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Enanthus articulatus (PoUiuia articulata, Trin. Act. PetropoL 

 1838, App. p. 90 ; Pogonatherum coutortum, Brogn. Eotaniq. 

 Duperrey. Voyage aiitour du Monde, plancli. 17) a Scliultzio ad 

 portum Darwinii repcrtus est. Plautam pra^cedentem fugit bracteis 

 brcvioribus, altera harum aristulata, calycis arista inferne barbel- 

 lata ; a sequcnte bracteis minoribus, arista calycis brevi-barbellata 

 nec fere plumosa divellitur. CL Mackinlay varietatem spicis in 

 fasciculo numerosis (usque 25) et aristis bis terve brevioribus iu 

 Arnhemia litorali detexit. 



Erianthus irritans (Kunth. Gram. i. 160 ; Saccharum irritans^ 

 Br. Pr. 203) a Rockingham's Bay et Cape York allatus est. Hoc 

 graraen cum congeueribus in genus Andropogonis pcrfacile trahi 

 possit. Forrais majoribus polystachyis Andropogonis sericei per- 

 similis. Graraen uni- usque pluri^iedale. Spicae 3-9, rarius 2. In- 

 duraentum inflorescentite albidum, nitens. E descriptioue admodum 

 cognata Eulalia concinna (Nees in Steud. Glura. i. 412) cujus 

 autem indumentum florale rufo-fuscum. 



Erianthus fulcus (Kunth. Gram. i. 160 ; Saccharuni fulvuai, 

 R. Br. Pr. 203) ex Australia centrali vcrgit usque Mudgec (Nor- 

 man Taylor), Murray's River (F, M.), Moreton's Bay (Leichhardt), 

 Port Denison (Fitzalau), Lako Amadeus (Giles), Murchison's River 

 (Druramond). Spic^ plerumque 2-3, rarius 4, rarissime 5 v. 1. 

 Antherse hneari-oblongje, sesquilineam metientes, utraque extre- 

 mitate perbreviter bilobsB. Iluic vahle similis Erianthus Curaiugii 

 (PoUinia Curaingii, Nees sec. Thwaites Enum. Ph Ceylon, 368 ; 

 Andropogon aureo-fulvus, Steud. Glum. i. 373). 



Erianthus vfUosus (Eulalia villosa, Nees Grara, Afric. Austr. 

 91 ; Pollinia villosa, Spreug. Syst. i. 288 ; Benth. Flor. Hongk, p. 

 421 ; Andropogon villosus, Thunb. Prodr. 20 ; Erianthus tri- 

 stachyus, Nees in Act. Ci^s. Leop. Carol. xvii. Suppl. p. 183 ex- 

 chiso Andropogone tristachyo) in Aruheraia boreali a cL Mackinlay 

 detectus est. Geuus Erianthus prorsus artificiale, limites inter 

 Saccharum et Audropogonem disrumpit. 



Andropogo7i falcatus (Steud. Glum. i. 369 ; Ischa:imum fal- 

 catum, Nees sec. Thwaitcs Enum. PL Ceylon. p, 436 ; I. pecti- 

 natum, Meyen in Act. Leop. Carolin. xi. SuppL 2, pag. 201) hac- 

 tenus repertus est ad Moreton-Bay a Leichhardt, ad fluviosDawsoni 

 Burnetti et Mackenziei a me ipso, ad Darliug's Downs a H. Lau, 

 ad Rockhampton ab A. Thozet, ad flumen Bowenii ab E. Bowman. 

 Gramen \-2\ pedale. Caulis simplex, unispicatus. Spica saipe 

 recta, rarius falciformi-curvata. Cilia bractearum exteriorum 

 longitudine et distantia variantia. AliB earumquo apiciales mag- 

 nitudine variabiles. Antheroe circiter lineam longrc, perangusta?, 

 utraque extremltate breviter bilob^. A. leersioides (Ischa^mum 

 leersioides, Munro in Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Science, iv. 363) 

 foliis augustioribus et acutloribus, nec non bracteis acutiusculls 

 apterispilosulisjam distinguendus est. JL ophiuroides (Ischa^mum 



