132 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. 



hap- this genua should have been confined to the one typical large-fruited species, and 

 the remainder placed in Schizostachyum, with an enlarged character. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Sect. I. Tvpioa. Culmus arboreus. 



Panicula umpla, supradecomposita. Palese membranacece. Squamulse 2. Fructus 



magnus, pomiformis, carnosus 



1. M. bambusoides 



Sect. IL Dubiae. Culmus subarboreus vel frutescens. Fructus ignotus. 



Panicula decomposita, aiihylla, r&mis valde elongatis, saepe compositis. Spicula 



plerumque sesquiflora, paleis coriaceis. Antherse obtusoe • . . 2. M. virgata. 



Panicula subsimplex, basi foliata, fasciculato-spicata, fasciculis 3-4. Spicula 



3-4-flora, paleis coriaceis. Antherse obtusse. Folia angusta, nervis secun- 

 dariis inconspicuis ........... 3. M. gracilis. 



Panicula ut in M. gracilis fasciculis plurimis. Spicula 3-4-flora, paleis coriaceis. 



Anthcrse obtusse. Folia lato-lanceolata, nervis secundariis conspicuis • 4. M. Zollingeri. 

 Panicula ut in M. gracili. Spicula 3-5-flora, paleis mernbranaceis. Antherse 



longe mucronatte . 5. M. Kurzii. 



1. M. bambusoides, Trin. I. c. 43. Culmo arboreo, excelso, apice tantum ramoso, pani- 

 cula supradecomposita, basi aphylla, spiculis 3-4-noris, paleis mernbranaceis, squa- 

 mulis 2, ovario apice rostrato, demum carnescente, in fructum pomiforme, inter dum 

 5-pollicare, increscente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, vaginis ore longe fimbriatis. 

 Spreng. Syst. ii. 113 (excl. syn. Lour.) ; Eupr. I. c. 155 ; Steud. I. c. 331 ; Miq. I c. 

 423. Bambusa baccifera, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 25 (1814) ; Corom. PI. iii. 38, t. 243 

 (1819) ; PL Ind. ii. 197. Beesha Bheedei, Kunth, I. c. ; Rev. Gram. i. 141 ; Enum. 

 434 (excl. syn. nonnull.), non Eupr. 1. c. ad not. Beesha baccifera, Ecem. et Sch. 

 1. c. 1336. Nastus baccifera, Easp. I c. v. 442. 



Hub. in Ind. or. Chittagong, spontanea (" Moolli " et " Metunga "), Hooker ! Jones !, (" Bish Bans ") Rox- 

 burgh; Sylhet, WallichX Cachar ("Moolli") Verner; Tipperah, Campbell; Arracan, Theobald; 

 Akyab, Tickell; cult. hort. bot. Calc., Thomson ; Moulmein ! Falconer : ile Bourbon ! Boivin : Mau- 



basi 



v. s. 



0-70-pedalis, basi peripheria 12-13 poll., erectus, apice tantum ramosus, fistulosus, parietibus 

 lbus, M tabasheer " fundens. Folia ovato-lanceolata, basi attenuata, insequilatera, petiolata, pe- 

 s flavescentibus, apice setaceo- acuminata, 6-12 poll, longa, 1-2-4 poll, lata, utrinque glabra, seel 

 a ad unum latus scabra, subtus pallidiora, nervis secundariis utrinque 8-14, subconspicuis. Va- 



ill 



see (teste Roxb.), ore fimbriate, ligula inconspicua. Panicula supradecomposita 

 rum iterumque divisis, ultimis spiculas spicatas, inferiores steriles, supremas tan. 



bracteis involutas gerentibus 



3-4 



Cuba 1-2 inferioribus neutris vel masculis, penultimo hermaphrodite, terminali tabescente, interdum 

 ad pcdicellum redacto, interdum paleis duabus praedito. Palea inferior (flosculi hermaphroditi) 

 raembranacea, 9-nervia, apice acuminata ; superior tenuimembranacea, subajquilonga, dorso vix cari- 



oblongae, apice obtusae, margine fimbriatfe, 3-5- 

 libera, antheris, demum tartis* subobtusis. Sty In 



nata. 



nervine, persistentes. Stamina 5-7, longa, basi 



longus, attenuatus, apice 2-3-4-fidus, stigmatibus brevibus, pilosis. Ovarium longe attenuatum, cito 

 crescit et camescit. Fructus nomiformis. &-&.nnllim»i'« ™^„„.„ ~~; „„x„„ -* ^nf,,«. 



