648 CXLIV. GRAMINER. [ Eragrostis. 
13. E. speciosa, Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 279.—8Stems 2 to 3 ft. 
inb dd and narrow, os debes almost filiform, rah Panic 
lateral nerve prominent at the base on each side. Palea a not ias “Jong, 
curved, truncate, persistent. Stamens 2 in the flowers exam ned. ae 
elegans, R. Br. Prod. 181; P. speciosa, Roem. and Schult. Sy oy il. 5 
N. Australia. vrei of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. B 
Queensland. Robinson River, Armit ; Gracemere, Or Shanes y; King’s Creek, 
Bowman. 
Cen 
tral Australia. Hamilton River, M‘Douall Stuart. 
14. E. laniflora, Benth.— Rhizome and somewhat bulbous be p 
bs stems woolly-hairy. Stems 1 to 14 ft. high, slightly cottony at A 
es. Leaves narrow, flat, with Mabrods sheat ths. Panicle ioose, 
to 6 in. long, with ivaricate or refl ed seabrous branches Pie 
lets very shortly pedicellate and not nu s, divaricate or reflexed, 
very 
, . long, nearly 2 lines broad with 20 to 50 eo 
the rhachis tardily articulate. lumes rather broad, very spen e e T 
distichous, enveloped at the base in woolly hairs. Palea nearly y 
long, the keels ciliate with soft ein near the base. buie wi 
ratherlong anthers. Grain globul 
N. S. Wales. Darling River, M 
Australia. Lake 
s. For 
Central e Eyre, Voie Charlotte Waters and towards West 
Australia, Giles. 
15. E. eriopoda, Benth ed 4 to 1: f. high, soie 
Tro 
reduced to an interrupted spi e, in others divided into s iere 
Spikelets nearly sessile, scattered or in pairs, very flat, 
9 lines long, above 1 line broad, with 10 to 30 or more flowers M 
closely distichous but rather spreading, obtuse, Paw hyaline wi yi 
n nerve on each side, glabrous. Palea as long. Stam 
2 eur all the flowers examined, with rather large gli ste 
past Walco Cygnet Bay, N. W. coast, A. Cunningham ; Dampier's Archipe- 
9, ateot. 
6. E. chetophylla, Sveud. Syn. 279.—Stems from à 
shortly thickened almost UTE woolly- — base — ly 
tufted, slender but rigid, 6 in. to . high, often leafy to 
orescence. Lasy aves ve 
rather numerous, gie ortly adio er 
thin, 2 to 4 or rarely 6 lines long, 146 m lines ica: 6- to 30-fi owe 
