Hi COLONIAL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEJE 



glabris, tcniiihus, longis. Palea inferior 8-1 2-nervis, glaberrima, acuta, mucronata; superior brevior, 

 bicarinata, carinis su|)crnc tantum inconspicue fimbriatis. Squamula 3, lanceolatse, apice fimbriate, 

 baii angustatie ct coneava3, nervosa?. Stamina 6, antheris mucrone brevissimo, obtuso appendicu- 

 lutis. Stylus elongatus, apicc in stigmata 3 plumosa divisus. Fructus rostratus, utrinque attenu- 

 atnfti glaber, rostro iucluso 4^ lin. longus. (Diagn. prsecipue ex descr. Thwaites.) 



XIX. Beesha. 



Hort. Mai. v. 119, t. 60 ! bona (1685), sed non Kunth, { Journ. de Physique' (1822), quse estMelo- 



eanna bumbusoides. 



Oram. i. 325, t. 75. 

 Rets. 



Enum. Ceylon Plants, 376. Nasti 

 irs, sren. nov. Madasrasc. in Mel. de 



multo 



riflora vcl pauciflora, flosculis panda vel plurimis, inferioribus unipaleaceis, neutris, penultimo bipa- 

 lcacco, hermaphrodito, rudimento minuto floris superioris tabescentis, hoc interdum obsolete 

 Ghana duse. Pulea inferior (fertilis) muitincrvia, membranacea, nunc dorso glabra, nunc setulis 

 nigria obsita j superior plerumque longior, apice obtusa vel bimucronata. Squamula plurima, vel 

 in B. capitata 6. Stamina 6-9 vel plurima. Stylus longus, apice in stigmata 3-4-5 divisus. 

 i'nictus majusculus, ovoideus vel oblongus, longe rostrato-acuminatus. 



niua arborea vel fruticosa in India orientali (Malabar), Zeylania et Madagascaria indigena. Folia 



magna vel parva. Inflorescentia plerumque terminalis, nunc laxe verticillato-spicata, nunc 



vana 



ramulorum 



Rhcede's drawing is, considering its date, a very good one of the Malabar species ; but 

 there lias been much confusion about his genus. Kunth, who, in 1822, was the first of 

 modern writers who used the word, distinctly states that he applied it to Bambusa bacci- 

 /era of Roxb. ; and this mistake has been perpetuated by most authors, who have fre- 

 quently applied the description of the fruit taken from Rheede's drawing to Roxburgh's 



plant; and, vice versa, descriptions from Roxburgh's drawing of B. baccifera, only found 



Eastern Bengal, have been applied to Rheede's plant, only found in Western India 



Conspectus Specierum, 

 Folia angusta. Spicula fertilis major, plerumque in ramulo brevi ad basin rami vel pa- 



niculse locata. Squamulae plurima. Stamina plurima, plus quam 6, antheris 

 saepe longe mucronatis l R Rheedei. 



Folia lata. Spicula fertilis in vertieillis spicae cum sterilibus mixta. Squamulaa et 



stamina plurima 2 B stridukt 



VoYLbjingusta. Spiculaj fertiles apice ramorum capitato-congestas. Squamulaj 3. 



• 3. B. capitata. 



Stamina 6 



1 



B. Rheedei, Kunth, Enum. 434 (excl. syn. omn. nisi Rheede in Hort. Mai.). Culmo 

 arborescente lG-pedali, ramis foliiferis floriferisque ad nodos intermixes, spiculis 

 dimorphis, fructifera same solitaria, antheris saepe longe apiculatis, foliis angustis 

 -» pr. 9 1, c. 155 ad not. Beesha, Rheede, 1. c. ; Ray, Hist. ii. 1316. Bambusa scrip- 

 tor to, Schleus., fide Dillwyn in index Hort. Malab. Melocanna humuis, Roep. in 

 Inn. Clav. Agr. 115, non alior. nee. Trin. aiiis locis. M. Rheedei Steud. I c. 332. 



Hab. in Ind. or. Malabar; Cochin, no. 115!, 1347 !, Wight, Johnstone I 



V. s. 



