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13. Deyeuxia nivalis, Benth. 
Botanical name.—Nivalis—Latin, accompanying snow—in allusion 
to the localities in which it grows. 
Synonym.—Agrostis nivalis, F.y.M., im Census. 
Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 583).— 
Stems rather stout, under | foot high, covered to the inflorescence by the leaf-sheaths. 
Leaves flat, short, and broad, rather stiff, crowded at the base of the stem. 
Panicle dense and spikelike, 14 to 2 inches long, rather dark coloured, the short fine 
awns scarcely conspicuous, 
Outer glumes under 2 lines long, very acute, rather rigid and shining. 
Flowering glume rather shorter, glabrous but surrounded by the hairs of the very 
short rhachis or stipes, the hyaline apex obtuse and entire or scarcely notched, 
Awn slender, attached below the summit and projecting but little beyond it, 
Palea rather broad. 
Rhachis produced into a short glabrous bristle. 
Value as a fodder.—W hile somewhat harsh, a good leafy grass, and 
doubtless valuable. 
Habitat and range-—Yound on the Austrahan Alps of both Victoria 
and New South Wales (near summit of Mt. Kosciusko). 
15. Deyeuxia breviglumis, Benth. 
Botanical name.—Breviglumis, Latin—brevis, short; glwmna, chaft 
(glume), the outer glume being very small. 
Synonym.—Agrostis breviglumis, F.v.M., in Census. 
Botanical description (B. Fl, vu, 584).—A slender grass of 1 to 
1} feet. 
Leaves almost filiform. 
Panicle rather loose, pyramidal, 14 to 2 inches long, with capillary but short and 
rather rigid divided branches, the very small spikelets pedicellate. 
Outer glume scarcely 4 line long, very broad, obtuse and truncate, 
Flowering glume nearly twice as long, rather obtuse, the keel often produced into a 
very short point. 
Palea nearly as long as the glume. 
Rhachis glabrous, continued into a glabrous bristle nearly as long as the palea. 
Value as a fodder—Unknown. 
Habitat and range-—Found in Victoria and New South Wales in 
the Clyde and Braidwood district, and also in New England. It is 
usually found growing on damp rocks at the edges of creeks in the 
mountain districts named. 
Sub-tribe tii.—Avenacee. 
56. Aira. 62. Amphibromus. 
59. Deschampsia. 63. Anisopogon. 
60. Trisetum. 64. Danthonia. 
56, AIRA. 
Spikelets two-flowered, small, in a loose or rarely contracted panicle 
with capillary branches, the rhachis of the spikelet articulate and 
minutely hairy between the flowering glumes, and not at all or scarcely: 
produced beyond them. 
