Astrebla.] CXLIV. GHAMINE.E. 603 
the dorsal hairs appressed and silky.— Danthonia triticoides, Lindl. in 
Mitch. Trop. Austr. 365. 
N. eam coda Cds F. Muelle; 
Que Daw Riv Mue in; ; Curriwillighee, Looker ; Warrego, 
Barton; 2 Tinder Br p SrA Dur River, Dallachy. 
N. etween the Darl ng and ee s Creek, Neilson. 
Baoan Mie Charlotte Nalern Giles. 
Var. lappacea, Vies usually thicker, the pad e glume often 4 in. long. 
I of the flowe glumes usually longer than in the typical form, often bent 
ut and some or pata all with a rigid hook at the end but exceedingly variable ; 
a 
ica 
arcoo, Mitchell Downs, between the "Darlin ng and Cooper's Creek, Lake s hal bu 
tna few specimens seen from each locality, = often at first sight unlike 
other. 
69. TRIRAPHIS, X. Br. 
Spikelets several-flowered, in a terminal panicle, the rhachis of the 
nisle wabeuinte above each glume, the terminal glume rer empty 
witha male flower. Outer empty glumes unawned, entire or the 
2nd occasionally notched with a short point in the notch. Flowering 
glumes wi row lobes tapering into straight awns, the central 
small teeth. Palea narrow. Styles distinct. oio enclosed in the 
thin or coriaceous glume and palea, free from the 
The genus is limited to Australia. 
deo! soft and dense, Flowering glume with a 
nted lobe or short awn on each side = stl central 
1. T. mollis. 
Panicle ] loose. _Flowering’ glumes coriaceous, with 3 entire | 
awned lo 
Stems mà leaves glabrous. lumes under 2 lines 
long. Flowering glumes shorty silky- ege . 2, T. pungens. 
dna iun iod leaves glab rous. Out reis quini : bs jip 
ong, Flow 1 e keel with a 
oaie 20 nig of short iy sire 5 . 3. T. bromoides. 
Ste - Hy. Spikelet of 7. 
ay tee: ees à lower 1 So sheaths — di T vu . 4. T. danthonioides. 
Panicle very ] Fl lumes coriaceou with 3 
cle very lon e r poin owering s » . 5. T. microdon. 
l. T. mollis, R. Br. Prod. 185.—A glabrous rather slender erect 
grass aitadting 2 ft. but sometimes much smaller. Leaves long and 
narrow, ending in fine points. Panicle narrow, dense, 6 to 10 in. long, 
With a soft look owing to the slender awns and hairs of the glumes. 
Spikelets erowded on the short erect branches, narrow, about j in. 
long without the awns, with 8 to 10 or even more flowers. 
