562. CXLIY. GRAMINEZ. [ Aristida. 
from 1 to 3 in—Trin. and Rupr. Gram. Stip. 163 ; Arthratherum 
arenarium, Nees in. Pl. Preiss. ii. 98; Aristida contorta, F. Muell. iu 
Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855, 44. 
N. ii tmp Nic hol Bay, Urs. oud. 1 
Queensland "s Creek, px e ; j single specimen which seems referrible 
rather 2 e than to A. stipoides. 
N. S. Fr e Lachlan and Darling to the western boundary, Vie- 
p^ ian aud i other Exp edition 
tralia. Cud naka and Mu urray ir inn F. Mueller; between Alice Springs 
iud à Clari Waters, "Cantril eh ties Giles Old. 
Australia, Dr ummond ; York district, ” Preiss, n. ouk Kalgan River, Ula- 
fi Ad ` Fraser’ 8 Range, Dempster ; i Ningham country, Mon 
Sxcrion II. Cumrarta—Awn not articulate, divided to the glume 
into 3 ec the glume itself when barren sometimes twisted but 
not theawn. Flow ering glume about as long or longer than the outer 
ones. 
. Behriana, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855, 44.--Stems 
icing is ually ides 1 ft. below the inflorescence. Leaves subulate 
at the end, chen lar dilated at the base and the upper sheaths often 
rather AA and loose.  Paniele dense, 2 to 3 in. long and almost as 
i in. 
awns fine and above 1 in. sometimes nearly 2 in 
NW. S. Wales. Inthe hinaa interior, A. d Bogan River, Mitchell ; 
odere Woolls ; on the Macquarie, C. Moore ; Murrum bidgee, "M Arthur. Audi 
Austr St. Vinte Gulf to the Murray River and Lake Hin 
F. Mei 
. A. leptopoda, Benth.—Stems rather stout, from searcely 6 in 
to 3A high. Leaves long and subulate, with rather Proms (ue 
sheaths. Panicle very loose, 6 in. to 1 ft. long, with numerous is 
rigidly filiform branches at first erect, at length spreading horizontal vh 
bearing few spikelets on filiform pedicels. Outer glumes un equal, w 
P5 
Flowering glume 6 to 8 lines long, on s Jey npe scarcely ciu 
stipes, with 3 nearly equal sessile awns 4 to 1 in. long. Palea sm 
igid. 
Queensland. Brisbane River, Baile, ys UE Hoi ud — ardt ; Peak Down 
Burkitt ; Kennedy District, Daintree ak cat mba, > Hartm d River, 
ales. Glendon and Lira 1 Plains, Leichhardt ; ; Richmon 
Herb. F. Mueller, - 
S Cav. Ic. v. 45, t, 471.— Stems done erect 8 i M 
to 2 ft. high, or diffuse and much branched. Leaves slender, aim 
