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nerves, much larger than those on the nerves of the Australian 

 E. le/ptostachya. — lAv. Cheel likewise exhibited specimens of the 

 " Kangaroo Grass " collected at Colo, and from near Mount 

 Jellore (on the Southern Line), with the outer bracts sprinkled 

 with tubercle-based hairs or bristles. The grass is a perennial, 

 and agrees with the description of Anthistiria imherbis Ketz., 

 I'ather than with A. ciliata Linn. The latter appears to be a 

 native of India, and of annual duration. Stapf, in Hooker's 

 Flora of British India(vii., p.212), mentions A. imherbis as an 

 Australian species, and gives a description of the vari(nis forms 

 of Themeda Forskalii Hackel, and includes A. ciliata Benth.,(not 

 of Linn.) under 7\ Forskalii var. mdyaris Hack.; and A, austra- 

 lis R.Br;, under T. Forskalii var. imherbis Hack. A»ithis(iri<i, 

 frondosa R.Br.,( Prodr., p.200; Benth., Fl. Aust. vii., p.54-2) is A. 

 aryuens Willd., according to 8tapf((^.c., }).211). 8tapf does not 

 follow Hackel in placing these species under the genus Themeda. 

 — Also fresh specimens of Darivinia taxifolia A. Cunn., var. 

 (irandijiora Benth., from the Hawkesbury River(Dr. J. B. Cleland, 

 and E. Cheel); upright shrubs from 4-7 feet. — And a series of 

 pods of five species of Stizolobium, produced from seeds exhibited 

 at the Society's meeting on July 26th, 1 911( Proceedings, 1911, 

 p.348). 



Mr. Fred. Turner exhibited and offered observations on 

 some additional interesting grasses, indigenous to the Nor- 

 thern Territory, which had been forwarded to him for iden- 

 tification, and report as to their economic value for stock 

 feed. They were:- — Ghloris harhata Sv/., var. decora (Syn. 

 Chloris decora Nees), Ghloris divaricata R.Br., "Star Grass," 

 Cynodon convergens F.v.M., "North Couch Grass," Eri- 

 achne ayrostidea F.v.M., Ileteropoyon insiynis Thw., " Tall 

 Spear Grass," Ichnanthvs pal/ens Munro (a new record for 

 this very rare species on the Australian continent), Tsarhne 

 rnyosotis Nees, Fanicuni, imncijJorum R.Br., var. fastigia- 

 tum, Panicum rarum R.Br., (a rare Australian species). 

 (For a record of other species previously exhibited, see 

 the Society's Proceedings, xxxvi., pp. 423-424.) Mr. 



