Repertorium specierum novarum 
regni vegetabilis 
auctore 
F. Fedde 
No. 230/233 IX. Band 30. September 1911 
CXIV. Species novae ex: F. M. Bailey, 
Contributions of the Flora of Queensland. III.) 
(Ex: The Queensland Agric. Journ., XX, 1908.) 
7. Arundinaria Coboni Bailey, l. c., p. 71. — Stems caespitose, erect, 
26 or more ft. high, diameter 1!/ in. or probably more, nodes but 
slightly enlarged, internodes 1 to 2 ft. long, walls thin, about 2-ninths 
of the stem diameter; branchlets fasciculate at the nodes. Leaves from 
12 to 15 in. long, 2 to 2'/, in. broad, texture thin, lanceolate-oblong, 
base undulate, scarcely petiolate, midrib smooth, light-coloured longi- 
tudinal nerves about 12 on either side of midrib, very slender, and 
Closely tessellated by horizontal veinlets, also dotted with numerous 
pellucid glands. margins slightly rough. Ligula composed of a row of 
stiff-bristles 3 or 4 lines long; sheaths keeled; bristly at the top, other- 
wise nearly glabrous. — This present bamboo differs considerably from 
the tall climbing one of the Russell River scrubs, but, as the inflores- 
cence of both so far are unknown, their respective positions cannot as 
yet be definitely assigned. The distinction is shown especially in their 
habit and structure — the one having upright, the other climbing stems, 
With in one thick the other thin walls. — This plant is found on rich 
land adjacent to running water, at an elevation of about 500 ft. The 
aborigines do a small trade in exchange for black-palm spears. — J. J. C. 
— Queensland: Head of the Starcke River, James J, Cobon. 
8. Paspalum distichum Linn. var. Turleyi Bailey, l. c., p. 181, pl. XVI. 
— This variety differs only from the normal form of the well-known 
»Water Couch“ in that the leaves are striped with white, which gives 
to the plant a very attractive appearance, and, as may be seen by the 
illustration, makes it suitable for hanging-basket work. It was discov- 
ered by Mr. F. W. Turley, nurseryman, Toowoomba, Queensland, 
in a swamp near that town. 
9. Aspidium molle Swartz forma Keffordii Bailey, 1. c., p. 242. — 
This plant differs from other Australian forms of the species in that the 
apex of the fronds and most of the leaflets are much divided into pretty 
1) Cf. Rep. nov. spec., VIII (1910), p. 80. 
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