Puate 2605. 
DEYEUXIA SCLEROPHYLLA, Stapf. 
GRAMINE&. Tribe AGROSTIDES. 
D. sclerophylla, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; nulli speciei arcte affinis, glumis 
valvaque rigidis, arista e sinu orta distincta, potius sectionem novam 
Sclerodeyeuxiam sistens 
Gramen dense Pp abigh innovationibus intravaginalibus. Culm 
stricte erecti, 1-2} ped. alti, glabri, leves, pleramque 2-nodi, inter- 
1-2 poll. ong parce ramulosi vel simplices, a basi spiculigeri vel 
inferne plus minusve nudi, filiformes, leves vel superne scaberuli ; 
pedicelli laterales circiter 1 lin. ongi, ceteri sepe multo longiores, 
1 plus 
minusve glauco-purpurascentes, 34 lin. long; rhachille processus 
1 lin. longus, plumosus. Glume subxquales, lanceolate, mucronato- 
acuminate, carinate, subcoriacee, 3-nerves, omnino scabride. Valva 
a lanceolata, 24 lin. longa, firma, omnino scaberula, sub-7-nervis, 
a hi ; : : 
aryopsis lineari oblonga, 1 lin. paulo longior, a dorso compressa ; 
embryo parvus ; hilum 4 caryopsis cequans. 
New Guinea: Mount Scratchley, 12,200 feet, Giulianetti. 
The mes are as rigid as those of Ammophila, and the valve, 
though conus is still firmer than in any other Deyeuaxia I have seen. 
The leaves are very like in structure to the leaves of Ammophila 
arenaria, but the blades are more com ‘ e awn springs from 
the sinus of the valve, whilst it is, I believe, always dorsal in the true 
