Ischemum.) CXLIV. GRAMINE E. 519 
lets scarcely 2 lines long, the sessile one 2-flowered ; oilter not 
similar, vn a palea and mee flower, 4th glume under the 
hermaphrodite flower narrow, very t and hyaline but y 
smaller, entire and unawned. Pelicallate Taiko much narrower ; 
outer glume 3-nerved, doti with a few dorsal hairs, - — thin 
and very narrow, 3rd very thin s hyaline, empty, 4th under au 
apparently female flower reduced to the twisted awn of the genus, 
aded xd and nud at the base. 
Arnhem F. Mueller. The aspect of the species is nearly 
that ott ilia OR genus pedir but the characters rather those of Zschemuin. 
ligula short. Spikes 2 to 4 in. m 2 nua as in J. australe ' and 
Ie: be inimi the Fa but the spikelets VE mostly about 
s long. 
x, ciet Roper River, F. Mueller ; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 30, 182, 815, 
and the three following species, united inte one by F. Mu 
ell. Fragm. 
121, i very nA. allied to Me other, ‘but, as far as our specimens go, appear E 
be constantly distin 
^ e triticeum, R. Br. Prod. 205.— Very near I. muticum but 
a coarse plant, ascending to 2 or 3 ft. Leaves mostly long and broad, 
contracted at the base or ave epic glabrous or the lower sheaths 
hai gether, 3 to 4 in. lon Spikelets 4 to 5 lines long, 
and sometimes i in. long. Pedice lite, spikelet nearly similar, but as 
in I. muticum rather narrower, the win 
awn often shorter. — Andropogon triiciformis, ee 
i. 376. 
d. K l and Shoalwater pu and Bread. Sound, R. I 
Endeavo ur Riv ver, 4. "Cunningham ; ; Cape York and Port Curtis, M imme: 
Moreton Bay, F. Mue 
N. S. Wales. ea River, Wileoz. 
4. I. australe, R. Br. Prod. 205 205.—Stems from a hei decumbent 
or creeping rhizome ul 2 to 3 ft. high, but n ok Hoi oles 
rather narrow, glabrous or slightly hairy in the typical form, con 
always bearded, the upper sheaths very long. Spikes 2 toge 
