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Poa Chinensis (Kocnig Iii Roth's Nov. Plantar. Spec. 65 ; Lep- 

 tochloa Chinensis, Nees Agrostogr, Brasil. 432 ; Benth. Flor. 

 Hongkong, 430) ad Neercool, Eockhampton, Walloon et Herbert'9 

 Creek a cl. Bowman lecta «st, ad Moreton's Bay a Leichhardt, 

 ad CopperfieWs Eiver a Slatter, ad Bockhara et Boyd's Eiver a 

 Bunce ; praesertim ad aquarum margines occurrit. Varietas spi- 

 culis maioribus, brnctea superiore obtusa, ad Beef-Creek crescit. 

 Rami paniculse indivisi. Raches pertenues. Ligula in lacinias 

 vel ciliamox se solvit. Bractese persistunt ; sepala autem cadunt. 

 Cl. Bentham ad hanc speciem duxit Leptochloam tenerrimam 

 (Roem. et Schult, Syst. Veg. ii. 581 ; Foa Chinensis, Burm. Flor, 

 Ind. 27, tab. 11, fig. 3; P. sessilis, Lam. Encjcl. 1016), quae 

 spiculis 2-3 floris potius ad Poam virgatam (lioth. 1. c. p, 66 ; 

 Leptochloa filiformis, Eoem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. ii. 580) pertinere 

 videtur. Hoc gramen sicut affines Leptochloas tamdiu a Poa 

 haud removebis, quamdiu in Panici genere ejus sectionera Digi- 

 tariam retinebis, 



Poa annua (L. Sp. PL 99) nunc per Australiam saltem extra- 

 tropicam creberrima, et jara ex insula Howei missa. 



Poa nodosa (Nees in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. ii. 105; P. Drum- 

 mondiana, Nees in Hook. Lond, Journ. of Bot. ii. 418 ; P. bri- 

 zochloa, F. M. in Transact. Vict. Inst. 1854-1855, pag. 45 ; P. 

 cognata, Steud. Glumac. i. 262) crescitad King George's Sound et 

 Poron^erup (F. M.), South-west Bay (Maxw.), Champion*s Bay 

 (Sewell), Irwin's Eiver (Guerin), Gawler's River (Behr.), Rocky- 

 River, Crystal Brook, Murray's et Darling^s River (F. M.). Radix 

 in nodos tuberosos 1 vel superpositos 2-4 tumescit. Caulls addita 

 panicula ^-2' altus. Flosculi in spiculis usque 10. Hoc gramen 

 io collectione Drummondi sub 389 exhibitur. 



Poa rigida (L. Sp. PL 101 ; Sclerochloa rigida, Link Ilort. Reg. 

 Berol. i. 150; Scleropoa rigida, Gnsebaeh Spicileg. Flor. RumeL 

 et Bithyn. ii. 431, Parlatore Flor. ItaL i. 473) ad sinum St. Vin- 

 cenfs Gulf jam anno 1848 sponte crevit. 



Poa abortiva (E* Br. Pr. 181) ad portum Darwini occurrlt. 

 Species jam caule paucipoUicari floret. Sepalum exterius insig- 

 niter alato-carinatum. 



Poa tenella (L. Sp. PL 101 j R. Br. Pr. 181 ; P. tenellula, 

 Kuntb. Gram. i. 113; Eragrostis tenella, Beauv. Essai, 176; 

 Benth. Flor. Hongk. 431 ; E. tenellula, Steud. Glum. L 279; E. 

 tenuissima, Schrad. in Nees Gi'am. Afric. Austr. 410 ; E. aurea, 

 Steud, Glura. 267 ; Sporobolus verticillatus, Nees in ITook. Kew. 

 MiscelL iL 101, fide Bentham. L c.) per fere totam Australiam 

 orientalem et septentrionalem passim occurrit ; e. g. Lake King et 

 King's Eiver (F. M.), Eockhampton (Thozet), Neercool-Creek 

 (Bowman), Port Denison (Fitzalan), Comct-Rivcr (Lcichhardt), 

 Rockiugham's Bay (Dallachy), Gilbert's Rivcr (Daintrco). Carpen- 

 taria (Landsborough), Victoria*8 River et Fitzmaurice's Eiver 



