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spieulis minoribus, glumis rigidioribus coloratis, glumellis minus hirsutis. 
Varietas nostra forsan speciem propriam sistit (Jr. elegans Dom. in sched.), 
sed specimina a cl. Clement collecta tantum culmorum partes superiores et 
paniculas exhibent et eestimationem certam haud permittunt. 
ERIACHNE TUBERCULATA, Domin, sp. n. (Plate 11. figg. 14-17.) 
Annua, fasciculato-ceespitosa ; culmi gracillimi ramosi plurinodi praecipue 
nodis superioribus genieulatim ascendentes fere ad apicem foliati humiliores 
cirea 2 dm. alti sub panicula scaberuli c:eterum supra glabri parte inferiore 
pilis e tubereulis enatis inspersi. Folia culmea omnia consimilia distantia 
eximie glauca ; vagine laxe brevissime circa 6-8 mm. longe setis singulis 
vel binis e tuberculis enatis sat erebre insperse ; lamine planæ lanceolatæ 
breves 12-20 mm. longæ et basi circa 3} mm. latæ præcipue ad margines setis 
crebris patentibus tuberculis insidentibus armatæ. Paniculæ pallidæ gracillimæ 
tenues circa 33-5 em. longs sed vix 4 mm. late laxæ; paniculæ rami 
capillares, infimi sat longi sed erecti, Spieulw longepedicellatæ (pedicellis 
spiculis pro more conspicue longioribus) biflorze minim circa 21 mm. longze: 
glume late ovate acute submembranaceæ floseulis paulo breviores pallid 
vel vix coloratæ pro more 5-nerves ; дите membranacese breviter mucro- 
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natæ præcipue dorso patentim hirsutæ; palew glumellis vix breviores integra, 
carinis et dorso parte inferiore pilose. — Caryopsis anguste ovato-oblonga. 
N.W. Australia: inter fl. Ashburton et Yule, collegit Dr. E. Clement. 
Species distinctissima prope Æ. pulchellam inserenda, habitu primo aspectu 
facile cognoscenda. 
E. PULCHELLA, Domin in Fedde Repert. ix. (1911) p. 552. 
Annua, densiuscule fasciculato-ceespitosa ; culmi numerosissimi geniculato- 
ereeti peripheriei plerumque e basi deeumbente ascendentes omnes gracillimi 
glabri humiles eum panieulis circa 10-13 em. raro usque 15 cm, alti tantum 
inferne foliati insuper tractu longiore nudi. Folia mollioria brevia pilis 
patulis e tubereulis enascentibus hispido-hirsuta ; lamine plans circa 14- 
1$ mm. late et in foliis infimis vix 13 em. longe ; folia culmea suprema fere 
ad vaginam longam plus minusve hirsutam reducta. — Panieule anguste 
lineari-oblonge 2-3? em. longs et tantum 3-3 em. late subdensiusculre 
colorate ; rami paniculee infimi longiores (usque 1 em.) sed erecti superiores 
ad spieulas solitarias pedieellatas reducti, rami pedicellique | capillares. 
Spicule b Вог parve. vix. 3 mm. longs glabræ flosculis. subzequilongze : 
alumellæ circa 24 mm. longæ acute тобеге longe piloso-hirsute ; palea 
an. usta linearis acuminata dorso ciliato-hirsuta glumelle æquilonga. 
W. Australia : Mons Cupri, Whim Creek, collegit W. A. Mitchell. 
N.W. Australia: inter fl. Ashburton et De Gray, collegit Dr. E. Clement. 
Precedenti affinis sed indumento, foliis superioribus fere ad vaginas 
reduetis, panicula eolorata neenon spicularum struetura sat diversa, 
