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Panicula angusta, contracta vel apertiuscula, ad 30 cm. longa ; 
axis primarius teres, laevis; rami tenues, scabri, internodia vix 
excedentes, ad 9 cm. longi: pedicelli scabri, 2-8 mm. longi. 
Spiculae hiantes. Glumae subaequales, acuminatae, integrae vel 
subdentatae, apice hyalinae, ad 1-7 cm. longae; inferior 3-nervis ; 
superior 5-nervis. Valva matura 1 cm. longa, integra, nigra vel 
fusca, sparse hirsuta pilis fulvis; callus acuminatus, 2 mm. 
ongus; arista tenuis, matura nigrescens, 6-5-7 cm. longa 
columna breviter pubescente vel scaberula 2-5-3 cm. longa; 
valvula valvam aequans. S. pubescens, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 
569 p.p., non R. Br. 
. AusTRALIA. Fremantle, among limestone hills, Oldfield ; 
Leederville (near Perth), Stoward 586; Claremont, sandhills near 
the coast, Cecil Andrews, 1st coll., 1206; Swan River, Collze. 
N.S. WaAtEs. Sieber 66*. 
VictortA. Wendu Vale, Robertson 533. 
29. §. hirsuta, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 29 & 29a, pp. 
23 & 29.) Perennis, caespitosa, ad 60 cm. alta. Culmz erecti, 
teretes vel subcompressi, glabri, 2-nodi, nodis glabris exsertis. 
Foliorum vaginae arctae, striatae, sericeo-pilosae vel superiores 
glabrae, ore dense barbatae pilis albis ad 4 cm. longis; ligulae 
brevissimae, ciliatae; laminae lineares, convolutae, in acumen 
longe attenuatae, subflexuosae, ad 25 cm. longae, striatae, 
glabrae. Panicula angusta, contracta, spiciformis, ad. 20 cm. 
longa; axis primarius teres, laevis; rami tenues, scabri, inter- 
nodia vix excedentes, ad 10 cm. longi; pedicelli scabri, ad 4 mm. 
longi. Spiculae hiantes, purpurascentes. Glumae subaequales, 
anes integrae, apice hyalinae, usque ad 1-3 cm. longae; 
erior 3-nervis, dorso scaberula; superior 5-nervis, nervis 
shiasitPbstie: Vi dled cylindrica, 8 mm. longa, luteo-brunnea, 
hirsuta pilis albis; callus acuminatus, ad 3 mm. longus; arista 
longa; valvula valvam aequans. S. scabra, Lindl. var. barbata, 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 570. 
W. AvstraLia. Swan River, Drummond*. 
30. §. tenuiglumis, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 30 & 30a, 
pp. 238 & 29.) Perennis, caespitosa, 50-60 cm. alta. Culmi 
erecti, teretes, glabri, laeves, 2-nodi, nodis glabris vix exsertis. 
Foliorum vaginae strictae vel epiore: striatae, glabrae 
vel marginibus breviter ciliatae, summae interdum tumidae; 
ligulae brevissimae, sparse ciliatae ; laminae Sineanee convolutae, 
in acumen longe attenuatae, subflexuosae, ad 30 cm. longae, 
striatae, glabrae. Panicula densa, contracta, basi eae, 
10-20 cm. longa, 1-3 em. lata; axis primarius teres, laevis; 
rami filiformes, leviter scaberuli, ad 9 cm. longi; pedicelli 1-4 mm 
longi. Spiculae hiantes, pallidae vel violaceae, striatae. Glumae 
exsiccatae tenues, acuminatae, integrae, subaequales, 1-1-2 cm. 
longae; inferior 3-nervis; superior 5-nervis. Valva pallide 
brunescens, tenuis, cum callo 8 mm. longa, sparse hirsuta pilis 
albis; callus acutus, 1 mm. longus; arista gracilis, 4-5 cm. 
_longa, columna parce brevissima pilosula 2-5 cm. longa; valvula 
