COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 1:>1 



ulae spicatce, oblongae vel C) T lmdric8e, flosculis 1-2 bipaleaceis, hernia- 

 phroditis. Squamulse 3 vel raro 2. Fructus (in specie unica tantum 

 notus) magnus, carnosus, pomiformis, rostratus 14. Melocanna. 



imbricatissimis 



rumque 



Squamulce nulla. Fructus (tantum i 

 gosus, rostro brevi subito cuspidatus 

 Spiculse cylindrical in capitulis densis, 



ru 



].*). Schizoitachynm. 



teruiuiahbus n.nwstae 



flosculo 1 hermaphrodite, bipaleaceo. Squamulae 3. Fructus longe 



attenuato-rostratus 1G - Opkalosiarhyuw. 



Spicule oblongae, membranacea, spicatee, flosculis 1-2 hermaphroditism bipa- 



leaceis. Squamulse 3 vel 5. Fructus globosus rostro longo subito 



rostratus. Tab. IV. . 

 Subsectio II. Bambusoidea. Spicula 



17. Pseuf/ostarhyum 



urimis fertilibus. Squanmlae 



Fructus 



baccift 



pluriflora 



Squamulae & 



Fructus rostratus. Tab. III. .;.'••••' 

 Spicula subcylindrica (fructifera major, conoideo-cylindrica), flosculo 1 bipa- 

 leaceo, hermaphrodito. Squamulse plurima vel raro (in specie unica) 3. 

 Stamina plurima vel 6. Fructus longe rostratus .... 



Spicula oblonga vel ovata, flosculis 2 vel plurimxe perfectis. Squamato vera 



nulla. Fructus oblongus, plcrumque rostratus. Tab. M. . 

 Spicula minima, ovata, flosculo terminali solo bipaleaceo. Squamul* 



]H. TeinOtt a chyum . 



19. Beesha. 



20. DendrocaJatHiis. 



nulla. Fructus oblongus, bre\ 



Tab. V. . • .21. Ttinochloa. 



XIV. Meloc. 



w- ■ c i -vt „ J ;• n HB911 Beesha Kuntli 'Notice Mir 1c penrr Hamlma' (182 



Trmius in Sprengel, Neue Entd. 11. 43 (1821). Busha, ^ ..,./„.-„.„„,./„„• „,,. s. u.l. e. M«,..cl. 



_ Endl. no. 910, sed non Encode (1685). ^^^ZZxl ,!,,,„„ali * mm 



Spicula utrinque impei 



ula ntnnque impertecta, paucmoia, ™~»~ ' . ' • „„ g , uma9 , articulata. <:i««« »'™' 

 conspicuo, nunc subovata, nune eylmdric* ^*S£T'S««S paueinerv.a, in -, ..... 

 indefinite, finnan omnes gemmipane. Palea inferior tioscul, 

 membran cea. in reliani. coriaeea, plerumque scabra et «pe «-**—• - ■*« 



2 



oriacea, involute, raro cannata 



Stamina 



<ct "ivurzu ««———> fi'w,;^ wBpe penistente*. Slav na 



8qmm u,« 3, vel raro 2, pleroniqiie kM-^ £ „.„„,„. , ... 



Af. bambusfAd? 



plerumque 6, raro 5-7, antheris vel obtusis vel ^^OM 



Hum longe rostratum, rostro saepe angulato, glabio w ^^^ 



maximus. -Domiformis, carnosus, acuminatus, cduhs, in re q A nf i aman incliirena. Folu 



Gramina 



erumque lata, petiolata, venul.s tnmmm mi , . » ^ ^ ^ ^ 



iciduis fimbriate. Inflorescentia nunc pamc.da lasta p ^^ ^ 



imbricatis, bracteis velatis, nun 

 elongatos dissitis, nunc panicula 



terminalis 



simplicibus verticillato-spieatis. ■ -i«a1W rtintrn 



^f T*W<; which is principal!} aisun 



I think it is very probable «*""^£2L state of L p-KF 

 guished by the absence of squamute, is mertij an g g 



