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appear to justify their being treated as distinct species. The 
specimens of both species in the Kew Herbarium are over-mature 
with i . all the florets shed. 
S. teretifolia, Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 128. erent 
eae Hook. f. Fl. N. Zeal. i. 294, t. 66; Fl. Tasman. ii. 112. 
(Figs. 5 & 5a, pp. 13 & 19.) 
Victorta. Wilson’s Promontory, C. Stuart; Point Lonsdale, 
Tilden 754. 
TasMANtA. South Port, C. Stuart ; George Town, Gunn 1490; 
Swanport, Story 18804. 
‘“‘ Forming tussocks growing in shingle at high water mark ” 
(Gunn). 
The species was originally described from a plant collected 
by D’Urville* at Western Port, Victoria. Although I have not 
seen it, there is no doubt as to its identity with the specimens 
quoted. 
This plant is also found in New Zealand (see Cheeseman, 
Fl. N. Zeal. 857), growing abundantly in North Island in rocky 
or eas places near the sea from the North Cape to the Bay of 
Plenty 
Ss. somescons, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 24, tab. 30, (Figs. 
6 & 643 pp. 13 & 1 
TASMANIA. Tai dtieaiere’. 
7. oligostachya, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs..7 & 7A, pp. 
13 & 19. , Perennis, caespitosa, ad 65 cm. alta. Culmi graciles, 
erecti, sublaeves, 2-n odi, ad nodos pubescentes, internodiis 
exsertis. Foliorum vaginae arctae, infimae hirsutae, summae 
glabrae, caeterae pubescentes vel glabrescentes; ligulae breves, 
dense ciliatae; laminae duriusculae, setaceo-convolutae, saepe 
recurvae, 12-20 om. longae, glabrae vel leviter scabriusculae. 
Panicula laxa, pauciflora, valde exserta, 15-20 cm. longa; rami 
tenues, 2-5-flori, ad 7 cm. longi, minute scaberuli; pedicelli 
0-6-1 cm. longi. Spiculae fulvae, ad 1-4 cm. longae. Glumae 
membranaceae, acutae vel acuminatae, glabrae; inferior 3-nervis, 
1-4 cm. longa; superior 5-nervis, 1-2 cm. longa. Valva eylin- 
9 mm. longa, luteo-hirsuta, superne scaberula, 5-nervis, 
biloba, lobis acutis 1-2 mm. longis glabris; callus 2 mm. longus, 
acutus; arista 5 em. longa, columna bigeniculata subrobusta 
2 cm. longa; valvula valvam aequans, dorso sparse pilosa. 
Victoria. Wendu Vale, growing in tussocks, Robertson 534*. 
8. §. eriopus, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 570. (Figs. 8 & 8a, 
pp. 13 & 19.) 
W. Austratia. Swan River, Drummond 962*. 
9. §. tenuifolia, Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 128. 8. scabra, var. 
occidentalis, Benth. FI. Austral. vii. 571. (Figs. 9 & 9a, 
pp. 13 & 1 
S.W. Ausrratia. Swan River, Drummond 220, 960, 963; 
and without precise locality, Drummond 391* 
