602 CXLIV. GRAMINEX. 
68. ASTREBLA, F. Muell. 
mpty glumes 2, glabrous, acute, many-nerved, unawned. Flowering 
glumes silky-hairy, 3-lobed, the central lobe witha broad base tapering 
The genus is limited to Australia, It is certainly nearly allied to Danthonia, 
but the terminal untwisted awn or central lobe of the glumes places it amongst 
Pappophorez, whilst the inflorescence is rather that of Chloridez. 
2 to 3 in. boutas long as the lateral lobes . . 1. A. pectinata. 
Spikelets at some distance, almost erect in a secund spike of 
3to6in. Awn much longer than the lateral lobes, Ros 
Simightorhooked . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. A. triticcidet, 
l. A. pectinata, F. Muell. Herb.—An erect glaucous grass of 1 
to 2 ft., glabrous except sometimes a few hairs at the orifice of the 
sheaths. Leaves flat, ending in long points, smooth or scarcely 
scabrous, Spikelets sessile in the alternate notches of a secund spike 
of 2 to 3 in., closely imbricate and turned to one side. Outer glumes 
to 5 lines long, glabrous, acute, 9- or ll-nerved, with scarioUs 
margins. Flowering glumes 3 or 4, the entire part scarcely 1 line long, 
densely villous outside as well as the broad base of the middle lobe; 
lateral lobes semilanceolate, glabrous, rigid, 4to 5 lines long, acute; 2- 
i i central lobe broad, 
. . Mueller. 
Queensland. Warrego and Curriewillighee, Dalton. us 
N. S. Wales. Darling River to the Barrier Range, Victorian Expedition. 
Central Australia. Lake Eyre, Andrews. 
2. A. triticoides, F. Mull. Herb.—Very near A. pectinata, 
K cera a taller plant, the leaves more or less scabrous or ciliate e 
the edges i 3 to 6 in. long. Spikelets alternate, not closely 
imbricate and often almost erect and at some distance from each other 
Outer empty glumes y very unequal, the lowest short, the 2nd 
or 5 lines long, Flowering glumes shorter, the lateral lobes shorter 
and more rigid than in 4. pectinata and the awn much exceeding them, 
Nw, 
