BAMBOO. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx none. 
Corolla a bivalve glume. 
Seed single. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Bambusa arundinacea. B. panicula ramosa divaricata. Linn . 
Spec. Plant. Willd. 2. p. 245. 
Panicle branched and divaricating. 
Arundo Bambos. A. calycibus mul- 
tifloris, spicis ternis sessilibus. Spec. 
Plent. 120. 
Arundo arbor. Bauh. Pin. 18. 
Ily. Rheed. Mai. 1. p. 25. pi. Id. 
Tabaxir sive Mumbo arbor. Bauh. 
Hist. 1. p. 222. 
Bamboo Lamarck. Illust.pl. 264. Diet. d' Hist. 
Nat. ed. 1 803 .—2 . p. 530. pi . A. f. 2. 
As yet we are acquainted only with two species 
of bamboo, the arundinacea , and the verticillata. 
They are both natives of India, and from their 
great resemblance to reeds have been classed with 
