140 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^E 



Hob. in Madag 



Thouars 



(vulgo u Voulou " !) , Chapelier ! j ile Nossi 



vilh; no. 1078 I, et Nossi Camba, 1978-2 ! Boivin (hb. Mus. Paris.), v. s. 



mis. 4-5 



Folia oblongo- vel lineari-lanceolata, 3-4| poll, longa, 6-10 



basi rotundata et parum obliqi 

 obsolete striatse, orepilis setosis 



pitulum 



t;iriuni, terminate congests. Spicula fertilis basi lata, lanceolata, acuminata, straminea, nervoso- 

 striata, setulis nigris obsita, midtijiora, flosculis inferioribus 5-6 unipaleaceis, sterilibus, gradatim in- 

 crescent ibus, penultimo bipaleaceo, fertili, ad basin pedicello brevi vel longissimo, rudimentario aucto. 

 Palea inferior (fertilis) flosculis sterilibus brevior, sed iis similis, ovato-oblonga, apice mucronata; 

 superior longior, 15 lin. longa, dorso sulcata, bisubulata, multinervia, carinis brevissime ciliatis. 

 Sqitamufa 3, breves, nervosa, oblique acuminata?. Stamina 6, connectivo antherarum interdum 

 elongato. Stylus longissimus, pubescens, superne trifidus. Fructus tereti-oblongus, sine rostro 

 7| lin. longus, parum obliquus et subcurvatus, basi breviter stipitatus, rostro persistente acutato- 



subulatus. 



Thi> differs in some respects from the two preceding species ; but I have but little doubt, 

 after the examination which I have, through the kindness of M. Brongniart, been per- 

 mitted to make of the specimens in the Paris herbarium, that it belongs to the genus 

 Bi'csha, and that it is the species referred to by Placourt, as already mentioned at 

 p. 8. None of the specimens which I have seen would indicate that the plant ever 

 attained the size mentioned by Kunth. 



Species dubia. 



4. B. elegantissima, Kurz, MS. in hb. " Caulibus tenuibus, gracillimis, altissimis, ramis 



terminalibus pendulis culmos truncosque arborum hosce sustinentes velantibus." 

 Bombusa elegantissima, Hassk. PL Jav. rar. 42 ; Miq. I. c. iii. 419. 



Hah. in Java, in sylvis elatis (« Ulul"), Hasskarl, Kurz ! (tantnm spathaj hirsutissinne) . v. spathas. 



I do not know what authority Kurz has for placing this plant in the genus JBeesha. 



Beesha baccifeka, Schult =Melocanna bambusoides, Trin. 

 B. fax, Schult. = M. humilis, Boep. 



B. humilis, Kunth =M. humilis, Boep. 



ab 



XX. Dendrocalamtjs. 



in Linmea, ix. 476 (1834). Bumbus* sect, Ruprecht, Steudel, et auct. alior. 



ula sursum deorsumque, vel deorsum tantnm imperfecta, ovata vel oblonga, ant ovalis, acuta vel ob- 



t«sa, pauciflora vel plnriflora, rhachilla abscondita, flosculis 1-2 inferioribus unipaleaceis, se- 



,unmis bl P al eaceis hermaphroditis vel foemineis, terminali tabescente, sajpe ob- 



soleto, vel omnino deficiente. 

 carina ciliata. Pal 



duse aut tres, 1 vel 2 ssepe gemmiparse, suprema carin; 



emmque ventricosa, chartacea vel membranacea 



subulate vel spinoso mucronata, saltern in flosculis superioribus, dorso vel glabra 



pse 



angustior, obtusa, paucinervia. Squamula verse nulla ; 



aces in flosculis nonnullis videntur. Stamina 6, basi 



subobtuso, vel mucrone longo hirsuto terminatis. Stylus longus, 



basi rostro mclusus, apice vel indivisus ?, vel 2-3-fidus. Ovarium apice hirsutum, ros 



