646 CXLIV. GRAMINEZ. [ Eragrostis. 
9. E. Schultzii, Benth—Stems rather rigid, 3 ft. high or more. 
Leaves as long, flat, the larger ones 2 to 3 lines broad, quite glabrous. 
Panicle narrow, R to 8 in. lon ng, with ont spreading branches , the 
pedieellate, flat when full n, 2 to 3 lines long, 8- t -flowered 
Glumes closely distichous, acutely keeled and acute, the lateral nerve 
prominent on N Palea nearly as long. Stamens 3. Grai 
very small, o 
N. ea, Pòrt Darwin, Schultz, n, 81. 
tdeo Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 279.—Stems 1 to 2 ft. high. 
Leaves very narrow, often convolute, glabrous. Panicle usually con- 
tracted into an interrupted spike of 3 to 6 in. Spikelets very numerous, 
rarely above 2 lines long, flat, scarcely 1 = ein. 6- to 12-flowered, 
sessile in dense sessile clusters, the upper s forming a cylindrical 
spike 3 or 4 lines diameter, the lower anea usually « distant, the 
lowest oblong or forming a cylindrical eps spike of $ in. or more. 
Flowering glumes clesely distichous, thin, rather obtuse, the lateral 
nerves in the centre of each side or near the margin. Rhachis atc 
sometimes 9. Grain sti —Pou diandra, R. Br. Prod. 180; 
4. 
N. Kakaa Upper vids River and Sturt’s Creek, = Mur t 
eensland. Keppel and Shoalwater Bays, R. Bro nort m En 
Gulliver, Armit ; Rockhampton and southern districts, Those, eins Leichhar 
Bailey pec others. 
N. S. ales. Port Jackson, R. Brown; New England, €. Stuart ; Clarence 
Bon Wien Beckler. 
S. Australia Tamu nda, F. Mue 
Drummond, n. i "Blackwood River, Walcot, Forrest. 
In the case of some specimens v a: difficult n decide whethe r they shoul qa 
referred to this species or to an extreme form of E. Browni i, though generally iii, 
two appear very distinct, The n binds of stamens, 2 in £. kandri, 3 un E Brown 
is not I believe constant. 
rownii, Nees i P Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 279. TA very variable 
ge in ves and aspect, usually above 1 ft. high, w with very narrow 
any means constant. Panicle sometimes simple E 
pna. ,a few win Bf long. almost spikelike with numerous small densely 
clustered spikelets, always however longer and more acute than in 4. 
sometimes with short spreading branches and few spikelets, 
i t branches an 
