159. GRAMINEEX. 347 
Wilford, 2441); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles, 43! Perry !); 
Lucuu ArcHIPELAGO (Döderlein, fide Hackel). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
The species is generally distributed throughout the warmer 
parts of the earth. 
1. Miscanthus japonicus, Anderss. in Ofvers. Vetensk.- Akad. 
Forhandl. xii. (1855) p. 166; Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 107, et in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 639; A. Henry, in Trans. Asiat. 
Soc. Jap. xxiv. Suppl. (1896) p. 107; Pilger, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xxix. (1900) p. 221. 
Saccharum polydactylon, var. æ, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 43. 
Saccharum japonicum, Thunb, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. (1794) p. 328, 
in part. 
Eulalia densa, Munro, in Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 424. 
Krawasv: Kianang (Stawnton!), Shanghai (Maingay, 575 !): 
Kranest: Kiukiang (Forbes, 74!); Formosa: Takow (A. Henry, 
1823, 1823 A, 1690, 1692, 1693 ), Apes’ Hill (A. Henry, 1689, 
1691!), Kelung (Ford, 68 !), Tamsui ( Walters, 45 !), South Cape 
(A. Henry, 1332!); KwaNaruNG: Whampoa (Hance, 485 in 
part); Honexone (Hance, 485 in part! 557! Champion! Ford, 
596!). Mus. Brit; Herb. Kew. 
Japan, Malaya, and Pacific Islands. 
It seems impossible to distinguish between extreme forms of 
this species and of M. sinensis, Anderss. 
2. Miscanthus nepalensis, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 104; Pilger, 
in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. (1900) p. 221; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vii. p. 107. l 
SzEcHUEN: Mt. Omei, 4200 feet (Faber, 1152!), Moupin 
(David!); Larras Isian (herb. Munro!) Herb. Kew. 
Mountains of Northern India. 
3. Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Benth. § Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 
2, p. 1125; Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 102, et in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
vii. (1899) p. 639; Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 327; Komarow, 
in Act. Hort. Petrop. xx. (1901) p. 248. 
Imperata sacchariflora, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 831, 
? Imperata eulalioides, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 989 ; 
Franch, et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 188. 
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