88 On some neu) or imperfectly known Indian plants. [No. 2, 



94. Oxytenanthera nigro-ciliata, M u u r o. — ki least 3 species are 

 united by Col. Munro, of which perhaps only the Javanese speci- 

 mens of Zollinger (sine mimero) really belong to B.nigro- 

 ciliata, B ii s e. My Bambusa Andamanica also seems to have been 

 merged into the same suite of species. I give, therefore, diagnoses 

 of the true B. nigrociliata, B ii s e, and B . Andamanica, retaining 

 a further elucidation of the various species for my revision of 

 Indian b ambus. 



Bambusa (Oxytenanthera) nigro-ciliata, B ii s e. Arborea ; tu- 

 rionum vaginae adpresse fusco-setosse, ore decurrenti-auri- 

 culato flmbriatse ; lamina imperfecta patens ; folia subtus pu- 

 bescentia, marginibus scabra ; vaginae adpresse fusco-setosae, 

 ore minute auriculato rigide fhnbriatae ; spiculse 1-1£ poll, 

 longse, curvatae, valvulis marginibus rigide fusco-ciliatis ; valvula 

 interior in angulis a medio fulvescente v. albido-ciliata ; stigmata 

 purpurea. — A large species, resembling B. atter so much that it 

 is difficult to distinguish it, when out of flower, or destitute of 

 young shoots. 



Bambusa Andamanica, K u r z, in And. Report. — Arborescens ; 

 turionum vaginae adpresse atrofusco-setosae, ore minute auriculato 

 nudae, aurieulis intense viridibus politis ; folia glabra, marginibus 

 scabriuscula ; spicule pollicares, strictiusculae ; valvulis margini- 

 bus rigide atrofusco-ciliatis ; valvula interior in angulis parce pilo- 

 sula ; antherae purpureae ; stigmata alba. 



95. Melocanna gracilis, K u r z, apud Munro, is Schizostachyum 

 chilianthum, {Chloothamnus chilianthus, B ii s e). The difference 

 between Melocanna and Schizostachyum rests entirely in the fruit, 

 and not in the absence of the upper palea, as suggested by Col. 

 Munro. 



96. Melocanna Zollingeri, Kurz, = Schizostachyum Zollingeri, 

 S t e u d. — Here is another mixture of at least 3, if not 4 well 

 marked species. Had Col. Munro had an opportunity of observ- 

 ing the growing plants, he would never have thought of uniting 

 them. "What would the Javanese say, if they were told, that their 

 bambu iratten, mayang, sirit kuda and bulu were all the same ? 



Schizostachyum Zollingeri, S t e u d., PI. VII, Fig. 2. Arborea, 

 culmis 2-poll. crassis; turionum vaginas adpresse-setosee, ore 



