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Festuca syrtica (Poa syrtica, F, M. iu Transact. Vict. Inst. 

 1854-1855, pag, 45 ; Glyceria stricta» J. Hook. Flor. Nov. Zeland. 

 i. 304 ; Flor. Tasm. ii. pag. 123, tab. clxii. B ; Handbook of New 

 Zeal. Flor. 336 ; G. tenuispica, Steud. Glum. i. 285) in syrtxbus 

 arenosis maritimis pra?sertim tempore pluviali humidis reperlenda 

 est, exempli gratia : South-Esk Tasmanice (Gunn) ; St. Vincent*8 

 et Spencer's Gulf (F. M.) ; Busseltown (Pries). Planta Druui- 

 mondi 219 v«tatum panicula ampliore, spiculis vakle numerosis 

 fusciculato-confertis constituit ; planta sub 347 distributa statum 

 humilioremj panicula patenti-ramosa sistit. Folia interdum ad 

 latitudinem trium linearum ampliala. Lijiula antice aut rotundata 

 aut acuminata, haud ciliata. Sepala rigidula, crassiuscula, sa^po 

 obtusissima. Caryop.-is libera. Duratio annua hanc speciem a 

 pluribus aliis jam facillime distinguit. 



Poa Fordeana. 



Glyceria Fordeana, F. M. coH. 



Erecta, glabra, caulibus simplicibus, foliis plauis, ligula procera 

 truncata v. aplce rotundata ecUIata, panicul^ ramis primariis ple- 

 risque geminis patentissimis v. devergentibus, spiculis conspicue 

 compressis ambitu oblongo- v. ovato-lanceolatis 4-9-fluris, bracteis 

 mutue fere a^quilongxs trientem v. dimidium spicute cequantibus, 

 sepalo exteriore obtusitiscido v. omnino obtusato - prominenter 

 7-9-'rt^rtn basin versus parce sericeo-puberulo. 



In locishumidis ad flumina Wimmera (Sam. Wilson), Murray- 

 River'(F, M,), Darling's River (Forde), Lachlan's River (Burkitt), 

 nec non in vicinia montis Murchisoni (Bonney). 



Caules tantum 1-3 e radice perenni, sesqui- usque pluripedales. 

 Folia circiter sesquilineam lata, cum petiolis vaginantibus tactu 

 scabrida. Panicula pedalis v. brevior ; ramus alter cujusvis paris 

 abbreviatus, passim tertio soclatus. Spiculte 3-5'" longos, dilute 

 flavidulo-virentesj vix nitentes. Flosculi haud remoti, etsi laxe 

 Imbricati, boua evolutione sesquilineam longi. Antherai 3, an- 

 gustoe, fere lineam longae. 



IIoc gramen hinc Festucara fluitautem, illiuc Poam australem 

 aflfiDitate attingit ; utrique generi adscribi possit. ■ ' 



Poa lepida. 



Annua, rigidule erecta, caulibus simj)Iicibu3, foliis laxis angustis, 

 ligula conspicua nuda, panicnla pnrura ramora vel fere spiciformi, 

 spiculis 5-9-floris valde compressis amhitu ovatis v. oblongo- 

 ovalibus, floribus remotiusculls parcissime lanuginosis, bracteis 

 cymbeo-Ianceis trincrviis longitudine rautue aequalibus spicula ter 

 brevioribus, sepalo exteriore prominenter W-nervi apiee obtusius- 

 culo interius angustum perbreviter snperante. 



