B A M B U S E ^ .
Aeboeesobst or shrubby grasses, sometimes climbing. Oulmi jointed; noAs more or
less prominent and bearing ailm-sheath of variom shapes; i„tenodes hollow. Lcmet
flat, usually linear or oblongJauceolate; petiole short, ai-ticnlated with a leaf-shmtk which
is variously auricled. wions, usually a large compound panicle with spicato
branches. Spitetsts 1- to many-flowered. Emftn gluma 1 to several, gradually enlarged
upwards; the lower sometimes bearing imperfect flowers. Flmering gUmo usually similar
to empty glumes. Paha usually largo and 2-keeled, sometimes not keoled and convolute
occasionally wanting. UihulcB usually 3, sometimes more, sometimes none. S m .™
3 or 6 or (m one genus) very many. Ovartj globular or elongate, surmounted by the
dyU which is sometimes undivided, but more usually cleft into 2 or 3 or rarely more
ttigmm. Frnit a caryopsis, with a thin crustaceoua or fleshy pericarp adnato to or
separable from the seed.
Sub-tribe 1 / f r m r f / r a m i E . - S t a m e n s usually 3, palea 8-keeled. Pericarp thin,
adnate to the seed. Mostly small sln-ubby species, (pp, 1 to 28).
/ " b - m e ^ . -Stamens 6. Palea usually 2-koeled. Pericarp thin, adnate
to the seed. Mostly largo species, (pp. 23 to 77).
Sub-tribe S. Dendrocalumeo!.-Stamm, 8. Paloa 2-keeled. Pericarp fleshy or
cmstaceous, separable from the seed, {pp. 77 to 11]).
Sub-tribe 4. #e/ocaMeiE.-Stamens 6 or more. Spikolets l-flowored. Palea none
i : r d , v ; f n t o T 2 7 — - =
Sub-tribe l-ARUHDINARIE/E.
fepiekt. 1-to M o w e d , spcate, spies br.ct3at,, empty g l „ „ . 2-3 . . . i. Ft,Uo,taek,j,.
1. Arundiuaria, Michaux.
Erect or climbing shrubs. C,am, slender, rarely over 1 in. in diameter- „„I
la-omment, internodes rather short; branche's f a s L l a t e from the nod ' s l o t r
thm, papery, straw-coloured; m/,er/e.t «„A,narrow, subulate r ! T
A»». Eor. Box. CAmtXA, \'o, VII.