666 CXLIV. GRAMINER. [.Agropyrum. 
Spike raised on a long peduncle, 1 to 2 in. long, the rhachis pubescent 
and notched. Spikelets almost erect, imbricate or the lower ones dis- 
tant, ovate or oblong, about 5 in. long, usually 6- to 8-flowered. 
Glumes 3 to 5 lines long, rigid with short almost pungent points, the 
outer empty ones usually 3-nerved, the flowering ones broader and 
5- or rarely 7-nerved. — Triticum velutinum, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 
ii. 129. 
Victoria. Munyong mountains and Mount Hotham, F. Mueller. 
Tasmania. Middlesex Plains and Surrey Hills, Gunn. 
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or at length reflexed, mostly about 4 in. long including the shor 
i flowere 
ragm. vi. 85 ; Triticum pectinatum, R. Br. Prod. 179; Hook. f. Fl. 
Tasm. ii. 129; 7. Brownei, Kunth, Enum. i. 447; Vulpia pectinata, 
Nees in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii, 419. 
N. S. Wales. Archer's Creek and Mount Royal, Leichhardt ; Maneroo, Herd. 
F. Mueller. 
Victoria. Snowy River, F. Mueller. 
Tasmania, Labillardière ; Hampshire Hills and Recherche Bay, Gunn; South- 
port, C. Stuart. 
* 100. LOLIUM, Linn. 
A genus of very few species, natives of the temperate regions of the northern 
hemisphere, the two species introduced into Australia, found also, chiefly introduced, 
in other temperate or even tropical countries. : 
Outer glume shorter than the spikelet. Flowering glumes 
narrow, lanceolate, without any or with very short 
HUNE S NUR QU eC uere Oe wk o3 cec Ji des Ure 
Outer glume usually as long as or longer than the 
let. Flowering glumes oblong, some or all 
usually with an awn as long as or longer than them- 
ves . H acc LI . . " . . * . . . . P * 2. F temulentum. 
*1. L. perenne, Linn.; Kunth, Enum. i. 436.—An erect or slightly 
