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Botanical description (B. FI., vii, 612).—A glabrous erect grass of 
1 to 3 feet. 
Leaves usually flat but narrow, with flattened sheaths. 
Spikes six to ten, slender, 3 to 6 inches long, at length horizontally spreading. 
Spikelets numerous but not crowded, cuneate, 1 to 14 lines long without the awns. 
Lowest outer glume very small, almost setaceous, the second narrow and fine-pointed, 
about as long as the spikelet. 
Flowering glume oblong, obtuse, keeled, slightly ciliate, with a fine awn of 3 to 6 
lines. 
Terminal empty glume much shorter and broader, raised to the level of the flowering 
glume and flat-topped, giving the spikelet its cuneate truncate form. 
Value as a fodder.—This is an elegant and at the same time useful 
fodder-grass. It is both palatable to stock and nutritious, and forms 
a compact turf. It is common in the coast districts, while at the same 
time it withstands prolonged droughts. Mr. IT’. Kidston, of Condo- 
bolin, who possesses great experience in such matters, reports it as 
one of the best summer grasses for the western country. 
Habitat and range.—Found in South Australia, Victoria, New South 
Wales, and Queensland. In the western districts of New South Wales 
it frequents Yarran country, when ringbarked, growing freely all over 
the river flats and uplands. It is, however, wide diffused over the 
Colony. 
7. Chloris ventricosa, R.Br. 
Botanical name.—Ventricosa, Latin, big-bellied, in allusion to the 
inflated spikelet. 
Vernacular names.— Blue Star Grass ”’; “ Tall Star Grass.” 
Botanical description (B. FI., vu, 613)—Unusually rather taller than 
C. truncata, often above 2 feet high, with few flat leaves. 
Spikes five to seven in the typical specimens, 3 to 4 inches long. 
Spikelets cuneate and obtuse as in C. truncata, but larger, from 14 to 2 lines long, and 
often, but not always, dark-coloured. 
Flowering glume broad, very obtuse, embracing the much smaller terminal one, which 
is raised and truncate as in C. truncata, usually emarginate, the awns of both 
much shorter than the spikelet. 
Another long-awned form has spikes of 3to4inches. (Cabramatta 
and Ash Island, Hunter River.) 
Value as a fodder——An excellent grass, having much the same 
value as the preceding. 
Habitat and range.—Found in New South Wales and Queensland. 
In New South Wales it occurs from the coast to the interior. 
9. Chloris scariosa, F.vy.M. 
Botanical name.—Scariosa, Latin, thin, dry, membranous, in 
allusion to the glumes. 
Vernacular names.— Rockhampton Star Grass” or “Gracemere 
Star Grass,” of Bailey. 
