lir; COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGIlAPIl OF THE IJAMBUSACE^. 



Hub. ill Madagascar, Da Pel. Thouars; cote est (vulgo " Voulou " !), Chajje/icrl; ilc Nossi-be ! Per- 

 villf, no. 1978!, et Nossi Camba, 1978-2 ! Boivin (hb. Mus. Paris.), v. s. 



Cij/iniis iiicrmis, 4-5 poll, tliam., ramis foliosis. Folia oblongo- vol liueari-lanccolata, ."J-U poll, loiiga, G-10 

 liu. lata, brevipctiolata, basi rotundata et parum obliqua, apice angustato-subulata, utrinquc glabra. 

 Vai/in<B glabra-, sursum obsolete striata;, ore ])ilis setosis fimbriat-.e. Spicule fcrtilcs in capitulum soli- 

 tarium, tcrmiiiale congc.«it:c. Spiciila fcrtilis basi lata, laiiccolata, acuminata, straminea, ncrvoso- 

 striata, sctulis nigris obsita, midtijlora, flosculis iiifcrioribus "j-G unipaleaceis, sterilibus, gradatim in- 

 crcsecntibus, penultimo bipalcaccu, fcrtili, ad basin pcdicello brcvi vcl longissimo, rudimentario aucto. 

 Palea inferior (fcrtilis) flosculis sterilibus brevior, sed iis similis, ovato-oblonga, apice mueronata; 

 superior longior, 15 lin. longa, dorso sulcata, bisubulata, multinervia, carinis brevissirae ciliatis. 

 Squanmla 3, breves, nervosse, oblique acuminatie. Stamma G, conncctivo antherarum interdum 

 elongato. Stylus longissimus, pubescens, superne trifidus. Fructus tereti-oblongus, sine rostro 

 7i liu. longus, param obliquus et subeurvatus, basi breviter stipitatus, rostro persistente aeutato- 

 subulatus. 



This diilors in some respects from the two preceding species ; but I have but little doubt, 

 after the examination which I liave, through the kindness of M. Brongniart, been per- 

 mitted to make of the specimens in tlic Paris herbarium, that it belongs to the genus 

 Beesha, and that it is the species referred to by Tlacourt, as already mentioned at 

 p. 8. None of the specimens Avhich I have seen would indicate that tlie plant ever 

 attained the size mentioned by Kunth. 



Species chibia. 



4. B. ELEG.\NTfssiiiA, Kurz, MS. in hb. " Caulibus tenuibus, gracillimis, altissimis, ramis 

 terminalibus pendulis culmos truncosque arborum hosce sustinentes velantibus." — 

 Bamhusa elegantissima, Hassk. PL Jav. rar. 42 ; Miq. I. c. iii. 419. 



]I<i'). in .Java, in sylvis elatis (" Ulul"), Hasskarl, Kurz ! (tantum spathse hirsutissiraae). v. spathas. 



I do not knoAv what authority Kurz has for placing this plant in the genus Beesha. 



Beesii.v BACCiFERA, 'S>ch\x\i.=Melocanna hambusoidcs, Trin. 

 B. FAX, Schult. —M. Immilis, Boep. 



B. HUMiLis, Kunth =31. Immilis, Boep. 



XX. Denbrocalamus. 



Nees ab Esenb. in Linnrea, ix. 176 (1831). Bumbuso! sect., Ruprecht, Steudcl, ct auct. alior. 



S/jicula sursum dcorsumqne, vcl dcorsum tantum imperfecta, ovata vel oblonga, aut ovalis, acuta vel ob- 

 tusa, pauciflora vcl pluriflora, rliacliilla abscondita, flosculis 1-2 iuferioribus unipaleaceis, se- 

 quentibus 2-3 vel plurimis bipalcaccis hermapliroditis vcl foemineis, tcrminali tabcsccnte, siepc ob- 

 soleto, vcl omnino dcficicnte. Gliima: Anx aut trcs, 1 vcl 2 s;cpe gemmipanc, suprcnia carinata ct 

 carina ciliata. Palea inferior jdurinervia, plcrumque ventricosa, cbartacca vcl membranacca, ssepe 

 apice subulato vcl spinoso mueronata, saltcm in flosculis superioribus, dorso vel glabra, vel hirsuta, 

 vel serieea, margine glabra vel ciliata ; superior angustior, obtusa, paueinervia. Squamiilce verte nulla; ; 

 rarissime, in speciebus 2, pseudosquamulre fallaees in flosculis nonnullis videntur. Stamina 6, basi 

 libera, antheris vel apiculo couico subobtuso, vcl mucrone longo hirsuto terminatis. Sti/lus longus, 

 filiformis, basi rostro inclusus, apice vcl indivisus ?, vcl 2-3-fidus. Ovarium apice hirsutuni, ros- 



