1-42 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE 



gustum, Jim ■;iri-obIon^um. Fructus globosus, apice depressus, rostro contracto subito cuspidatus 



\tit 



. 8,!).. 



(JranH'ii MilKirlxjtvsccns, in India orientali (Assam et Sikkim) indigenum. Folia lanceolata. Inflo- 



rcscentia pauicula supnidecomposita, ramulis vel omnino floriferis, vel basi foliiferis apice floriferis, 

 ad oodoa f;i><iculatis, spiculis saepissimc morbosis et monstrosis, in fig. B bene delineatis. 



Mr. Pitch's excellent drawing explains the inflorescence of this genus better than I 

 could possibly succeed in doing in the most lengthened description. 



Species unica tantum nota. 



P. polymorphux, Munro. Culini internodiis ssepe apice scabris, ramis paniculse 



int<Tdimilongissimis, pendulis, sa3pissime pseudospiculas (spiculas morbosas, steriles, 



polymorphas) ferentibus, spicnlis fertilibus 4-5-floris, glabris, squamulis saepe 5, 

 foliis lauccolatis. 



Hab. in India or. Assam, Nigrigam ! Kujoodoo ! et Tingrei ! cum Thea associata, 1081 ! 1089 ! 1403 ! 



Griffith] ; Sikkim, 1000-6000 ped. s.m.Balasur! Darjeeling ! ("Mountain Bamboo/' "Purphiok," 

 " Partok "), Hooker et Thomson. 



Culm i intcrnodia ssepc 8 poll, longa, 3 lin. diaraetro, fistulosa. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, apice rostrato- 



obliquiacmninata, basi imequilatera, vix attenuata in petiolum brevem, ima basi tumidum, 4-11 

 poll, longa, J-2 poll, lata, utrinque glaberrima, nervis secundariis utrinqne 7-11, subconspicuis. 

 Vagina striata, glabrae, vel primum hirsute et fimbriate. Panicula supradecomposita, ramis ad 

 nodos rmmerosis, plcromque basi nudis, interdum oligophyllis, fasciculis srepe iterum iterumque 

 divisis, ad nodos ramulorum ultimorum alternis, spiculis fertilibus pedunculis elongatis sterilium 

 s?epe stipatis. Spicules saepissime morbosse, nunc glabrae, curvatse, squamis plurimis imbricatis, nunc 

 globosas, hirsutse. Spicula fertilis et genitalia ut in genere descripta. 



Perfect flowers are very rarely fonnd in this species. I had seen numerous specimens 

 collected by Griffith, and Hooker, and Thomson, and never could find a perfect flower ; 

 nnd the flowering branches were always more or less in the form represented at fig. b of 

 Fitch's drawing. Thomson, however, collected some perfect flowers on his journey to 

 Nkkim in 1857 ; and these are represented at fig. a. I have also seen some perfect fruit 

 collected near Darjeeling in the same year by Mr. Hodgson. 



In outward form these fruits are extremely like the seed-pods of Anagallis or of 

 Primula, The change that takes place between the young ovary shown at fig. 5 and the 

 perfect fruit (fig. 8) is very remarkable. 



XVIII. Teixostachytjm. 



Munro, nov. gen. Tab. III. Bambusa, sp., Thwaites. 

 Spicula pluriflora, sursum deorsumque imperfecta, cyl 



conspicuis 



2% poll, longa, rha- 



intermediis 



semper distantes. 



medio 



umque 



rior 



brevior vel longior, bicariuata, carinis ciliatis. SquamuU 3, basi interdum concavte ; apice unica 

 «pecw glabra;, unica fimbriate. Stamina 6, basi libera, autheris obtusis. Stylm lougissimus, rostro 

 ovan, mel usus (Tab . III. f. 5 ), deinde exscrtus, apiec 2-3-fidus. Stigmata tcuuia, brevia, revoluta, 

 cito caduca. Ovarium longissime atteuuato-rostratum. Frudus bacciformis. rostratus. 



