368 159. GRAMINEF. 
Formosa: Baukinsing, cultivated (4. Henry, 807!); South 
Cape (Schmiirer, in herb. A. Henry, 257 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 
Kew. 
Widely cultivated in warm countries. 
Var. bicolor, Hack. 1. c. p. 519. 
Curr: Peking (Bretschneider, 199-800 !). Herb. Kew. 
Var. nervosum, Hack. l. c. p. 513 ; Stapf, in Hook. f. Fl, Brit. 
Ind. vii. p. 184. 
um: Peking, cultivated ( Bretschneider, in herb. Hance,1349 
in part!) ; FokrEN : Amoy, cultivated (Hance, 1349 in part!) ; 
Cunina: East Coast (Home!); usus (A. Henry, 87571). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
India. 
Var. obovatum, Hack. l. c. p. 514; Stapf, 1. e. 
Krawasu: Shanghai (Faber, 277 in part!); Cwexiane: 
Ningpo (Faber, 277 in part!) ; KwaNGTUNG : waste ground near 
Canton (Hance, 5544!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Madeira, Mediterranean Region, India, J apan. 
1. Chrysopogon aciculatus, Tin. Fund. Agrost. p. 188; Benth. 
Fl. Hongk. p. 424; Hance, in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 5, v. (1866) 
p. 253; Nees, in Hook. § Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. p. 238; 
Hook. § Arn. l.c. p. 273; A. Henry, in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. 
xxiv. Suppl. (1896) p. 108. 
Andropogon aciculatus, Retz. Obs. v. p. 22; Hack. Mon. Androp. 
p. 062, et in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) pp. 721, 723. 
Centrophorum chinense, Trin. Fund. Agrost. p. 106, t. 5. 
Rhaphis trivialis, Lour. Fi. Cochinch. p. 558. 
Formosa (Campbell!) Tamsui (Oldham, 622 D, Takow (4. 
Henry, 1034!), Apes’ Hill (Playfair, 33!); Kwaneruna: 
Macao (Vachell, 49!), Pakhoi (Playfair, 1523), Lofaushan 
(Ford!); Howakowa (Hance, 383! Tate! Wright!), Little 
Hongkong (Wilford, 326!), Happy Valley and West Point 
(Lamont!); Lvcuv AncuipeELaao (Lay & Collie D). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Mauritius, Tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia. 
2. Chrysopogon sinensis, Rendle, n. sp. 
Planta perennis; culmi ascendentes, demum erecti, ramosi, 
12-15 poll. alti, vix semilincam crassit. excedentes, plurinodi. 
