20 
569 p.p. non R. Br. S. semibarbata, var. mollis, Benth. 1 c. 
(Figs. 23 & 23a, pp. 23 & 2 
N.S. Waxes. Port eS Brown 6205*; Sieber, 
Agrostoth. 60; Kneucker 196. 
Victorta. Wendu Vale, — land, Robertson 529; and 
without precise locality, Harv 
Tas Port Dalgiaple, Paterson; Hobart Town, Gunn 
1452. 
24. §. stuposa, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 24 & 24a, 
pp. 23 & 29.) Perennis, vix caespitosa, ad 1 m. alta. Culmi 
erecti vel geniculati, teretes, 3-nodi, nodis exsertis molliter 
pubescentibus. Foliorum vaginae leviter striatae, praeter sum- 
mas patule pubescentes, bases tandem in fibras longissimas 
tortas dissolutae; ligulae brevissimae, ciliatae ; laminae lineares, 
convolutae, in acumen longe attenuatae, ad 20 cm. longae, 
scabri, 2-8 mm. longi. Spiculae paulo hiantes, pallidae. Glumae 
inaequales vel subaequales, tenuiter acuminatae, membranaceae, 
apice longe hyalinae, dorso scaberulae; inferior 3-nervis, 1-7 cm 
longa; superior 5-nervis, usque 1-5 cm. longa. Valva 1 cm. 
longa, — dense et manifeste hirta, pilis apice productis 
ad 3 mm. longis; callus acuminatus, 3 mm. longus; arista 
tenuis, non decidua, 5-6-5 cm. longa, _ breviter plumosa 
torta, 2-5 em. longa; valvula valvam aequa 
3 TasmMaAntA. New Norfolk, Gunn 1480, Yan. 5th, 1840*; Port 
Arthur and Hobart Town, Capt. Home. 
25. §. plumigera, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 25 & 25a, 
pp. 23 & 29.) Perennis, caespitosa, usque 55 cm. alta. Culms 
erecti, teretes, 2—-3-nodi, nodis parce exsertis, molliter pubescentes. 
Foliorum vaginae arctae, leviter striatae, breviter pubescentes, 
marginibus oreque albo-ciliatae; ligulae non elongatae, dense 
ciliatae; laminae lineares, laxe vel vix convolutae, ad 35 cm 
longae, 2-3 mm. latae, supra breviter et dense pubescentes, 
infra glabrescentes. Panicula densa, contracta, usque 20 cm 
longa; axis primarius teres, ut rami tenuiter scaberulus; pedi- 
celli 1-5 mm. longi. Spiculae paulo hiantes, pallidae vel basi 
purpurascentes. Gluwmae inaequales, acuminatae, integrae, apice 
yalinae; inferior 2 cm. longa, 3-nervis, dorso scaberula; 
longa, hirsuta pilis vis; callus acuminatus, 3 mm. longus; 
arista gracillima, 9 cm. longa, columna et seta oe plumosis, 
pilis 1-1-5 mm. longis; valvula valvam aequa 
S. AustraLia. Elder oS Expedition ( (about 130-80° E. 
28° S.), Helms*. 
26. §. semibarbata, R. Br. Prod. 174. 8S. semibarbata 
var. campylachne, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 569 (Drummond 
specimen). (Figs. 26 & 26a, pp. 23 & 29.) 
