584 OXLIV. GRAMINEA. [ Deyeusia. 
rather broad. Rhachis produced into a short glabrous bristle.— 
Agrostis nivalis, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855, 43. 
Victoria. Grassy summits of Mount Buller, F. Mueller. 
14. D. Gunniana, Benth.—A slender tufted glabrous grass, under 
6 in. high, apparently annual. Leaves very narrow, almost sétaceous. 
Panicle loose, ovate or pyramidal, 1 to 2 in. long, with capillary clustered 
spreading divided branches. Spikelets about $ line long. Outer glumes 
scarcely + line, rather acute, with a prominent minutely ciliate pe 
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but the one in Herb. Lindl. described by Neesis a full-grown and very satisfactory 
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spikelets pedicellate. Outer glume scarcely 4 line long, very broad, 
obtuse or truncate. Flowering glume nearly twice as long, rather 
obtuse, the keel ofte produced into a very short point. Palea nearly 
as long as the glume. Rhachis glabrous, continued into a glabrous 
bristle nearly as long as the palea 
- S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart. This species, remarkable for the short 
truncate outer glumes and glabrous rhachis, may not be a true congener. Munro 
thinks it might be referrible to the American genus Cinna, which however has not 
t satisfactorily worked up and defined. 
Aire) produced above them, frequently bearing an empty glume Al 
imperfect flower. Awn of the fl ing glume dorsal or terms 
between the lobes of the glume, more or less twisted and bent Palea 
as long or nearly as long as the glume, with 2 prominent nerves or 
keels. Grain enclosed in the raa and palea and free or adnate to the 
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96. ATIRA, Linn, (partly). 
Spikelets 2-flowered, small, in a loose or rarely contracted panicle 
With capillary branches, the rhachis of the spikelet articulate and . 
minutely hairy between the flowering glumes and not at all or sc3 
