oe CXLIV. GKAMINER. 649 
he Palea neal as long, glabrous. Stamens 3. Grain small, 
ee —E ia, Nees in Hook. Lond. done ii. 419, not o 
ety Poa deside T. Muell. Rep. Babb. Exped. 21, not of R. Br. 
Cygne z N. W. Coast, A. Cunningham. 
Queensland. "wacko District, Birch. 
inen S. Wales. Plains of the Lachlan and Darling, A. Cunningham, Mitchell, 
urkitt. 
S. Australia. Cudnak -T River, F. Mueller ; Sturt's Creek, Babbage’s 
cov end n Water rs, Giles ; Lake Eyre, Andrews. 
Murchison mE Oldfield ; Fraser's Range. Dempster. 
Var. ? pauciflora. Spikelets small, few-flowered, most of them however imperfectly 
developed i in the specimens seen.—Lake Eyre, Andrews 
Sect. III. Cynryprostacnya.—Spikelets very narrow, terete or 
nearly so, the rhachis scarcely or tardily articulate. Glumes closely 
appressed. Palea usually persistent. 
Muell. Herb.—Stems slender, almost filiform 
1L E. lacunaria, F. M 
ost 
but rigid, 6 in. to 1 ft. or rarely 15 ft. red the base sometimes 
obsolete, the rined sckieili articulate. Palea nearly as long. 
Queensland. Gracemere, 0’ Shanesy ; near the Barcoo, Birch ; Darling Downs, 
ae ; alba i in Mitchell's subtropical collection 
Mur 
. Wales. Mount Murchison, Da lach 
S. Australia. Morunda, Murray River, F. oai; Lake Eyre, Andrews. 
With the habit and inflorescence nearly of Æ. chetophylla, this has the spikelets 
rather of E. falcata. 
terete, often curved, from 4 or 5 
broad, with 12 to 50 or even more flowers, the rhachis scarcely u- 
ate. Flowering glumes closely cy scarcely 1 line long, obtuse, 
hyaline at the en eel and a lateral nerve on each side very 
prominent. Palea ratber shorti € curved, fertis Styles slender. 
Grain ovate, flattened—Poa fa leata, Gaudich. L c. 
Queensland. Mitchell District, Birch. | e 
N. S. Wales. pier the Lachlan and Darling to the Barrier Range, Victorian 
"Ezpedition and many oth 
