliifcris floriferisque ad nodes intcrmixtis, spiculis 

 dimorphis, fructifera stcpe solitaria, antheris saipc longe apiculatis, foliis angustis. — 

 Bupr., I. c. 155 ad not. Beesha, Rheede, /. c. ; Ray, Uist. ii. 1316. Bcanbnsa scrip- 

 toria, Schleus., fide Dillwyn in index Ilort. Malab. 3Ielocanna Immilis, Koep. in 

 Trin. Clav. Agr. 115, non alior. nee. Trin. aliis locis. M. Rheedei, Steud. I. c. 332. 



Hab. in Ind. or. Malabar; Cochin, no. 115 !, 1317 !, Wight, Johnstone \ v. s. 



