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T notes x ei ulia ab ma ma The ty ypi- 
cilia 5 (Spodiopogon obliquivalvis, Ai in Pl. Meee 5; Andr apogon 
operar sd oer n. Glum. i. 372,) is common in East Todi: besides the 
pet ikes being sessile rants the same point, it has the outer glume shorter, broader ae 
more coriaceous than in our plant, and the pedicellate spikelet is awned and 2- 
flowered like the — one, n unfortunat ight in i 
Arthraxon ciliare, , for Retz's Jschemum Jn s although Beauvois had 
expressly pointed. out p e Fox difference of the t 1 
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I. decumbens, Benth —A weak decumbent plant with the 
habit of I. ciliare, the stems ascending to about 1 ft. m the specimens 
seen, the nodes bearded. Leaves rather short, chiefly at the base of 
ut not so thin a species, bifid, with a fine awn often 4 in. 
long. Pedicellate spikelet reduced to a single narrow empty E 
N. Australia. Port Darwin, Schultz, », 126. F. Mueller, Fra 
refers this t pus India an J, ear e, Retz, (Andr MA malacoph ullus, Sten) “which p; 
resembles a t firs ight, but from which it is distinctly separated, i uction Z 
ae poticllate sik the shape of the glumes, pi , prove as aA rend 
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natum, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6. 6.— 
Stems 1 S une and leafy at the base, about 1 ft. high or tthe more. 
r leaves narrow, flat, under 6 in. long, those on the stem few, 
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reduced to long close sheaths with ve short erect amine. Spike 
single, peduneulate above the last sheath, rather slender, straight or 
slight] curved, usually about 2 in. but sometimes twice that length. 
Sessile spikelets aei; gicdincd and imbricate on one side of ‘the 
rhachis, much flat ned, 2 lines long or rather more. Outer pine 
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uced to a single few-nerved acuminate glume, — sp — 
ls Pm pem Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 369; F. Muell Pages viii, 
Queensland. Brisbane River, Monto Bay, C. Stuart, P pc Beckham pto 
and neighbourhood, Bowman and o ; Darling Downs, L ; Mackenzie Ri 
d other stations, Leichhardt. 
Also in Ceylon and the Indian Peninsula. 
