1870.] On some new or imperfectly known Indian plants. 89 



large aiiriculato longissime fimbriate ; lamina imperfecta erecta, 

 ventricosa; foliorum vaginae glabrae, ore auriculato longissime 

 (6-80 lin.) fimbriate ; spiculae 3-4 lineares, flosculo penultimo 

 hermaphrodito ; valvula exterior n. berm. marginibus laevis ; 

 lodiculae nullae ; antberse virescentes ; stigmata alba. 



Schizostachyum brachycladum, Kurz, PI. VI, Fig. 2. {Melocanna 

 brachyclada, Kurz, in Cat. Bog. 1866, 20 ; M. Zollingeri j3. brachy- 

 clada, Munro, 1. c. 134, — certissime non Kur z). — Arborea, culmis 

 bracb. hum. crassis ; turionum vaginae adpresse setosae, ore minute 

 auriculato fimbriatse, lamina imperfecta ventricosa ; foliorum vagi- 

 nae albido v. fulvescente setulosae, ore auriculato longiuscule (4-6 

 lin.) firnbriatae ; spiculae 4-6 lin. longae, flosculis duobus sum- 

 mis bermapbroditis ; valvula exterior marginibus ciliata ; lodiculae 

 ciliatae ; antberse purpureae, dein lutescentes nigro-inarginatae ; 

 stigmata alba. — A bambii of a very peculiar babitus, growing to a 

 beigbt of from 30 to 40 ft., witb tbe lateral brancbings very sbort 

 and meagre, hardly 3-3^ ft. long. 



Schizostachyum longispiculatum, Kurz, PI. VI, Fig. 1 . (Melocanna 

 longespiculata, Kurz, in Oat. Hort. Bog. 1866, 20 ; M. Zollingeri, y 

 longespiculata, Munro, 1. c. 134, baud Kur z). — Fruticosa, culmis 

 digit, crassis ; turionum vaginae adpresse albido-setulosoe, ore auri- 

 culato setoso fiinbriatae ; foliorum vaginae glabrae, ore auriculato 

 rigide-fimbriatae ; spiculae ultra pollicares, flosculo penultimo 

 bermapbrodito ; valvula exterior fl. bermapb. marginibus lsevis ; 

 lodiculae nullae ; antberae lutescente-virides ; stigmata purpurea. 

 — An elegant dense sbrub, witb very long usually semiscandent 

 slender stems. 



[PL VI, Figs. 1 and 2, sbew tbe upper parts of tbe sbeatbes of 

 tbe young sboots of Schizostachyum longispiculatum and of Sch. bra- 

 chycladum respectively — (botb natural size). Tbe leaf-sbeatbes 

 above tbe sboots belong to tbe figures of tbe sbeatbes just below 

 tbem. — PI. VII, Fig. 2, is tbe upper part of tbe sbeatbes of Sch. 

 Zollingeri.'] 



97. Melocanna? Kurzii, Munro, I.e. (Bomb, schizostacltyoides, 

 Kurz, in And. Rej)OTt)=Teinostachyum schizostachyoides, K u r z, a 

 species nearly allied to T. attenuatum, M u n r o. 



