348 159. GRAMINEE. 
Cum: Peking (Williams, in herb. Hance, 11451! Bret- 
schneider, 823!), Jehol (David !); Kranasu: Shanghai (Main- 
gay, 577!), Kianang (Staunton !); Hurrun: Patung (A. Henry, 
5123!), Changyang (4. Henry, 7507!); SmENsI: Kaolinsien 
(Hugh!), Mt. Kiansan, Husienscien (Hugh!), Mt. Laoysan, 
Tciuzscien (//ugh!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
North Asia, Japan. 
4. Miscanthus sinensis, Anderss. in Ofvers. Vetensk.- Akad. 
Forhandl. xii. (1855) p. 166 ; Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 105, et in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1889) p. 639, et sér. 2, iii. (1903) p. 501. 
Saccharum polydactylon, var. 8, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 43. 
Saccharum japonicum, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. (1794) p. 828, in 
part. 
Erianthus japonicus, Beauv. Agrost. p. 14, in part; Nees, in Hook. A 
Arn. Bot. Beechey’s Voy. p. 242, et in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 
i. (1843) p. 184. 
Eulalia densa, Baker § Moore, in Journ. Linn. Soe., Bot. xvii. (1879) 
p. 388, non Munro. 
Eulalia japonica, Trin. in Mém. Ac. Sci. Pétersb. sér. 6, ii, p. 333, in 
part; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 189; Franchet, in Mém. 
Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1884) p. 272. 
Ripidium japonicum, Trin. Fund. Agrost. p. 169, in part. 
SutneKine (Ross, 44!); Formosa: Takow (4. Henry, 1173, 
1173 A, 1175, 1185!); Hurren; Patung (4. Henry, 5065!) 
Ichang (A. Henry, 93!); Suenst: Kusan (Hugh !), Mt. Kian- 
san, Husienscien (Hugh!); SzkcHuEN: Tachou (Joekhill!); 
Yunnan: Mengtze (A. Henry, 10014!) ; KwaNaTUNG: Macao, 
Canton (Sampson, 973!); Honaxona (Lamont! Reeves! Ur- 
quhart, 251! Hind!); Corea (Perry!) ; Lucnu ARCHIPELAGO 
(Wright!); Curna: without locality (Macartney!). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
Japan, Tonkin, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines. 
Var. purpurascens, Rendle. 
Miscanthus purpurascens, Anderss. l. c. p. 167; Hack. Mon. Androp. 
p. 106; Palibin, in Act. Hort, Petrop. xix. (1901) p. 120; Aomarow, 
ibid. xx. (1901) p. 244. 
Suantuna (Maingay, 771), Chefoo (Forbes !). Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
I regard this merely as a variety of M. sinensis. Hackel 
himself says (Z. c. p. 107): “cui fortasse melius subspeciei numero 
subjiciendus.” 
