N. " 
Eragrostis.] — . CXLIV. GRAMINES. 645 
broadly ovoid, often 3 as long as the glume, readily falling away leaving 
the glume and palea more persistent. 
Queensland. Rockhampton, O'Sha»esy ; Gwydir River, Leichhardt. 
E. pilosa, Beauv. Agrost. 71.—A tufted erect or ascending 
annual, 1 to n near 2 ft. hich. pitt narrow, usua ly at. mee 
narrow linear, vri of a dark leaden colour but pes e when old, 
have fallen way. Grain oroid-oblong smooth.— Poa 
Kunth, Buuni 3 i. 329; P. verticillata, Cav. Ie. = 63, t. 98; P. pa arvi- 
flora and P. pellue cida, R. Br. Prod. 180, 181; E. parv viflora, Trin. in 
Mem. Acad. Petersb. 1831, 4ll; E. pellucida, Head. Syn. Glum. 279; 
P. tenella, Sieb. ee n. 79, not of Lin 
Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown; Kenne zd District, Daintree; Rock 
hampton and neighbouring peiri Bowman, Thozet, O'Shanesy ; Brisbane River, 
Bailey a nd others. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Moun R. Brown, Woolls and 
DN others ; New England, €. Stuart ; Chained River " Wileow 
Ovens dei Murray Rivers, F. Muel ise  Allitt. 
warmer and some adiós regions of the northern 
A common weed in the 
dew qux chiefly in the Old World. The hairs at ie Mani ofthe branches of the 
i i ot observable in any of 
8. E. le piostacig Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 279.—Stems slender, 
usually about 1 ft. high. Leaves at the base ee eonvolute or 
51 spas with 
setaceous, glabrous. Panicle loosely pyrami idal, 
s 
to 10-flowered, usually dark-coloured. Glumes acute, 
than in Æ. pilosa, the lateral nerves faint and almost marginal. 
nearly as long, glabrous. Grain ovoid, smooth. — Poa leptostachya, 
Br. Prod. 180. 
Qnesnaland. Brisbane iara: Bailey ; King's Creek, Bowman. : 
ales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Woolls; New England, C. Stuart ; 
afa] Jofiier ; ; Maclea y Birel, D Beekler 
The species appear to be intermediate Yik pilosa and E. Brownii, var. 
patens, but distinct from both. 
Secr. II. M EGASTACHYA. —Spikelets when m 
glumes usually nume 
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