Eriachne.] CXLIV. GRAMINER. 627 
Outer glumes glabrous, 21 to : e long . 5. E, rara, 
Outer glumes his pid, 14 ines - + . 6, E. agrostidea. 
Awns not longer tha: in the "heisse PIE loose, Spike- 
lets pedicellate, usu all few 
Leaves narrow, hispid with spreading hairs. Small 
slender plants. 
Outer glumes 11 lines, glabrou wis. reuse dede hata 
Outer glumes 2 to 21 lines, rir hairy 4^. 6a Qa E 
Leaves subulate. vine glumes glabrous, about 4 
lineslong. Flowering glumes ciliate onl 9. E. avenacea. 
Leaves flat. Outer glumes sc ps aem 4 lines long. 
Flowering studie e hairy à - E. aristidea. 
Leaves narrow. Outer glumes glabrous, scarcely 14 
Panicle very with lon ong 
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branch 1. E. pallescens. 
Panicle narrow, rather more dense. - Outer glumes 
labrous, about 3 lines lon e$ . 12. E. festucacea. 
to 
Panicle dense ovate or oblong. Arei very Per 
peers = ter glumes 3 to 4 lines 
spec 13. E. ovata. 
uicit narrow. Spikelets pedicellate. ' Outer glumes 
about 3 lines 1 : 
Low plant, ler filiform hispid 1 Pi thes ene . 14, E. melicacea. 
Tall plant, with glabrous flat leav . 15. E. pallida. 
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Leaves short, eading, pan the 2 
sheaths iue a the sae. Lem Mr stems . . 16. E. scleranthoides, 
Leaves not pungent, fe On ones distant. Spike- 
lets about 2 lines 
Flowering glumes vie onil e eo. . 17. E. mucronata. 
ee glumes obtuse or scarcely acute . . . 18. E. obtusa 
eaves very ius pr te. plan E 
‘3 pikelets Levin lice about 1 line As . . . 19. E. capillaris. 
l. E. stipacea, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 206.—Stems 2 or 3 ft. high, 
the nodes bearded, otherwise glabrous. Leaves narrow, flat. Panicle 
secund, rather dense, 4 to 5 in. long. Spikelets narrow, not numerous, 
nearly ‘sessile along the branches. "Outer glumes about : lines long, 
glabrous, tapering to a fine point and produced into a straight awn, 
sometimes nearly half as long as the glume. woe. gc pets 
hairy all over, with a slender curved awn a t 15 in - . long. flat, 
fapering to a point divided into 2 awns nearly as long as the 
palea itself. 
Queensland. Cape X. ork, Daemel. 
ar. Sehultziana. ea and points of the oed rather edes Wn — shorter. 
Tcan see no other difference.— E. Schultziana, F. Muell. Fragm. v 
N. Australia. Port Pd Schultz, n. 150, 183. 
2. E, Armi Muell Herb.—Stems 6 in. to 1 ft. high or 
rather more, the nodes slightly bearded. Leaves narrow, me 
