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789, Triglochin Stowardii, N. E. Broion [Naiadaceae-Junca- 



gineae] ; affinis T. calcitrapae^ Hook., sed friictibus pedicellutis 



subduplo longioribus calcaribus duplo brevioribus et gracilioribus 

 differ t. 



Herha ^juiMdLy 10-14 cm. alta, glabra. FoZia 3-5 cm. longa, 

 0-5 mm. crassa, terete-filiformia, acuta. Peduncidi 4-12 cm. 

 longi, 0'5-0'75 mm. crassi, apioe laxe racemoso-2"7-flori, Pedi- 

 celli 0-5-3 (fructu 2-5-8) mm, longi, adficendentes. Periantliii 

 segmenta 6, lanceolato-ovata, acuta vel acuminata, concava, cari- 

 nata ; 3 exteriora 1-5-2 mm. longa, basi gibboso-calcarata ; 

 3 interiora 2 mm. longa, ecalcarata. Antlierae 6, sessiles. 

 Ovarium 3-loculare; stigmata sessilia, truncata. Fructus 1*5 cm, 

 longus, inferne 1-3 mm. crassus, attenuato-trigonus, aplce trun- 

 catuSj basi 6-calcaratus ; calcaria 1-5 mm, longa, gracilia, incur- 

 vato-uncinata, subtus per paria membra na chartacea connexa. 



Western- Aitstealia. Beverley, Sept. 1913, F. Stoward 35. 



790, Andropogon (Amphilophis) Grahamii^ Haines 



[Gramineae-Andropogoueae] ; species A. Ischaemo^ L-, affinis, 

 sed liabitu robusto suffruticoso m.ultiramoso, vaginis ramos 

 subtendentibu8 ampliusculis, laminis plerumque glaberrimis, 

 articulis racemorum brevius ciliatis, spiculis pedicellatis neutris 

 ad glumas 2 vel 3 reductis. 



Gramen perennc, suffruticosum. Culmi teretes, nitentes, saepe 

 eniculati, crebre ramosi, ramis saepe ad nodes fasciculatis, 

 olioTum vaginae inferiores et intermediae ramos subtendentes. 



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glaberrimae, nisi ad nodos magis minusve pilosae ; ligulae breves, 

 truncatae ; laminae lineares, sursum longe setaceo-attenuatae, 

 6-12 cm. longue, 3—4 mm. latae, glaucae, praeter margines 

 scaberulos laeves, glaberrimae, rarius basi pilis perpaucls^ 

 conspersae, Racevii 3-7, 3-5-5 cm. longi, flexuosi, multinodes, 

 in rhacbi commimi raro 2 cm. excedente pedunculati^ pedunculis 

 teretibus glabris 5-8 mm, longis, axillis parce pilosulis; articuli 

 uti pedicelli dense ciliati, ciliis summis iis paulo brevioribus, 

 applanati, dorso vix exarati. Spiciilae ses'siles oblongae, 3*5 mm. 

 longae, praeter apices saepe purpurascentes pallide virescentes; 

 gluma I. apice truncata, inter carinas 5-nervis, carinis scabrido- 

 ciliolatis pilis longis nonnuUis praecipue superne instructis, 

 marginibus anguste implicatis, callo pilis ad 1 mm. (vel paulo- 

 ultra) longi obsito; gluma II. lanceolata, acuta, primanj 

 subaequans, laevis, margine liyalino tenuiter ciliolato, 3-nervis; 

 gluma III. lanceolata, tenuiter liyalina, quam secunda vix 

 quarta parte brevior, in margine tenuiter ciliolata, 1—3 nervis, 

 nervis tenuissimis; gluma TV. angustissima, in aristam abouns et 

 cum ea 15-20 mm. longa. Spicidae pedicellatae neutrae, sessiles 

 aequantes, sed angustiores, magis purpurascentes; gluma I. inter 

 carinas 5-7-nervis, caeterum ut in spicula sessili, nisi minus rigida ; 

 gluma II. oblonga, 2-5 mm. longa, hyalina, tenuissime 1- vel 2- 

 nervis; gluma III. oblonga, 1-5 mm, longa, enervis, 



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