8 
Awn not over 6 cm. long, the 
column stouter than the 
bristle, which is not dis- 
tinctly flattened; culms not 
more than 45 cm. high 
Culms compressible; blades and 
sheaths rather soft, slightly 
scabrid; awn up to 6 cm. 
long - - - 
Culms wiry; leaf-blades hard, 
stiff, junciform, quite smooth 
and glabrous, awn not over 
4cm.long - - 
V. Plumosae. 
Glumes about 1-5 cm. long; valve 
*6 cm. long; awn 3-4 cm. long: 
Glumes pubescent; column of awn 
plumose on all sides, hairs up 
to 1 mm. long; bristle scabe- 
rulous”s- - - - 
Glumes glabrous; column and bristle 
to) unilaterally plumose, 
hairs up to 4mm. long - = 
Glumes 1-7-2-4 cm. long; valve 
-8-1 cm. long; awn 7-9 cm. 
ng : 
Awn slender, column 1:43 cm. 
long, bristle 3-7 cm. long: 
wn white plumose along the 
column and base of the 
bristle, scaberulous towards 
the tip; hairs of the valve 
whitish : 
Valve scantily hairy all along, 
airs not produced at 
the tip into a conspicuous 
tuft : 
Column 1-4 cm. long; bristle 
up to 5-5 em. ee (from 
W. Australia) - 
Column 2 cm. fon bristle 
Valve densely covered wit 
silky hairs, the uppermost 
produced into a _ tuft 
2-3 mm. long - - 
- 18. scabra. 
19. pycnostachya. 
20. densiflora. 
21. hemipogon. 
22. nobilis. 
S. 
23. mollis. 
24. stuposa. 
