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2. Lepturus cylindricus, Trin. 
Botanical name.—Cylindricus—Latin, cylindrical, in allusion to the 
spike. 
Botanical description (B. FI., vii, 668).— 
Habit and foliage of L. incurvatus, in the Australian specimens usually shorter, more 
tufted, the /eaves not quite so narrow and the spikes rather thicker and more 
frequently curved ; but these differences are generally reversed in Mediterranean 
specimens. 
The terminal spikelet and the internal structure of the others the same in the two 
species, but the L. cylindricus has always only one rigid five-nerved very 
pointed outer empty glume instead of the two of L. encurvatus. 
Value as a fodder.—Not known, but probably small. 
Habitat and range.—Found in all the Colonies except Tasmania and 
Queensland. In New South Wales, from the coast district to the 
tableland, chiefly in salt-marshes, southwards from Liverpool Plains 
to Victoria, and westward to the Riverina. Found alsoin the Mediter- 
ranean region, South Africa, and Asia. 
