248 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
109. Melocanna TRix.! — Flores in spicula solitari hermaphro- 
diti; squamis 6-19, ab infima ad superiorem convolutam gradalim 
auctis, membranaceis mucronato-acuminatis, œ-nervibus. Glumel- 
lulæ 2, angustæ. Stamina 6; filamentis liberis aut inæqui-cohæren- 
tibus; antheris linearibus. Germen glabrum; stylo elongato, nune 
crasso angulato, apice 2-4-fido; ramis papillosis. Fructus magnus, 
ovoideus v. globosus, basi bracteis stipatus, acumine crasso recunvi 
sæpius rostratus; pericarpio Carnoso crassissimo; semine libero. — 
Arbor; foliis Bambosæ; panicula elongata virgata; ramis spiciformi- 
bus œ; spiculis 4-lateraliter confertis, 2, 3-natim fasciculatis, brac- 
teatis ; rhachilla raro ultra florem producta. (India *.) 
110. Schizostachyum Nes. — Flores in spicula solitari her- 
maphroditi; bracteis 5-10, ab infima ad supremas gradatin aucli 
muticis, œ-nervibus, imbricato-convolutis. Glumellulæ angusti 2, 
v. 0. Stamina 6, libera. Stylus elongatus, apice 2, 3-fidus; ramis 1 
curvis papillosis. Fructus subglobosus v. ovoideus liber, corlaceus 
v. induratus; semine libero. — Arbores v. frutices; foliis Bambose; 
vagina apice cum petiolo brevi articulata; paniculis parum ramnoss 
v. subsimplicibus; glomerulis paucis v. 0 ; spiculis œ, inæequalibus, 
tenuibus v. longiusculis. (Asia or., Oceania calid.) 
111. Dinochloa Buse *. — Flores © in spiculis solitarii here 
phroditi. Squamæ 3-5, ab infima gradatim auclæ, arete imbricate 
membranaceæ muticæ obtusæ, œ-nerves. Stamina 6; filament 
brevibus, sæpius liberis; antheris apice nunc papillosis - nee 
cillatis, sublateraliter rimosis. Germen glabrum; stylis 2, 3, gt 3 
bus, apice stigmatoso papilloso exsertis. Fructus € bacciformis, me 
carnosus ». — Frutices alte scandentes; foliis Bambos®; parte” 
supradecompositis; ramulis tenuibus elongatis ; spiculis ss 
fasciculis subglobosis sessilibus; rhachilla brevi haud produert: 
(Arch. Malay. et Philip.7) 
A8, Soc.bentéle 
1. In Spreng. N. Entd., 1, 43.— Munro, in 4. Spec. 7,8. Korz, in JOUR AUS LS Mer: 
Trans. Linn. Soc., XX VI, 131 (part.). — B. H., XXXIX, 88; Pamb., 63. — Bal.) M Jou 
Gen.,111,1214, n.297.—Hack.,Pflansenfam.,97 1890), : in 7r8% 
, ; CRE . ., En (1890), 31: in fr 
2. Spec. 1. M. bambusoides TRIN. — Bam- 5. In PL Jungh., 387. — ae Gen 
busa baccifera Roxs. Linn. Soc., XXVE, 153, 4 9: — fem 9 
pen ost. bras., 535.— EnbL., Gen., n. 908. 1214, n. 296. — Hack, Pflanse? 
— Munno, in Trans. Linn. Soc., XXVI, 135.— 6. Minimi it, Bar 
, , . « , : brit. 
bee st 1214, n. 295. — Hack., Pflan- 7. Spec. ad 2. Kurz, Fr: Fi 
1, 570 (part.). 
