62 «J T I P A. Botauiqiie. 



33. Stipa mol/is RBr. Prodr. (1810) p. 17V. RS. Syst. 2. p. 336. Trin. Act. 



Pctrop. 1829. p. 80. Paniculae conlrartac radiis Kuhqiiinis, aliis 



ferc a basi, alii» supcrius florifcris; c^lumis acuminatis, paullo in- 



acqualibus, valvulis 3 — 31 liiiealibus, pilosulis pltis dtiplo longio- 



ribus; arista pcrsistcntc, subtorta, flcxuosa, longe tiltra mpdiiiin 



ttsque breveplumosa, 3| pollicari; antbcris brcvcbarbatis. 



Nova Hollandia ad portum Jackson. (R.Br. Siebcrl Agrost. n. 60.) 



Radix tibrosa, percnnis. Culmns cum panicula 2 — 3 pcdalis, sim- 



plex, crcctus, nodis 3 — V glabris. raginne apicc I. apicem vcrsus bre- 



vissimc pilosulae intcrnodiis paullo, uunc longiorcs nunc breviorcs, su- 



prema paniculam infi^riK^ ainplcctcns. Ligiila linca brcvior, truncata, 



apice et latcribus brcvissimc; ciliata. Folia lincam lata, plcruinque con- 



voluta, H poUicaria ct breviora (suprcmum k pollicarc), glal)ra, apice 



brcvissime pilosula. Panicula 8 — 10 poUicaris, flavesccndo canesccns. 



Axis communis scabriusculus, infcrnc per spatia pollicaria radios emit- 



tens. Eadii basi pilis brevibus obtccti, scmiverticillati, breviorcs fcrc 



a basi contracto-raniosi, longiores 2\ pollicares, supcrius florifcri. /V- 



dicelli spicula multo breviores, hispiduli. Spictitae 9 — 10 lineales, an 



gustissime lincari-lanccolatae. Glumae membranaceac , glabrae, paul- 



lo in-1. «ub-aequales, inferior 3-ncrvi8, superior o-nervis. Valvidae 



acquilongae, insidcntcs stipiti obconico, ima basi glabro, dcin circum- 



circa brcvebarbato , valvulis \ — \ breviori; in/erior sublincaris, breve 



et dissite 1. dissitiusculc pilosula, apice nuda; superior glabra, dissite 



binervis. Lodiculae sqq. 3, 2 majores obtusac, uninervcs, tcrfia dimi- 



dio minor, acuta, encrvis. Slain. 3; anthcrac lincarcs. 



3*. Stipa eleganlissima La Billardicr Nov. Holl. 1. ( 180i) p. 23. tab. 29. 



Pou- Encycl. mctb. 7. p. *5V. RBr. Prodr. p. 175. RS. Syst. 2. 



p. 339. Kunth Agr. syn. suppl. p. IVO. Trin. Act. Petrop. 1836. 



p. 38. Paniculac dcmum patcntis radiis 3-4, circiter a mediw 



