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hairs at the base of the branches of the panicle, which originally 

 gave rise to the specific name. The following series of specimens, 

 included under E. pilosa, appear specifically distinct from that 

 species, and exactly agree with Robert Brown's description of 

 Poa pellucida(Prodvomus, p.181, 1810), which is included as a 

 synonym under E. piJosa by Bentham(Fl. Aust,, vii., p.645). 

 New South Wales : Greenridge, near Casino(D. J. McAuliffe): 

 Narromine(R Helms); Zara, via Hay(Miss E. Officer); Merrygoen, 

 via Mudgee(F. H. Brown); Euabalong, Tabulam, and George's 

 Creek (J. L. Boorman); Narrabri ( J. H. Maiden); Inverell(E. 

 Thomas); Tongo Station, Wilcannia( W. J. Hourigan) ; Yandama, 

 Waverley Downs and west of the Paroo River(A. W. Mueller j; 

 Bourke(D. W. F. Hattoii); New England(C. Stuart). There are 

 also cultivated specimens from Hawkesbury Agricultural College, 

 Richmond, Bathurst, Yanco, Wollongbar, and Botanic Gardens, 

 Sydney. A specimen in the herbarium of the late Rev. Dr. W. 

 Woolls is from Richmond, and one from Sydney, collected by 

 E. Betche. Queensland: Darling River(Dallachy); Jericho and 

 Rockhampton(E. Simmons); Warwick(J. L. Boorman). N. W. 

 Australia: (A. W. Crawford). On the various farms, this is 

 referred to as the "irrigation pilosa," and it is regarded as a 

 very valuable fodder-grass, in contradistinction to the "cultiva- 

 tion paddock pilosa," which is spoken of as a useless weed. The 

 transparent glumes, with almost obsolete lateral nerves, and 

 more numerous flowers in the spikelets, together with the absence 

 of hairs in the axils of the branches of the inflorescence, and the 

 thickened base of the panicle-branches, as well as the more robust 

 growth, readily separate this form from the true E. pilosa Beau v. 

 The figure in "The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales" 

 (iii., 1904, 149), by Mr. F. Turner, together with a specimen 

 from the "Interior" labelled E. pilosa, in Mr. Turners hand- 

 writing, also belong to this series. I would suggest that it be 

 called E. pilosa var. pellucida.—E. Purshii Schrad.: Government 

 Domain(J. H. Camfield); Hyde Park (E. Cheel); Botanic Gardens 

 (W. F. Blakely); Centennial Park, cultivated from seeds collected 

 at Blackheath by the late W. Forsyth(A. A. Hamilton); Wol- 

 longbar and Wagga Experimental Farms(E. Breakwell); Hawkes- 



