718 panicackjE. 



Bromus, L. (Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 101.) 



l.secalinus. L. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 6SZ i—E. B. 17, t. 1171.) 

 Europe. Caucasus. Fl. C. S. 



2. lanceolatus. Roth. (Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 639.) Canaries. Fl- C. S. 



3. longijlorus, Willd. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 645.) %. Native place un- 

 known. Fl. C. S. 



4. sterilis, L. {Rom. and Sch. 2. p. 647 ;—£. B. 15, t. 1030.) Eng- 

 land. S. Europe. Caucasus. Fl. C. S. 



5. matritensis, L. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 648. — B. diandrus. Curt. ; — 

 E. B. 14, t. 1006.) © S. Europe. Tauria. N. Africa. Fl. C. S. 



6. maximus, Desf. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 652 — B. matritensis, Cav. ic. 

 rar. VI. p. 67 ; not L.) © Madrid. Fl. C. S. 



Q. BAMBUSEiE, Nees. ; {Lindl. Nat. syst. p. 378.) 



Beesha, Rh^edi. {Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 103.) 



l.Rheedii, Kth. {Gram. 141; — Agrost. 434. — B. baccifera, Kth. syn. 

 pi. cequinoct. 1, p. 253;— Schult. 8, p. 1336. — Melocanna bambu- 

 soides, Trin.; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 113, excl. syn. Lour.; — J. Orah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 240.— Bambusa baccifera, Roxb. Coram. 3, /. 243; /. 

 ind. 2, p. 197.—Rheed. 5, t. 60.) T^^ iX*t Bish-bansh. b Peninsula 

 of India. Chittagong Mountains. Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



Dexdrocalamus, Nees. {Lindl, Nat. Syst. p. 'SS3.—Endt. gen. pi. I, p. 

 103, annot, under Bambusa.) 

 l.Balcooa. (Bambusa Balcooa, Roxb. fl. ind. %p. 196.) b Bengal. (Se- 

 rampore.) Fl. R. S. ; but very seldom. On account of its size and 

 strength, it is reckoned by the bamboo virorkmen the very best sort 

 for building the houses of the natives, for scaffolding, &c., especially 

 after it has been long immersed in water. {Roxb.) 

 a. ^fsf ^t"f Dhooli-bansh. Large variety, 

 p. ^5T^^»f Balko-bansh. **t^ ?T*r Puloo-bansh. Smaller variety. 



2. Tulda, (Bambusa Tulda, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 193.) ^s^flfl tt*f Tulda- 

 bansh. b Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. May. This species, the most com- 

 mon in Bengal, is much esteemed by the natives, though considered 

 inferior to No. 1, like which it is treated and used in the same man- 

 ner. The young thick shoots are, when about two feet high, tender 

 and commonly used for pickle. {Roxb.) 



p. *Tlir <V^ Peea-bansh. A larger variety used chiefly for scaffolding 

 and building the better and larger sorts of native houses. It differs 

 from Tulda-bansh by its greater length and thickness of the joints. 



"y. ?tf*ff^ ^*f Bashini-bansh. Has a larger cavity, and is used 

 chiefly for making baskets. 



3. strictus (Bambusa stricta, Roxb. Carom. 1, t. 80 ^fl. ind. 2, p. 193; — 

 Schult. 8. p. 1339. — Nastus strictus, Sm. in Rees'. cycl.) b Coro- 

 mandel. Fl. H. S. Smaller than the other species, but on account of 

 its great strength, solidity and straightness, much more fit for a varie- 

 ty of uses. The natives make staff's to their spears, &c. of it. {Roxb.) 



