106 MONOCOTYLEDONEX. MISCANTHUS. 
paniculam pubescentes. Vaginze subcompress& superne fere carinatze, 
glaberrimze v. scaberulze, nodis angustis puberulis v. glabrescentibus. 
Laminæ basi a vagina parum distinete, lineares v. sublanceolato-linea- 
res, 50—80 em. longæ, 1—1,6 em. latæ, aperto-canalieulatze, subtus 
pilis appressis adsperss v. pubescentes, supra glaberrim:e v. parce 
piliferze, basi sepe fimbriatze. Panicula erecta corymbiformis v. fia- 
bellata, 25—40 cm. longa, rhachi communi glabra v. raro pubescente; 
racemi secus hujus nodos parum (1—1,5 em.) distantes glabros ple- 
rumque oppositi, inferiores ima basi racemos secundarios 2—3-nos 
ferentes, superiores simpliees, in axillis glabri v. puberuli, graciles, 
12—25 cm. longi, sursum decrescentes (inde subfastigiati), infimi 
rhachin communem plerumque superantes, omnes patentes, strietius- 
culi, rhachi filiformi scabra, internodiis spieulas brevipedicellatas eum 
pedicello sequantibus. Pedicelli longiores spieulam subsuperantes, 
breviores iis 4-plo breviores, omnes filiformes, superne vix dilatati, 
post delapsam spieulam cicatricem ovalem obsolete ciliolatam exhi- 
bentes, facie interna (saltem siecando) eanalieulati, dorso striato 
scabri, recti, patuli. Spiculæ 4,5—5 mm. longae, stramineo-brunnez, 
nitidze, villos involuerantes molles albos v. dilute violascentes erecto- 
patulos zquantes v. iis '/, breviores; gluma I" eximie acuminata, 
integra, flexuris marginalibus superne scabra, dorso glaberrima, 
tenuiter 3-nervis, nervis in '/, superiore anastomosantibus ; I“ 1-ner- 
vis, dorso glaberrima v. pilis paucis adspersa ; III oblonga, obtusa, 
interdum minute bidentula; IV* in '/,—'/, superiore in dentes 2 subu- 
latas acutissimas fissa, ciliata v. glabra, aristze gracillimze 9—10 mm. 
longæ columna castanea glaberrima oligospira intra glumas fere 
occulta subulä 3-plo brevior. Palea ovata v. lanceolata, quam gluma 
IV: 2—4-plo brevior. Antherz: 2,5 mm. longe. Styli stigmatibus 
oblongis 2 mm. longis, prope mediam spiculam exsertis parum v. '/, 
breviores. Caryopsis oblonga, purpurascens. 
In China pr. Canton (Sampson in h. m.), ad Cap Syng Moon 
(Meyen in h. ber.) ; Japonia prope Yokuhama ete. (a variis collect.) ; 
Celebes (Teysmann in h. bogor.). In hortis europzeis ornamento ssepe 
cultus, etiam varietas foliis zebrinis (quam vide in Garden. Chron. 
1877, p. 565, fig. 89). 
5. M. purpurascens (Anderss. l. c., p. 167); gluma I“ et II^ 
etiam dorso villosis. 
Culmi subrobusti ultra 1,2 m. alti, infra paniculam sericeo-pubescen- 
tes, ceterum glaberrimi. Vaginz teretiuscule superne subcarinatze, 
