590 CXLIV. GRAMINEX. [ Anisopogon. 
lobes, the central awn long twisted and bent. Palea hard, ending in a 
long rigid 2-nerved point. Styles distinct. Ovary crowned by a tuft 
Besides ipy Australian species which is endemic, there is one from 
South Afric : 
1. A. avenaceus, R. Br. Prod. 176.—An erect glabrous grass of 2 
or 3 ft., branching at the base only. Leaves convolute, terminating iu 
long, the large spikelets hanging from slender pedicels. Outer glumes 
narrow, about 9-nerved, 12 t o 2 in . long. lowering glume about 4 in. 
half so long. Palea ps than the entire part of the glume. Lodi- 
cules long and lanceolate. Terminal barren spikelet when present small 
and silky- -villous. en, Agrost. t. 9, f. 8; Kunth, Rev. Gram. t. 
2; Sieb. Agrostoth. n. 6.— Deyeuria avenacea, Spreng. Syst. i. 254; 
Dni. anisopogon, rin, Spec. Gram. t. 61. 
N. S. Wales. Port J en to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, C. Moore, Mrs. 
Calvert ; Clarence River, Wi 
64. DANTHONIA, DC. 
ones, uter empty glumes 2, narrow, a acute, unawned, Bi 
as long as the spikelet. F lower g glumes convex at the back, pei 
D-nerve d, with 2 rigid or scarious terminal lobes more or less l- or ?- 
nerved at least at the base, and a twisted and bent awn between them 
(almost reduced to a point in one species). Palea broad, as long as oF 
usually longer than the entire part of ey aeg: obtuse or 2- pointed. 
Styles distinet. Ovary glabrous. Grain 
The genus extends ever New Zealand, Arai Africa and the tenpe regions of 
x aps 1n 
cr. I. Micrathera — Panicle very loose. "aenean nearly glabrous, Awn of the 
scans glume not exceeding € very short lateral. lobes 
Ragesehe 1.10 V... -.7..5,.v.L D paradotk. 
Secr. IL. Monachathera.— Panicle almost. reduced to a raceme or very shor 
Elnwering on bine park tie es y tevin hard base and ciliate with long hair ; 
_ Spikelets distant, in an almost simple raceme. Lobes 
ge wn tle tase ghimes ive langpelate, 3 2 or 3timesas |. 
as the base . . 9. D. bipartita. 
