BY F. E. HAVILAND. 



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reason of grass-seeds, it is necessary to get the shearing 

 over before the shedding of the seeds. These seeds are 

 also troublesome to the eyes of the sheep : the reflexed 

 hairs, towards the point of the achene, give a pushing 

 motion to the awn, while the "corkscrew" arrangement 

 higher up forces the point to bore into the cornea, 

 causing blindness, and then starvation. 

 S. setacea R.Br. Wuttagoona. September. 

 DiCHEr.ACHNE sciurea Hk. Cobar. October. 



D. crinita Hk. Mount Boppy. October. 

 Deyeuxia Forsteri Kunth. Growing in a watercourse at the 



Meadows. October. 

 Amphibromus Nkesii Steud. 

 Danthonia setacea R.Br. About three miles from Cobar, on 



the Louth Road. September. 

 Amphipogon strictus R.Br. Cobar. May. 

 Pappophorum commune F.v.M. Cobar. October. 



P. nigricans R.Br. Cobar and Mount Boppy. October. 

 Triodia irritans R.Br. " Spinifex." This grass gives its name 



to the south and south-west portions of the district. 

 Leptochloa decipens Hof. A rare grass, collected on the hill- 

 tops of Wuttagoona, by Mr. L. Abrahams. 

 Eriachne mucronata R.Br. Near Louth. October. 

 Eragrostis fai.cata Gaud. Near Louth. October. 

 Bromus unioloides Humb. Cobar. October. 

 *Festuca bromoides Linn. Cobar. September. 

 Agropyrum scabrum Beau v. Scattered over the district. Oc- 

 tober. 



Class iii. ACOTYLEDONS. 

 Subclass i. ACROGEN^E. 

 Marsiliace^e. 

 Marsilea Drummondii A.Br. Fort Bourke Tank, Cobar. 



Musci. 

 Funaria apophysata Tayl. Mount Boppy. 



P. Tasmanica. Fairly common in shaded spots at Yanda 

 Creek, Meryula. 



