1C0NE3 PLANTARUM. ' 31 



tamen in spica multo minus conspicuis quam in N. alopecuroidea ; 

 3a. brevior, angustior, multo tenuior 5-nervis, glabra, paleam parvam 

 ssepius fovens ; terrainalis florida multo brevior, tenuissima, lijalina, 

 Falea pariter hyalina sed major, basi utrinque auriculata, dorso 2-cos- 



tata. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1, Spikolet seen from the Lack of the outer glume. 2. Second glume, hack view. 



Plate 1240 



NEURACHNE MITCHELLIANA, F. Muell 



GiiAMiNE^, Tribe Andropogone^. 



Eool 



cjlmdracea breviter villosa, gluma extima margine ciliata dorso supra 

 areolaiu latam cavam transversim eallosa, callo pilis longis patentibus 

 ciliato, secunda infra medium margine longe ciliata. 



Hab. Interior of New South Wales, deserts from the Darling to the 

 Barrier Range, Mitchell, Victorian Exjpedition, and others. 



Caides e basi nodosa lanata plures, erecti, subpedales, fere ad apicem 

 foliati, apice sub spica s^pe lanati. Folia patentia, brevia, plana, 

 rigidula, parce ciliata, ligula dense ciliata. S;pica anguste cylindracea, 

 1-1^-rarius 2 poll, longa, rhachi pubescente. Spictdce ad 2 lin. longa?, 

 fasciculo pilorum cinctse. Ghima extima plurineryis, supeme angus- 

 tata sed obtusa, margine ciliata, dorso in parte inferiore areola late 

 ovata cava margine eallosa cincta notata, intra areolam tenuissime 

 membranacea, supra areolam callo transversaU longe piloso aucta; 

 2a. primae sequilonga, infra medium lata longeque ciliata dorso pabes- 



cena 



glabriuscul 



Ciliata, pariter vacna v* paleam parvam fovens ; terminalis florida 

 minor, tenuis, glabra. Falea subsequilonga, tenuis, 2-costata. — 



G. Bentham. . 



the inside. 



glume 



