322 
(1) Imperata cylindrica (Linn.) Beanv. Agrost. (1S12) Kxpl. Blanch. 5. i. 
~). f. 1. vav. koenigii (Retz.) Bcntli.; Pilger in Bevk. Frag. FI. Bhilip. (1904) 
137. Imperata arundinacea Cyr. ; Miq. FI. 1ml. Bat. 3 (1859) 514; F.-Vill. Nov. 
Apj). (1883) 316. 7. arundinacea var. koenigii Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 
(1889) 84; Vidal. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 289. Saccharum spicaturn Presl Rel. Haenk 1 (1830) 346; Seribn. Rept. 
Mo. Bot. Gard. 10 (1899) 52. pi. 1; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 513; Kuiith, 
Enuin. 1 (1833) 476; F.-Vil. Nov. App. ( 1883) 317. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (5753 Elmer) (March, 1904: Manila (85 
Merrill) May, 1902: Province of IMinpanga, Bacolor (32 Parker) May, 1904. 
Mindoro, Baco River (123 McGregor) April, 1905. Sibuyan (27 McGregor) 
Jul.v, 1904. Bohol (1218 McGregor) .June, 1906. Mindanao, Davao (184 
DeVore tC- Hoover) April, 1903; (537 Copeland) March, 1904: Lake Jjanao, Camp 
Keithley (145 Clemens) February, 1906. 
Abundant and widely distributed in the l^hilippines, the species being dis- 
tributed through the warmer parts of the M'orld, the variety koenigii, extending 
from tropical Africa to southern Asia, .Japan, (Malaya, Australia, New Caledonia, 
and the Fiji Islands. T., Cogon. 
(2) Imperata exaltata Brongn. Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 101, e.xcl. syn. ; 
Hack, in DC. Alonog. Julian. 6 (1889) 98; l^ilger in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. 
(1904) 137; Merr. in Philip. .Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 26. Imperata rarnosa 
Anders.; Rolfe, in .Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216; Vidal, Julian. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 158; Vidal, Rev.' PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 289. Saccharum negrosense 
Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 407. Haccharuni confertiun Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1830) 
3()4; Kunth, Enum. 1 (1833) 476; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 317. Paccharum 
alopecuros Nees; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 513; F.-Vill. Nov. App. ( 1883) 317. 
Philippines (1801 Cuming) 1836-40. JjUzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso 
(3279 Ahern’s collector) August, 1905: l^rovince of Tayabas, Atimonan (122 
Gregory) August, 1904; (665 Whitford) August, 1904. Palawan, E-wi-ig River 
(701 Merrill) February, 1903. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines, Malay-an I^eninsula and 
Archipelago to New Hebrides. T., Cogon. 
Imperata exaltata Brongn. suhsp. merrillii Hack, in l^hilip. .Journ. Sci. 1 
(1906) iSuppl. 2()4. 
JjLizon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4813 Merrill) November, 1905. 
Endemic. 
(7) MISCANTHUS Anders. 
Distinguished from Imperata by its liroad panicles, three stamens and 
the dowering glumes more or less bifid and usually owned between the 
teeth or lobes. Tall coarse grasses. 
Species 7 or 8, southern and eastern Asia to Malaya and Polynesia; two in 
the Philippines. 
1. Racemes not tastigiate, the lower ones semiverticellate shorter than 
the common rhachis, laxly flowered (1) ill. japoiiicus 
1. Racemes corymbose-fastigiate, the lower ones exceeding the common 
rhachis. densely flowered (2) M. sinensis 
(1) Miscanthus japonicus (Thunh.) Anders. Oefv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 
iStockh. (1855) 166; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 107; Rendle in 
Forbes & Hemsl. .Journ. Jann. Soe. Bot. 36 (1904) 347; Jvoord. Aleded.’s Jjands 
Plant. 1 9 (1898) 274. Paccharum praegrandc Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 408. Mis- 
canthus luzonen.sis Anders. I. c. 166; Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158; 
Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 289; Rolfe in .Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 216. 
