316 
S. Avsrraia: Vicinity of Lake Eyre, Andrews 31; and 
without ea locality, Gosse’s Expedition 169; Great Plains, 
Mitchell. 
QUEENSLAND : Rockhampton, O’Shanesy. 
V. Paspalidium Stapf in Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. ix. 582 (1920). 
Spikelets with stiff tubercle-based hairs along 
the nerves of the lower and upper glumes; 
lower floret deeply Brocwec on the back (see 
also P. inaequale) - - 
Spikelets with no such hatbns Slower Aeret not 
grooved on the back (except in P. inaequale) : 
Nerves of the upper glume 13-15, anasto- 
mosing for at least some distance below the 
tip; fertile floret much curved in profile : 
Glumes strongly inrolled at the tip; 
lower valve grooved on the back and 
much Seen the ee gbmne in 
pt 
. semitonsum, 
= 
inaequale. 
Glumes not sarclied a the tip; Sate 
valve convex on the back and as long as 
or slightly longer than the upper glume : 
Spikelets ovate in profile; nerves 
anastomosing to the base of the eae 
glume and of the lower valve - . retiglume. 
oo 
the tips of the SpE Brune and. lower 
valve 
Nerves of ihe G upper cine 5-9, if sae a 
mosing, then only at the very tip; fertile 
floret not distinctly curved in profile (but 
see P. distans) : 
Racemes of several spikelets : 
Spikelets approximate and very evenly 
arranged in two close rows in racemes 
which are seldom branched : 
Racemes many flowered, usually 
2-4 em. long, equalling or exceeding 
the internodes of the long stout 
main axis; culms rather stout - 5. jubsflorum. 
Racemes scanty and few flowered, 
about 1 em. long, much exceeded by 
the e STR = the very — 
axis; culms w - 6. disluns. 
Spikelets ad: siamo in loose 
— whic h are often branched at 
ip 
. globoideum. 
he base : 
"Snikelete loosely disposed in lo 
racemes, not clustered ; lower glume 
