312. Erianthus formosanus, Stapf [Gramineæ- -Andropogonez]: 
Eriantho fastigiato, Nees, similis, spiculis minoribus et gluma iv. 
ciliata et staminum numero (2) distinctus. 
Culmi ei om 3 ped. alti, multinodes, summa parte excepta 
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glaberri Foliorum vagine ore fimbriate, ceterum laber- 
rime ; ligu læ brevissime, “truncate, ciliolate ; lamin: lineares, 
basi vix angustiores, ad 1 ped. longs, circiter 1j lin. late, mar- 
ginibus scabris ex ceptis leves. Panicula obovato- oblonga, e 
racemis 15-20 composita, ad 6 poll. longa; rhachis communis 
ad 3 poll. longa, secundum igalis ciliata, racemis infimis paulo 
brevior ; racemi sessiles, erecto-patuli, ad 5 poll. longi, flexuosi, 
graciles, albo-vel subroseo-villosi, multiarticulati ; articuli pedi- 
celli ue filiformes, 1-1} lin. longi, pilis duplo longioribus ciliati. 
Spiculæ sessiles lanceolatæ, 14-13 lin. lon ngw, spadicee quam 
villi involucrantes 4-plo longiores; gluma i. chartacea, suba- 
cuminata, minutissime bidentata, carinis superne ciliolatis, in ite 
medio longe pilosa, inter carinas marginesque tenuiter l-nervis ; 
ii. chartacea, lanceolata, acuta, longiuscule Mee 3-nervis ; 
iii. oblonga, obtusa a, hyalina, ciliata ; iv. quam i . duplo brevior 
lanceolata, hyalina, superne ciliata, ex apice Sine aristata, 
arista gracili palida 3 lin. longa; palea minuta, subrotunda, 
apiculata, hyalina, evenia. Lodicule glabre. Stisháihia 2; 
h i Spicule pre om se sessilibus paulo 
minores ; gluma i. ubique longe denseque pilosa; ii. in dorso 
pilosa. 
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FORMOSA. Taiwan, Apes’ Hill, Playfair, 314. 
This and H, fulvus, Nees, collected by Dr. A. Hen near 
_ i Patung ‘district (No. un are the only eies Miu 
rom Chinese or Japanese territory 
313. Spodiopogon Beccarii, Stapf [Graminew-Andropogonex ]; 
inter Spodiopogonem et Hrianthum intermedius, ob ramos graciles 
et glumam i. haud manifeste carinatam priori adnumerandus, 
et, si divisionem generis a Hackel p accipias, juxta 
8. (Pleurachnen) dubiwm, Hack., ponendu 
Feed Vinea ad 4 lin. crassi, glaberrimi. Foliorum vagine 
uam yos iai paulo prie iores; ligule breves, 
rot iisitht- "firme; laminæ basi angusta lineari-lanceolatz 
setaceo-aeutatie ad 9 po dn. longs, p 9 lin. late, oan 
glaberrime. Panicula ad 8 poll. sen GE E solitarii, graciles 
basi longe nudi, inferiores = 14 poll. longi, ad nodos ba rbati ; 3 
racemi breviter vel brevissime pes im. ulati, pauciarticulati, 
brunnescentes, gilbo-villosi ; yo his fragilima ; articuli 1-1} 
wv n. longi, ut pedicelli paululo breviores clavati, glabri vel 
e pilosuli atque apice breviter ciliati. Spicule ven 
binicóóluis villis involucrantibus pau ululo breviores ; ; gluma i. 
lséoralibus paululo longioribus et validioribus vix  carinan- 
tibus nee medio nervo distincto ; ii. lanceolato-oblonga, s ubacuta, 
dedii marginibus breviter ciliatis ; iii. preecede s ies sed 
latior et paulo brevior ; iv. oblonga, 1} lin. longa, ad medium biloba, 
lobis Mcuioulatis arista ad 5 lin. longa; palea Jinceri-oblonge, 
