Stipa.] CXLIV. GRAMINER. 567 
a Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown; also Drummond, 4th coll. n, 
Preiss's pese (from Cape Riche? or from Snake River?) n. 1856, — by 
Nees in, Pl. Pre i 98 to S. erinita, Gaudich., appear to me to be e 5. 
Peg ns, of i n ge have the typical inflorescence and foliage. I vm eng ei 
the t ich. in Freye. Voy. Bo A : i Qus 
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following species. Both appear to be sea-coast ak nts nearly E re to ie ach other 
: i a r Bay by M o 
4. S. teretifolia, Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 128. mae ei allied to 
B. flavescens, the stems in dense tufts, 13 to above igh. Leaves 
long, slender, terete or acieular, sometimes as iei as ps tél ligula 
Toad an membranous, entire, deeurrent along the margins of the 
sheath. - Panicle narrow, 4 to 8 in. long, not so dense as in S. flaves- 
cens. Spikelets larger. Outer glumes pale- -coloured or whitish, usually 
above 3 in. long, with scarious tips. owering glume much ‘sho orter, 
, the upper hairs long and at length ror the terminal lobes 
on éach side of the awn more ir Sieg age in S. flav d though 
often almost concealed by the hairs. Awn rarely abov in. long, 
minutely pubescent.—F. Muell. [rent viii. 104; Diohelachas stipoides, 
Hook. f. Fl. N. Zel. i. 294, t. 66, Fl. Tasm. ii. 112; Dichelachne setacea, 
Nees in Pl. Preiss. ii. 98 (excl. syn.). 
rire hoan Port, v ees (Steudel), 
Tas George Town prege w tussocks at high water mark, Gunn, C. 
inm ; South Port, C. Stuart ; em Port, Story. 
"o Preiss’s specimens n, 1854 seem to belong rather to this than to 
trali: 
the ening speci 
Also in New Zealand. I have seen no authentic specimens of Steudel’s plant, but 
the character given agrees very fairly with our plant. 
um 
often above i in. long, tapering into ine aea Flowering ee 
Shorter, pubescent, entire. Awn glabrous, very fine, 3 to 5 in. 
Australia. King George's Sound, Menzies ; Kalgan River, F. Mueller ; also 
ean 
Var. lachnocolea. Lower leaf-skeath villous with almost paleaceous hairs.—Drum- 
mond, n, 132, 
S. Drummondii, Steud. 7 beer i. 128.— Nearly allied to S. 
igiene with the same stature and inflorescence. Leaves usually 
