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5. Sporobolus Lindleyi, Benth. 
Botanical name.—Lindleyi, in honour of J. Lindley, the celebrated 
British botanist who described a number of Australian plants. 
Vernacular name.—“ Yak-ka Berry,’ of the aborigines of the 
Cloncurry River, North Queensland. 
Where figured.—Agricultural Gazette. 
Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 623).—Nearly allied to S. pul- 
chellus. 
Leaves narrow, not at all or only very shortly ciliate. 
Panicle very loose, broad)y pyramidal, 3 to 5 inches long and broad when fully out, 
the branches capillary, the lower ones elongated in a dense verticil, the upper 
ones more scattered. 
Spikelets 4 to # line long. 
Glumes very acute, the lowest outer one very small and narrow, the second also 
empty, and the flowering glume nearly equal, usually dark-coloured. 
Palea usually divided to the base into two, even at the time of flowering. 
Seeds enclosed in a loose pericarp, as in S. pwlehellus. 
Value as a fodder.—This is one of the prettiest of our native grasses. 
It is at the same time nutritious and readily eaten by stock. 
Other uses.—The fine seeds are gathered and ground up with water 
into a paste and baked in the ashes by some Queensland aborigines. 
(E. Palmer.) 
Habitat and range.—It is found in all the colonies except Tasmania. 
In New South Wales it extends from the table-land to the interior. 
6. Sporobolus actinocladus, I'.v.M. 
Botanical name.—Actinocladus, Greek, actis, actinos, a ray (of the 
sun), a spoke of a wheel, &c.; clados, a young branch or shoot, the 
panicle branches being verticillate (rayed). 
Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 625).— 
Stems 1 to 2 feet high. 
Leaves flat, tapering to fine points, glabrous. 
Panicle pyramidal, 3 to 5 inches long, the branches numerous, spreading, the lower 
ones or nearly all verticillate at regular intervals, the upper ones scattered, all 
capillary and shortly bare at the base, but bearing narrow dense spikelike 
partial panicles of 4 to 1 inch, 
Spikelets sessile and crowded, nearly 1 line long. 
Outer glume very small, hyaline, almost obtuse; second very acute, keeled, 4 to ¢ 
line long. 
Flowering glume similar, but longer. 
Palea divided into two from the base, even at the time of flowering. 
Seed enclosed in a loose pericarp. 
Value as a fodder.—A useful grass for the dry, hot districts of the 
colony. 
Habitat and range.-—Found in all the colonies except Western Aus- 
tralia, Tasmania, and Victoria. It occurs in the dry western districts 
of New South Wales. 
