MISCANTHUS. — ANDROPOGONEE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 105 
II Tr» conspicue superans, ovato-lanceolata, acuta v. acutiuscula, 
l-nervis, carina scaberrima, glabra, margine scaberula; III’ quam 
I" paullo brevior, late oblonga obtusiuseula, siepe denticulata, ener- 
vis, glabra; IVe II” zequans, lineari-lanceolata, acute bidentula, 
univervis, glabra ; arista imperfecta gracillima 9—10 mm. longa recta 
v. leviter flexuosa, brunnea, scabra. Palea quam gl. III duplo bre- 
vior, lanceolata, acuta, enervis, glabra. Stamina 2? Stigmata infra 
apicem spicule exserta. Caryopsis oblonga, atropurpurea, plano- 
convexa. 
In montosis : Sikhim (inter 1900 et 2800 m. alt.) et Khasia (inter 
1600 et 1900 m. alt.) lgg. Hook. et Thoms.; Nepalia (ex Trin.). 
b. Spicule villos involucrantes albos v. subviolascentes æquantes v. iis '/a— [s 
breviores. Lamine margine scaberrims®. — Culmi teretiusculi. Vaginze 
internodia superantes. Ligula brevissima, truncata, fusco-membranacea, 
minute ciliolata v. glabra. Lamin® e basi angustata lineares v. lanceo- 
lato-lineares, valde elongate, rigid:ze, inferne suberectæ superne patulæ, 
subtus glaucescentes supra virides, costa media crassa v. crassissima mul- 
tinervi supra late albostriata percursa, nervis lateralibus primariis utrin- 
que 4—8, secundariis inter illos 1—3-nis, tertianis inter hos singulis, 
omnibus ein vix v. non prominulis. Panicula erecta, patula ; racemi 
sessiles v. primarii subpedicellati, graciles, elongati, internodiis 25— 
formati. Gluma Im? chartacea v. subchartacea, acuminata, apice hyalina 
v. membranacea, marginibus angustissime obtuseque inflexa ; II!» Imam 
quans, ejusdem consistentia, lanceolata, acuminata, Pide ines 
carinata, carina superne scabra, margine yalino ciliata ; III^ m 
14 — !/s brevior, enervis, ciliata; IV» HI^" zequans v. sen, Toad, 
uninervis; aristæ columna, ubi adest, intra glumas latens, subula flava, 
basi laxe torta. Palea varia, enervis, ciliata. Stamina 3.Styli stigmatibus 
atropurpureis parum breviores. Caryopsis oblonga, purpurascens. 
4. M. sinensis (Anderss.! l. c., p. 166); glumis P* et II^ 
przter callum glabris; racemis corymboso-fastigiatis inferioribus 
3—4-nis rhachin communem superantibus crassiusculis densifloris 
rhachi filiformi, pedicellis longioribus rectis, spieulis longe acuminatis, — 
arista perfecta. — Saccharum polydactylon var. 8. Thunb. Fl. Jap., - 
p. 43; S. japonieum Thunb. in Act. Soc. Linn. 2, p. 328 ex Willd. 
- Spec. 1, p. 321; Erianthus japonicus Beauv. ap. Reem. et Schult. 
Syst. 2, p. 324; Nees! in Hook. et Arn. Beechy's Voy. p. 242; Ripi- 
dium japonieum Trin. Fund. p. 169 ; Eulalia japonica Trin. in Mém. 
Ac. Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 333, hortain 
Culmi 1 m. v. parum ultra alti, subrobusti, glaberrimi v. infra 
