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valvam aequans. S. scabra, Lindl. var. striata, Benth. FI. 
Austral. vii. 570. 
W. AvustratiA. Murchison River, Oolingarra, Oldfield ; Sand 
near Woodman’s Point, Oldfield; Swan River, Drummond 133*, 
138 p.p.; Buckland Hill, near Perth, limestone hills, Cecil 
Andrews, 1st coll. 1205. 
31. §. compacta, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 31 & 31a, pp. 27 
& 29.) Perennis, 60-80 cm. alta. Culmi erecti vel subgeni- 
culati, teretes, laeves, usque 3-nodi, ad nodos_ pubescentes, 
caeterum glabri, internodiis inferioribus exceptis exsertis. o- 
liorum vaginae tandem laxiusculae, glabrae, leviter striatae ; 
ligulae brevissimae, truncatae; laminae lineares, convolutae, 
in acumen longe attenuatae, 12-20 em. longae (vel longiores *), 
glabrae. Panicula exserta, densa, contracta, spiciformis, 18-30 
em. longa, ad 2 cm. lata ;: rami internodia vix vel paulo excedentes, 
usque 7 cm. longi; pedicelli 2-6 mm. longi, ut rami ramulique 
leviter scaberuli. Spiculae ad 1-2 em. longae. Glumae sub- 
aequales, subhyalinae, acuminatae, glabrae; inferior 3-nervis; 
superior 5-nervis, nervis conspicuis. Valva fusiformis, 9 mm. 
longa, luteo-pilosa, 5-nervis, biloba, lobis. acutis 1 mm. longis; 
callus 2-5 mm. longus, acuminatus; arista 5-6 cm. longa, columna — 
bigeniculata 2-5-3 cm. longa; valvula valvam subaequans, 
dorso pilosa. S. flavescens Hook. Fl. Tasman. ii. 110, Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii. 566 p.p. non Labill. 
TASMANIA. Gunn 996 p.p.* 
S. elatior, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 32 & 32a, pp. 27 & 29. 
Perennis, robusta, probabiliter caespitosa, usque ad 1 m. alta. 
Culmi erecti vel geniculati, teretes, 4-nodi, pubescentes, nodis 
exsertis. Foliorum vaginae apertae, striatae, molliter pubescentes, 
marginibus oreque breviter ciliatae; ligulae non elongatae, 
brevissime ciliatae; laminae lineares, vix convolutae, in acumen 
longe attenuatae, subflexuosae, ad 70 cm. longae, 5-7 mm. latae, 
striatae, utrinque sparse hirsutae vel glabrescentes. Panicula 
anguste contracta, basi vaginata, ad 40 cm. longa, usque 2 cm. 
lata; axis primarius subteres, glaber; rami filiformes, scaberuli, 
ad 15 em. longi; pedicelli scaberuli, 1-4 mm. longi. Spiculae 
hiantes, pallidae. Glumae acuminatae, integrae, subaequales 
vel inaequales, glabrae; inferior 1- 4 cm. longa, 3-nervis; superior 
ad 1-35 cm. longa, 5-nervis, nervis manifestis. Valva pallide 
brunnescens, tenuis, cum callo 7-5 mm. longa, sparse hirsuta 
pilis albis; callus acutus, 1 mm. longus; arista gracilis, 5-5 em. 
longa, columna parce brevissime pilosula 2-5 cm. longa; 
valvula valvam aequans. 8. scabra, Lindl. var. elatior, Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii. 570. 
W. AustTRaLia, Swan River, Drummond; and no. 959*; 
Harvey, Siena 775; King George’ s Sound, Brown 6203, p.p. 
S. AustratiA, Adelaide, 7. 8. Lea. 
TasmMANnIA, Port Dalrymple, Paterson. 
