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6- usque l*l-floris, Lractea superiore fere trientem spicul^ eeqwante, 

 sepalo infero lanceolari-cjjmheo trinervi transparente brevissime 

 fnucroniilato infra acumen pariim eroso vel utrinque hinc denti- 

 culum gerente basin versus secus nervos ciliari-barbato, nervis 

 Interalibus fere niarginantibus^ sepalo supero acuto dodrautem 



alterius ^equaate ciliari. 



In paludibus ad flumen Murray's River (F. M.) ; Darb'ng's River 

 (Forde) ; Bockbara (Leichhardt et Bunce) ; Victoria's River et 

 Sturt's Creek (F. M.) ; in Australia occidentali extratropica (J. 

 Drummond, 79 et 388). 



Gramen tripedale v. humilius. Eadix e fibris crassiusculis fas- 

 ciculatis constans, fortasse annua, Folia laxa, si exphmantur ad 

 sesquiliueam lata, saepe autem angu;>tiora. Panicula pedalis vel 

 brevior ; rami utplurimum non valde patentes. Spiculee breviter 

 V, brevissime peduoculatie, rarao fere appressa^, 4-7'" longre, pallide 

 virentes v. leniter nigrescentes. Flosculi 1-1^'" longi, nec dissiti, 

 nec conspicue nitentes. 



Species ad Poas facile transmovenda. Uralepis (Diplachne) 

 alba (Steud. Glum, i. 248), secundum exemplaria Nubica e mauu 

 Hochstetteri et IJralepis Capensis (Kunth. Enum. i. 319; Tridens 

 Capensis, Nees in Linmea, vii. 324 ; Diplachne Capensis, Nees 

 Gram. Cap. p. 254) secundum specimina Ecklonis specifice non 

 discrepant. Planta nostra ab ea Sieberi ad Rosette lecta nullo 

 modo distinguenda est. 





j- r 



Festuca loliiformis, 



LGptochloa loliiformis, F. M. coll. 



ustis 



com 



r 



Erecta, radice fibrosa, caulibus simplicibus^ foliis perang 

 mplicatis glabris, ligulis pilosis, spica simplice solitaria e spiculis 

 fere sessilibus pluri- v. multifloris lineari-lanceolatis compressis 

 distiche di^positis conslante, bracteis spicula pluries brevioribus 

 iua^quilongis, sepalo exleriore trinervi apice compicne bilobo e sinu 

 aristulam calyce breviorem emittentc pra^ter basim glabro, sepalo 

 iuteriore brevissirae ciliolato. 



Ad Moreton^s Bay et Charley's Creek, Leichhardt ; Suttor'3 

 River, Walloon, Gracemere et Herbert's Creek, Bowman ; Rock- 

 hampton, 0'Shanesy ; in Australia occidentali extratropica, J. 



Drummond (n, 976). 



Gramen tenue, macrura, paucipollicare usque sesquippdale. Folia 

 radicalia vix ultra 3" lonsa ; caulina gradatim breviora. Spica 

 Besquipollicaris usque semipedalis. Spicula} erectse, ad alterum 



heos latus convergentes, 3-5 



long^. Bracteae lanceolatae, con- 



curvae, persistentes ; supenor conspicue longior. Flosculi arctis- 

 sime imbricatij a^tate decidui. Sepala tenera ; exterius circiter 

 lineara longum, obtugilobura. Aristula non raro brevissima. 



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