Danthonia.) CXLIV. GRAMINER. 595 
ho e e of D. sels is, excepting in the want af the ring of hairs on the back 
th th the lobes. A careful examinati ion of nume m varieties and subvarieties of 
toi Teo apacios s may give moreg prenei them, or possibly 
Increase or reduce their number. 
- D. semiannularis, R. Br. Prod. 177.—A geny plant, the 
stems bids 2 to 3 ft. hich, dea sometimes much low Leaves very 
harrow, flat or eonvolute, never so fine as in D. set nit the sheaths 
glabrous or hairy, more or less ciliate at the orifice. Panicle some- 
times loose and spen more frequently narrow and compaet. Outer 
in. and eri 
the lobes, the twisted awn varying rom 3 to lin. Palea longer than 
ced entire scm of the glume, often 2-po inidd: —Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 
i Trin. Spee. Gram. t. 52; Arundo soniannularis, Labill. Pl. Nov. 
Bak i. 26, t. 93; D. varia, Nees sin PI Preiss; di 1083; D. setacea, 
ook, f. FÌ. Tasm. ii. Mh not of R. Br.; D. resin Lindl. in Miteh. 
Three mes ii. 807 
Le eTa Wal P ackson, R. Brown, 2 — Inn Mountains, C. Moore ; 
chlan and acting Rivets, Dallachy, Mrs. Forde and o 
Victoria. Neighbourhood of Melbourne, yr tar “Han vey ; Grampians, Sulli- 
Tas 
Dalrymple and Lies Mountain (Mount Wellington), R. Brown ; 
abundant th throughout the island, d, J. .D. Hooker an ew os ), 
S. Aus t. Vincent's s Gul Ra es and 
other 
` Cordis ul Swan River, Dr iiir n. 967, p Arme n. . 1834. 
The loose-flowered form with the outer gl 
g ms dark-coloured app appears to » a, 
about Port Jackson and the Blue Mountain , and occas T The 
amman n fo orm, Motos Mentis t in the serai Bags mad has usually a s compact 
Arrow panicle and the pale or greenish outer glumes often smooth and shinin 
» Var. alpina. Stems short and densely tufted. lo dire stout, convolute and 
ery glabrous, —Summit of Mount Buller and Bogong Range at an elevation of 6000 
‘sa ft., F. Muelle: 
315 Avena bipartita, Link, Hort. Berol i. 113 (Danthonia Linkii, Kunth, Enum. i. 
), if as is sw pposed of Australian origin, is probably the D. semiannularis. 
R. Br. Prod. 177.—Stems vitia tufted, fre- 
a radical tuft, but sometimes elongated, i a o or spri with 
spreading hairs. Panicl dense, usually narrow but ed, 1 to 2 
ln. long. Ou glumes exceeding the flowering ones, 6 
tuse than 
annularis, —Nees in Pl. Preiss. ii. 103; D. subulata, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 
ii. oe t. 161; D. cespitosa, Nees, Le. 104, and perhaps of Gaudi- 
ch 
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