568 CXLIV. GRAMIKEJX.: [ Stipa. 
ength loose and above 1 ft. long. Outer glumes v 
ary size 
usually smaller than in S. compressa. Flowering glume silky-villous. 
Awn fine, rarely much above 2 in. long. 
W. Australia, Drummond, 4th coll. n. 378. This species resembles also at is 
sight the var. pubescens of S. scabra, but differs in the ligula, the denser narro 
panicle and shorter awns. 
7. S. pyenostachya, Benth.—Stems tufted, about 1 ft. high, 
slightly bulbous at the base. Leaves erect, subulate, glabrous or 
| upper sheath em 
. 
ng. lowering 
o 
W. Australia, Drummond, n. 121. 
. 8. S. setacea, R. Br. Prod. 174.—8Stems slender, 1 to 2 ft. big 
or rarely more. Leaves fine and short, tufted at the base of the iate? 
those on the stem few with long sheaths; ligula elongated, not ciate, 
often broken off from dried specimens. Panicle loose, 4 to 10 in. tong, 
» 4 to 5 ma 
ong. Flowering glume much shorter, pubescent or villous, entire 3 
the top. Awn glabrous, very fine, 14 to above 2 in. long. 
long as the glume, often hardened when ripe.—Hook. f. Fl. 
110, t. 157. 
Queensland. Warwick, Beckler. Jand: 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown; Castleragh, Woolls; New Ted 
C. Stuart, also in Leichhardt's collection ; on the Lachlan and Darling, Burm 
i dwards River, F Mount, 
Palea as 
Tasm. n. 
. Mueller. , Arat 
ictori Vale in large patches, Robertson ; Portland, AUlit! ; 
M‘Ivor, Blandowski. 
Tasmania. Launceston, Gunn. y; also 
W. A Blackwood River, Oldfield; Champion Bay, C. Gray; 
apparently Drummond’s n. 136 (or 961 ?), though the ligula is shorter and Jagg 
illous. 
Var, ? latifolia. Taller and stouter, leaves broader, the lower sheaths so 
Panicle dense. Awns very long and fine.—S. scelerata, Behr. Herb. 
S. rere Augusta, Behr ; Crystal Brook, F. Mueller; Murray River, Blan 
9.8. semibarbata, B. Br. Prod. 174.— Stems 1i to near 3 ft. higb. 
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