130 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



qualibus, noriferis, bad foliiferis, superioribus omnino noriferis, brevioribus, internodiis inferioribus 

 -labris, interdum 8 poll, longis,; viridibus, striatis, verticillis ssepissime densifloris, subglobosis, raro ad 

 nodos dense aggrogatis, plerumque secus ramulos regulariter spicatis. Spicula acuta, lineari-oblonga, 

 plerumque 3-nora, rarius 5-6-flora, flosculis 2 inferioribus unipaleaceis, sequentibus 1-3 bipaleaceis, 

 terminal i tabescente nunc conspicuo, nunc obsoleto. Palea inferior dorso glabra, 15-20-nervosa, 



marg 



fimbriata, vel glabra, subulato- acuta ; superior vix brevior, in flosculo 



Icaceo supremo dorso convexa, 9-nervis, margine ciliata, apice subpilosa, in reliquis obtuse-bicarinata. 

 « Anthers angustre, subulato-apiculatse, apiculo piloso" Stylus apice 3-fidus. Caryopsis (matura) 

 3 lin. longs, lineari-oblonga, apice acuta et glabra. 



Iloxburah'a drawing in the ' Plants of the Coast of Coromandel' was undoubtedly taken 



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from a plant of this species ; but the description, with which the drawing does not agree, 

 was probably written at a later date, and is very nearly in the same words as those used 

 in the ' Flora Indica,' ii. 193, for the real Dendrocalamns strictus. I have been un- 

 willing to change Thwaites's specific name for this plant ; but as the whole genus have 



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monadclphous stamens, it was no longer a distinctive one, and I have therefore named 

 it after the excellent botanist who first described the plant correctly. 



5. O. Stocksii, Munro. Culmo gracili, internodiis 4-7 poll, longis, glaberrimis, ramis 



ad nodos paucis, spiculis sub 6 lin. longis, teretibus, acutissimis, glabris, plerumque 

 4-5-floris, flosculis 2 bipaleaceis, terminali vel lineari brevissimo, vel omnino obso- 

 leto, palea inferiore membranacea, margine glabra, in flosculis superioribus interdum 

 spinoso-acutissima, antheris vel brevissime mucronatis, vel pilis hyalinis 1-2 bre- 

 vibus apiculatis, foliis angustis, subtus hirsutis. 



Hab. in Ind. or. Coucan, Stocks, v. s. 



Folia lineari-lanceolata, apice mucronato- acuta, basi eordato-rotundata, vel attenuata in petiolum com- 



planatum, basi inerassatum, brevem, subtus hirsutum, 3-4 poll, longa, 4-6 lin. lata, supra hirsuta vel 

 glabra, subtus hirsuta, nervis secundariis utrinque 4-5, inconspicuis. Vagina striata, plerumque 

 glabrae vel primum pubescentes, ore fimbriate, Inflorescentia, ut videtur, ei praecedentis similis 

 (ramuli floriferi 3 tantum adsunt), verticillis interdum 1| poll, diametro, densissimis, fere echinatis, 

 in ramulis approximatis. Spicula 4-5 -flora, glabra, flosculis 2 inferioribus unipaleaceis brevibus, 

 dorso nitidis, apice mucronatis, 2 sequentibus bipaleaceis, terminali brevissimo vel obsoleto. Palea 

 inferior (fertilis) membranacea, per totam longitudinem striato-nervosa, apice mucrone ssepe longo 



subulata ; superne, in flosculo tertio, bicarinata, obtusa, carinis fimbriata, in quarto convexa 



obtusa. 



latis. Stylus apice 2-3-fidus. 



mucronatis, vel ft 



2 hyalinis apicu 



hirsutum 



The leaves of this species are remarkably like those of Dendrocalamus strictus. The 

 short points to the anthers and striated membranous lower palea are the chief points of 

 distinction between this and the preceding species. 



Sectio III. Baccifem (conf. supra, p. 12). 



Conspectus Generum. 



Subsectio I. Schizostachyoidea. Rhachis propria, nisi in Cephalostachyo, bis terve fasciculatim divisa; 



tandem spicula fertilis, plerumque cylindrica, flosculis (1 vel raro 2) hermaphroditism supra 

 glumas articulata. Squamulse 3 vel raro 2 aut nulla. 



