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5. Poa nodosa, Nees. 
Botanical name.—Nodosa—Latin, full of knots or bumps, referring 
to the nodules at the base of the stem. 
Botanical description (B. F1., vii, 653).— 
Stems usually about 2 feet high, forming at the base one, two, or three superposed 
globular or ovoid nodules, 3 or 4 lines diameter. 
Leaves long, narrow, flat, usually scabrous. 
Panicie loose, narrow or spreading. 
Spikelets 3 to 4 lines long, five- to eight-fiowered, rather narrow at first with closely 
appressed glumes, at length broad and flat, the glumes spreading out. 
Flowering glumes about 2 lines long, five-nerved, without the woolly hairs at the base 
of most Pox, but shortly ciliate-pubescent on the keel and margins below the 
middle. 
Palea nearly as long, the keels minutely ciliate-pubescent or glabrous. 
Grain tree. 
Value as a fodder.— Perennial ; grows in almost pure sand, and 
produces tuberous enlargements at the roots. It is tender and 
nutritious, but neither tall nor bulky.” (Bailey.) 
Habitat and range.—Found in all the Colonies except Tasmania. In 
New South Wales, found in the extreme southern districts. 
8. Poa lepida, F.v.M. 
Botanical name.—Lepida—Latin, pretty or pleasant, the grass being 
a desirable one. 
Botanical description (B. F1., vii, 654).—An erect annual, varying 
from 2 or 3 inches to nearly 1 foot high, more slender and less spread- 
ing than P. annua. 
Leaves flat, flaccid, the ligula rather long, jagged. 
Panicle very narrow, almost spike-like, 1 to 2 inches long. 
Spikelets not numerous, nearly sessile, clustered on the very short branches, very 
flat, about 3 lines long, five- to seven- or more- flowered, the rhachis more or less 
silky-hairy. 
Flowering glumes narrow, obtuse, nearly 14 lines long, seven- to eleven-nerved, the keel 
prominent, ciliate with long hairs below the middle, outer glumes three-nerved. 
Grain apparently broader than in most Poz and broadly furrowed, but not seen ripe. 
Value as a fodder.—Not known, but probably a useful grass. 
Habitat and range.—Found in all the Colonies except Tasmania and 
Queensland. Found in the extreme southern part of New South Wales. 
93. SCHEDONORUS. 
Spikelets several-flowered, flattened in a narrow and spikelike or 
loose and spreading panicle, the rhachis of the spikelet glabrous or 
slightly hairy, articulate under the flowering glumes. 
Outer empty glumes narrow, acute, keeled or three-nerved. 
Flowering glumes usually five-nerved, rounded on the back at the 
base, obtuse or shortly notched at the apex, the keel prominent, at 
least in the upper part, and usually produced into a minute point in 
or just below the notch. 
