COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 133 



The very curious fruit of this species is remarkably well figured by Eoxburgh in the 

 'Plants of the Coast of Coromandel/ The plant appears to have fruited abundantly in 

 Arracan in 1864 and 1865; and Mr. Theobald states that "the true seed inside the 

 fleshy pericarp, about the size and shape of a small betel-nut, is very pleasant eatin 

 and not at all austere, though without much flavour. The natives declare tin 4 who 





fruit is edible after baking." Some further particulars about the flowering of this pla 

 will be found at p. 3. 



2. M. virgata, Munro. Culmo subarboreo?, internodiis floriferis interdum 12-15 poll 



longis, glabris, vel apice scabrulis ; panicula longissima, ampler, nutmte aphylla, rami.* 

 fasciculatis, paucis vel plurimis, virgatis, simplicibus vel compositis ; spiculis in fasci 

 culis, interdum proliferis, nunquam densifloris, per ramos dissitis ; spicidftcylindrica, 

 acuta, pauciflora; flosculo uno fertili ; paleis coriaceis subhirsutis.—Bambusa, sp., 

 Griffith, Journ. p. 89. 



« 



Hab. in Ind. or. Burmah, Keouksik ad fluv. Mogong, Griffith, v. s. 



tantum adest, decomp 



rum que 



interdum longe distantibus, basi bracteatis. Spicula fertilis acuta, angusta, sub 6 fin. toga, pll HBqur 



* 



rijlora, flore inferiore bip; 

 terminalis interdum maj 



bimucronata 



Squamvla 3, 



lanceolate, inconspicue nervate, margine tenuiter fimbriate, interdum ban coalite, subinn i. 

 Stylus longissimus, stigmatibus 2-3, brevibus, phimosis. Ovarium (immaturum) basi tipitata*. 

 longe rostratum. Folia desunt. 



The structure of the spicula is similar to that of the three following species; hut the 



inflorescence is much more compound than in any of them. 



3- M. graces, Kurz, MS. in hb. Culmo suffruticoso, 10-pedali, ra.nis ™*»****r 



vibus, fasciculatis, ramo florifero, basi foliate, fascicules sp.cularum M, 



spicatos gerentc ; spicula sub 3-4-flora ; foliis angustis J-"*"" , ,« s n - 



cundariis a^gre a tcrtiariis diseernendis ; vaginis ore cilus cdo dcc.du,* lata** 

 Cat. Bot. Gar. Calc. 79. Bamhisa, Wall. Cat. 5032. 



Hab. in Singapore, 5032! Wallich; Java, hort. Bogor. et Calc. Bot. Gar<l., &» 



,• e i-uus. flnriforisaue ad eundcra nod urn » • 

 Oulmus gracilis, internodiis glaberrimis, fistulosus, ramuhs folnfen fl ^J^^ M rotnmh 



verticillatis. Folia angusta, 5-6 poll, longa, 6-8 lm. lata, ap —^afc minutissii 



mar 



ariis utnnquc • J. ;egr« 

 primura ciliate, glabra 



a tertiariis diseernendis, venuhs transversa iere «»«-- . 7. , 

 sulcate, abrupte truncate, ore eiliis paucis, cito caducis ^ br1 ^' 



1 ' . . ~ , a^i—A* wr* J, lm. long 



Pmdeuh 



mine 4~tf 



parvis, paucis, (in spec, visis) 3-4 



10 



coriacea, acuta, superiore bicarinata sulcata brouor. btamtna , ^ ^ 

 then, fusco obtuse apiculatis. -%fr* longissimus, apice brei i 



Paiea inferior MTVlMa, 



plcnuiupie brcvibus, an- 



c,„//»««///P 3. anffuste. 



obloiitfcT. fimbriate. 3-5-nervosa3, subinsequales 



Oyffri«/n (immaturum 



