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than any other native grass known to me. If attended to it would 
make a close turf. Its nutritive properties are considerable. It 
appears to thrive with rye grass and clover, which many native grasses 
will not do.” (Bacchus.) 
Habitat and range.—Found in all the colonies, except Western 
Australia. In New South Wales it extends from the coast to the 
table-lands and the southern mountain ranges. 
8. Danthonia pilosa, R.Br. 
Botanical name.—Pilosa, Latin, hairy. 
Synonym.—Danthonia penicillata, F.v.M. im Census. 
Vernacular names.—< Purple-awned Oat-grass.” (Buchanan.) 
Where jigured.—Buchanan ; Bacchus, (‘Trinius, t. 51, is D. setacea ?). 
Botanical description (B. FI., vii, 594). 
Stems rather slender, 1 to 2 feet high. 
Leaves chiefly in radical tufts, very narrow, but not so slender as in D. setacea; 
usually more or less hairy, the hairs sometimes long and spreading. 
Panicle narrow and dense, not much branched, and sometimes almost as simple asin 
D. racemosa, 
Spikelets shortly pedicellate, about 4 inch long, the 
Outer glumes about as long, 
Flowering glumes six to eight, with lanceolate lobes tapering into fine awns almost 
as in D. semiannularis, but hairy on the margin only, without the transverse 
ring under the lobes of that species, and very few hairs (if any) on the back, 
except at the base. 
Botanical note—Some forms approach in habit D. racemosa, but 
the spikelets are those of D. semiannularis, except in the want of the 
ring of hairs on the back under the lobes. (Benth.) 
Value as a fodder.—A useful fodder-grass. Bailey points ont that 
as it is such a good seed-bearer, it is not so likely to be lost through 
overstocking as other grasses. Bacchus refers to it as a hardy and 
good pasture grass, which does not, however, stand the summer heat 
well. 
Habitat and range.—F¥ ound in all the colonies except Tasmania and 
Western Australia. Extends from the coast to the table-land. 
9. Danthonia semiannularis, R.Br. 
Botanical name.—Semiannularis ; Latin, semi half, annulus a little 
ring, in allusion to the half-ring of hairs at the back of the flowering 
glume. 
Synonym.—Danthonia penicillata, F.v.M. in Census. 
Where figured.—Labillardiére, as Arundo semiannularis ; Trinius ; 
Buchanan; Agricultural Gazette. 
Botanical description (B. F1., vii, 595). 
A variable plant, the 
Stems usually 2 to 3 feet high, but sometimes much lower. 
Leaves very narrow, flat or convolute, never so fine as in D. setacea, the sheaths 
glabrous or hairy, more or less ciliate at the orifice. 
Panicle sometimes loose and spreading, more frequently narrow and compact. 
