7 
Leaf-blades conspicuously ante 
reversedly hairy; 
s 
“2 
bright orange-coloured.— - 
Leaf-blades cee basal 
sheaths 1-1-5 cm. long; 
pe 
Glumes 0° 7 cm. joni siadicents 
notched. at the ie leaf- 
ades scabrid : 
Plants usually rather he and 
well over 60 cm. high, the 
basal sheaths 4-6 cm. long: 
Glumes 0-9-1-5 em. long; 
valve hairy all along; 
awn about 6 cm. long; 
panicle up to 30 cm 
ong : 
Leaves. very hard and 
convolute, glabrous 
or finely scaberulous ; 
panicle slender, the 
branches short, 3-6 
flowered - 
Leaves softer ak in 
. variabilis, these 
e as __ the 
aie shortly and 
densely pubescent all 
over; panicle dense, 
contracted, branches 
usually many 
flowered - 
Glumes_ 1: cm. long; 
valve hairy _ below, 
scaberulous upwards; 
awn about 9 cm. 
long; panicle rarely 
over 15 cm. lo - 
*Ligule elongated, 3-6 mm. long; 
blades and_ sheaths glabrous, 
sometimes slightly scabrid : 
Awn about 8 cm. long, the 
column ve slender, the 
bristle distinctly flattened; 
culms pooly, hae 90 cm. 
high 
11. trichophylla. 
12. falcata. 
13. arachnopus. 
14, variabilis. 
- 15, Drummondii. 
16, incurva, 
- 17. platychaeta. 
