Sporobolus.] CXLIV. GRAMINER. 623 
Widely spread in East in dia. This appears to be the true Agrostis diandra of 
Retz an nd König, as determ ned by Kunth and others, and as d p ed by Künig's 
Specimens in the British Muss, although in Indian as we in Australian 
specimens there are Sener E stamens. The Vilfa diandra, Trin. or Sporobolus 
diander, mec f. Ecl. arum ,is a different plant described and figured from 
garden specimens, hav M M — glume as long as the flowering one and 
probably more constantly diandrou 
4. S. pulchellus, R. Br. Prod. 170.—Stems tufted, 6 in. to 1 ft. 
high. Leaves chiefly at the base, flat or keeled, broad or narrow 
rather Sed bordered by ns eilia tubereulate at the base. Panicle 
: unth, Rev. 1 
narrow-leaved form and the ie Tomirkibie cilia are not represented) ; Vilfa 
pu ds mee Agrost. Vilf. 37. 
N. North Coast, is Brown; oe Victoria River, F. Mueller ; 
Fort Darvin Seat, n. 112; Escape Cliffs, Huls 
Queenslan Endeavour Hive Banks and. ‘Solander ; Kennedy District, Dain- 
tre; Elliot en Bowman ; Peak Downs, Slate 
. S. Lindleyi, Benth—Nearly allied to S. pulchellus. Leaves 
Prem not at all or only very shortly ciliate. Panicle very loose, 
broadly pyramidal, 3 to 5 in. long and broad when fully out, the 
branches capillary, the lower ones elongated in a dense Wien the 
upper ones more scattered. Spikelets } to $ line long. Glumes very 
acute, the Pih outer one very small and narrow, the 2nd weg w 
and t ering glume nearly equal, usually dark coloured. Palea 
usually divided to the base into 2 even at the time of flowering. Seed 
enclosed in a loose pericarp, as in S. pulchellus. —WS. pallidus, Lindl. in 
Mitch. p Austral. 187, not of Nees; Vilfa cmi de Steud. a 
Glum. i. 162; S. subtilis, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 140, not of Kunt 
Queensland. On the Maranon vino Bokhara Flats, pies a 
mere, Bowman ; Curriwillighee, D: 
N. S. Wales. Liverpool Plains rapa Darling River, Wools. 
Pinder TUN F. Mueller 
raser's Range, Dempster. 
"m general Oum species is ey distinct from 8. curs cien pl 2 foliage and in 
Spikelets, but some specimens of Bowman's seem almost to e two. They = 
however far advanced and » t perfect Mitchell's are kho rad imis and no 
characteristic as younger 
ttered, all eapillary and od bare at the base, but bearing narrow 
dense spikelike d panicles of 3 to 1 in. Spikelets sessile and 
