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Some other notes in regard to Agropyrum as a grass and fodder 
grasses will be found under A. pectinatwm. 
Habitat and range—Ffound im all the Australian Colonies, also in 
Lord Howe Island and New Zealand. In the Australian Colonies it 
extends from the coast and coast ranges to the dry interior—in fact, it 
is one of the species with the widest range. I have collected it up to 
5,500 feet on Mt. Kosciusko. 
2. Agropyrum velutinum, Nees. 
Botanical name.—Velutinum—Latin, velvety, in reference to the 
pubescent leaves. 
Synonym.—Triticum velutinum, Hook. 
Botanical description (B. Fl, vu, 665).— 
Stems 6 inches to above 1 foot high. 
Leaves chiefly at the base of the stem, flat or convolute when dry, not rigid, softly 
pubescent or nearly glabrous. 
Spike raised on a long peduncle, 1 to 2 inches long, the rhachis pubescent and notched. 
Spikelets almost erect, imbricate, or the lower ones distant, ovate or oblong, about 
4 inch long, usually six- to eight-flowered. 
Glumes 3 to 5 lines long, rigid, with short almost pungent points, the outer empty 
ones usually three-nerved, the flowering ones broader and five- or rarely seven- 
nerved. 
Value as a fodder—Not important. It is less harsh than the other 
species, but it does not appear to be very abundant. 
Habitat and range.—F ound in Tasmania ; also on the Victorian and 
New South Wales Alps, and other districts in the south-eastern parts 
of this Colony. 
35. Agropyrum pectinatum, Beauv. 
Botanical name.—Pectinatwm—Latin, like a comb, in allusion to the 
appearance of the inflorescence. 
Synonym.— Triticum pectinatum, R. Br. 
Vernacular name.—I do not know any vernacular name actually in 
use for this grass. The rather clumsy name of the Comb-hke Wheat- 
grass suggested for it may serve provisionally. 
Where jigured.—Labillardiére, as Festuca pectinata; Agricultural 
Gazette. . 
Botanical description (B. FI., vu, 666).— 
Stems from under 1 to 1} feet high. 
Leaves chiefly at the base of the stem, narrow, flat, usually hairy. 
Spike raised ona long peduncle, 1 to 3 inches long, the rhachis pubescent, not notched. 
Spikelets not very distant, spreading, or at length reflexed, mostly about 4 inch long, 
including the short points, three- to six-flowered. 
Glumes spreading, the two outer empty ones shorter, with only the midrib or three- 
nerved. 
Flowering glumes 4 to 5 lines long, rigid, three- or five-nerved, tapering into a rather 
long pungent point, 
