470 CXLIV. GRAMINEX. [ Panicum. 
N. Australia. Hooker'sand Sturt’s Creeks, F. Mueller ; Dampier's Archipelago, 
Walcot. 
. Munro considers this as very closely allied to the variety ciliare of P. sanguinale, 
in which the two spikelets are sometimes dissimilar, but if only a variety it 18 & ver 
marked one. 
7. P.stenostachyum, Benth.—-A tufted slender glabrous grass, 
; eaves flat, the ligula very 
short scarious and jagged, Spikes or panicle-branches 2, filiform, 1 a 
1} in. long, the terminal one erect, the other spreading and attache 
] 
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ower down. Spikelets appressed to the rhachis, mostly in pairs, On? 
e 
both empty, the 2ud usually 3-nerved, the 3rd rather larger and 9- 
nerved. Fruiting glume nearly as long, smooth and shining. — . 
N. Australia. Upper Victoria River, F. Mueller. 
. P, tenuissimum, Benth.—Erect, very slender, much branched 
at the base, often above 1 ft, high. Leaves short and narrow, qui 
ranches few, usually 3, filiform. spreading, distant, 1 to lj 10. pu 
Spikelets in pairs, ovoid, quite glabrous, but little more than 3 m 
long, both pedicellate, but one pedicel twice as long as the obher, 
Outer glume minute, almost microscopic, orbicular, the 2nd and = 
nearly equal, both empty, obtuse, membranous, 3- to 5-nerv " 
Fruiting glume rather acute, usually slightly exceeding the emp 
ones. 
Queensland. Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller ; Rockhampton 
O' Shanesy. 
R. Br. Prod. 192.—A tall but slender ee 
ves | d narrow, the ligula scarious, often Tou 
Jagged at the end. Panicle-branches often numerous, spread gi 
filiform, 2 to 4 in. or in some specimens 5 to 6 in. long, the lower Due 
distant, the upper ones often crowded. Spikelets ovoid, glabrous, 
3 lines long, i 
. pedicel than the other; but in he bra vert 
clustered, the longer pedicel bearing 2 or 3 spikelets. Outer & u 
very small, ovate, usually l-nerved, 2nd aud 3rd glumes nearly €q 
9. P. parvifi 
glabrous grass. Lea 
