Mierochloe. | GRAMINE. 855 
1. H. redolens, &. Br. Prodr. 209.—Culms tufted, leafy, decum- 
bent at the base, erect or ascending above, stout or rather slender, 
14-8 ft. high or even more. Leaves numerous, shorter than the 
culms or almost equalling them, 4-4 in. broad, flat, deeply striate, 
smooth or minutely scaberulous, bright shining green; sheaths 
long, compressed, deeply striate; ligules broad, scarious. Panicle 
pale yellowish-brown, shining, open or dense, inclined or nodding, 
very variable in size, usuaily from 4 to 12in. long, more rarely 
elongated and reaching 14 or 18in.; rhachis slender, glabrous ; 
branches very slender, almost capillary, more or less hairy or 
almost glabrous, lower 2-3in. long. Spikelets +in. long and 
broad, shortly pedicellate; pedicels shorter than the spikelets, 
pilose. Glumes all thin and membranous; outer 2 equalling 
or slightly exceeding the 3rd and 4th, ovate, acuminate, with 
a stout continuous midrib and a short basal lateral vein on 
each side; 3rd and 4th each enclosing a male flower, ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, 5-nerved, pubescent, silky-ciliate on the margins 
and keel, with a short awn from the back a little below the tip; 
5th smaller than the 4th, glabrous below, slightly hairy above, 
niucronate or very shortly awned. Palea linear-oblong, 1—2-nerved. 
—RHook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1.92; Fl. Nov. Zel. 1.300; Handb. N.Z. Fi. 
321; Fl. Tasm. 11. 108; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 558; Buch. N.Z. 
Grasses, t.6. H. antarctica, R. Br. Prodr. 209. Holcus redolens, 
Forst. Prodr. n. 563. Torresia redolens, Roem. and Schult. Syst. i. 
516; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 269. 
North Aanp SoutH IsnuAnps, Stewart IsLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS, CAMP- 
BELL IstanD: Abundant in moist places throughout. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
Also in Fuegia, Tasmania, and Victoria. It varies much in size and degree 
of robustness, and appears to pass by easy gradations into the next species. 
2. H. Fraseri, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 93.—Smaller and more 
slender than H. redolens, with narrower leaves. Culms tufted, 
sometimes densely so, slender, quite smooth and glabrous, 6-18 in. 
high, rarely more. Leaves much shorter than the culms, 3-9 in. 
long, strict, erect, flat, }4in. broad, quite smooth; ligules broad, 
searious. Panicle pale yellowish-brown, often tinged with purple, 
short, ovate, open, shining, 14-4in. long; branches often few, 
capillary, usually glabrous. Spikelets ¢in. long and broad, shortly 
pedicelled ; pedicels glabrous or more or Jess bearded. Glumes all 
thin and membranous; outer 2 usually slightly shorter than the 
3rd and 4th, obtuse or subacute, 3-nerved but the lateral nerves 
often short; 3rd and 4th each enclosing a male flower, oblong, 
obtuse, d-nerved, pubescent, margins silky-ciliate for their whole 
length, awn short, straight, from the back a little below the tip; 
dth smaller tnan the 4th, glabrous or nearly so at the base, 
pubescent or ciliate above, tip produced into a short awn. Palea 
linear, 1—2-nerved.—H. redolens var. Fraseri, Benth. Fl. Austral. 
