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3. Sporobolus diander, Beauv. 
Botanical name.—Diander, Greek dis, two, aner andros, aman (sta- 
men), this grass having but two stamens in the flower. 
Where figured.—Duthie, Agricultural Gazette. 
Botanical description (B. F1., vii, 622).—An erect glabrous grass of 
1 to 2.or even 8 feet. 
Leaves chiefly at the base, narrow, the upper sheaths not covering the stem, 
Panicle narrow but loosely pyramidal, 6 inches to about 1 foot long, the branches 
scattered, at length spreading. 
Spikelets very shortly pedicellate or almost sessile, # to 1 line long. 
Outer empty glumes very obtuse; hyaline, the upper one about 4 line, the other 
shorter. 
Flowering glume longer, slightly keeled, obtuse or almost acute. 
Palea broad, obtuse, faintly two-nerved, and not so readily splitting as in the other 
species. 
Grain broadly obovoid, the pericarp not readily separable. 
Value as a fodder.—lLike the preceding species, it has some value 
when young, but when it becomes mature it is fibrous, and stock eat 
it only when compelled to do so by hunger. It is said to be readily 
eaten by horses and cattle at Lahore; is also favourably mentioned at 
Gujranwala and Shahpur in India. (Duthie.) 
Habitat and range-—Found in New South Wales and Queensland. 
In New South Wales it is found from the coast to the Dividing Range, 
from the Blue Mountains north. As regards Queensland, Bailey says 
it is always met with on good land, especially on river flats. It also 
occurs in Asia. 
4, Sporobolus pulchellus, R.Br. 
Botanical name.—Pulchellus, Latin, pretty, the grass being orna- 
mental when in flower. 
Botanical description (B. F1., vii, 623).— 
Stems tufted, 6 inches to 1 foot high. 
Leaves chiefly at the base, flat or keeled, broad or narrow, rather rigid, bordered by 
rigid cilia, tuberculate at the base. 
Panicle loosely pyramidal, 2 to 5 inches long, with numerous capillary spreading 
branches verticillate at regular intervals. 
Spikelets pedicellate, not 4 line long, shining. 
Glumes almost hyaline, rather obtuse, slightly keeled, the second outer empty one 
and the flowering one nearly equal and similar, the lowest empty one about 4 as 
long, narrow but obtuse. 
Palea very readily splitting in two. 
Grain globular, enclosed in a loose hyaline pericarp. 
Value as a fodder.—Similar to S. actinocladus, but not abundant. 
Habitat and range.—It extends from New South Wales to Northern 
Australia. As regards New South Wales, it is found in the dry north 
west. 
