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F R AG M E N T A P II YT G R AP H T.E 



AUSTRALI.E. 



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LXIII. 



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Gramine.e. 



Stipa aristighanis, 



F, M. in Transact. Vict. Inst. 1855, p. 43. 



Simplex, caule pra^ter nodos scepe sericeo-velutino? cum foliis 

 petiolisque glabro, foliis caule brevioribus invohitis v. planiusculis, 

 ligula ciliata brevissima, pauicula modice pateute, bracteis fi 

 semper in aristulani tcrminatis^ arlsta calycis breviuscula inferne 

 perparura sericea^ sepalis cequilongis, cxteriore turgide convexo 

 dense cano-sericeo, interiore glaberrimo. 



Prope Cassilis, Leichhardt ; Darling's Downs, Lau ; Liverpool 

 Plains, Woolls ; Wimmera, Sam. Wilson ; Avoca, iIari'ay-River, 

 Mount Remarkable et Cudnaka, F. M. 



Folia interduiu ultra pedem longa, explanatione 



Petioli ore barbati. 



Gramen 1-5'. 



vix sesquiliueam lata. 

 brevior. 



Panicula pedalis v. 



Bractea exterior 4-5'" longa ; interior 3-4"^ longa, scil. 



addito nervo aristulam formante. Sepala 2 



tu 



longa 



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paulo 



s. 



longiora ; interins latiusculum, sub anthesi patens, purpurascenti- 

 fulvidum, Stamina tria. Antherse saltem lineam longae, ad 

 utramque extremitatem breviter biloba). Arista circiter unciali 

 Stipes penicillari-sericeus. Stipa3 avenacece affinls. 



Stipa elegantissima (Labill. N. HoIL Pl. Specim. i. p. 23, tab. 

 29 ; Regel Gartenflora 1864, tab. 430) crescit prope flumen Avoca, 

 Holt ; Murraj-River et Wimmera, F. M, ; Darling's River, Forde ; 

 Lachlan's River, Burkitt ; St. Vincenfs Gulf, Bohr ; Spencer^s 

 Gulf et Lake Torrens, F. M. ; Barrier-Range, Beckler ; Carnac- 

 Island, Preiss ; Murchison's River, Oldf. Occurrit etiam in col- 



sub 958 et 965. Rami nonuunquam 

 semper semipede breviora, haud raro 



lectionibus 

 fasciculati. 



Drummondi 



Folia fere 



plana. Ligula usque 2'" 



longa. 



Arista inferne subtiliter pilosula 



et leniter torta, superne scabriuscula. 



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