254 BULLETIN 772, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Type species: Mixcantlinx jnpoiiirn* Anderss. 



Miscanthus Anderss., Ofv. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1855: 165. 1856. Anders- 

 son describes five species, M. capenms, M.-japoni-cus, J/. luzonensis, M. sinensis, 

 and M. purpurascens. Andersson states that M. capensis is a transition from 



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FIG. 154. Imperata hookeri. Plant, X 1 ; spikelet, X 5. 



this group to the other genera of the tribe ; hence this species may be excluded 

 from consideration in selecting the type of the genus. The second species, M. 

 japonicus, is therefore selected as the type. 



