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Value as a fodder—Although rather a rigid grass, it is always, at 
all events when young, cropped by cattle and horses. It is a tall 
tufty grass, met with in various situations, on hill sides and on the 
banks of rivers. 
Habitat and range.—Found in New Zealand, Queensland, and New 
South Wales. In our Colony, confined to the coast district and Diyid- 
ing Range north of Port Jackson. 
3. Stipa flavescens, Labill. 
Botanical name.—Flavescens—Latin, growing yellow, in allusion to 
the general colour of the inflorescence. 
Where figured.—Labillardiére. 
Botanical description (B. FL, vii, 566)—An erect rather slender 
grass of 1} to 3 feet, quite glabrous, or the lower leaves slightly 
pubescent. 
Lower leaves sometimes flat at the base, but all otherwise convolute when dry, very 
narrow or almost subulate, often rigid. 
Ligula very short, not ciliate. 
Panicle narrow and dense, 6 inches to above 1 foot long, the erect branches and 
pedicels glabrous. 
Outer glumes 4 to 6 lines long, acute. 
lowering glume on a rather long hairy stipes, scarcely 3 lines long, silky hairy, the 
hyaline involute margins ending in a small very thin lobe or tooth on each side 
ot the awn, often difticult to distinguish from the hairs. 
Awn usually pubescent, 14 inches long or more. 
Palea nearly as long as the glume, hairy towards the top. 
Value as a fodder.-—Only of value when young. 
Habitat and range.—Found in all the Colonies except Queensland. 
In New South Wales it is found on the Monaro, and also on the 
Dividing Range and spurs as far north as the Mittagong district. It 
prefers rocky situations. 
8. Stipa setacea, R. Br. 
Botanical name.—Setacea, bristly, in allusion to the fine leaves. SN. 
setacea is found pretty well all over Australia, and hence it is not 
surprising that it varies a good deal. For instance, the leaves vary in 
width, and also in length, and we have figured both narrow and broad- 
leaved forms. 
Vernacular names.—A “ Spear-grass,” owing to the spear-shaped 
ripened seed, to which is attached a long awn. Called “ Corkscrew- 
grass,” owing to the twisted, corkscrew-like appearance of the lower 
part of the awn. 
Where fiqured.— Agricultural Gazette, Hooker, Fl. Tasmania. 
Botanical description (B. Fl., vu, 568).— 
Stems slender, 1 to 2 feet high, or rarely more. 
Leaves fine and short, tufted at the base of the stem ; those on the stem few, with 
long sheaths. 
Ligula elongated, not ciliate, often broken off from dried specimens, 
Panicle loose, 4 to 10 inches long, glabrous. 
Outer glumes very thin, narrow, acuminate, 4 to 5 lines long. 
Flowering glume much shorter, pubescent or villous, entire at the top. 
Awn glabrous, very fine, 14 to above 2 inches long. 
Palea as long as the glume, often hardened w hen 1 ripe. 
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