7 o DANTHONIA. 



Panicle open, i^-inch long, of 35 spikelets ; leaves 



very short, setaceous 5. D, australis. 



Panicle very lax, open ; leaves flat, coriaceous 6. D.flavescens. 



II. Empty glumes longer than the flowering, and including them. 

 Flowering glume with distant tufts of silky hairs on margins and back ; 

 or circles of hair round the glume, fringed with hairs on margins in 

 D. Buchanani, and D. patici flora 



Awn subulate, not twisted. 



Flowering glume with a circle of hairs at bottom, 

 and distant tufts of hairs on margins and 

 back 7. D. pilosa. 



Awn twisted at the base. 



Flowering glume with a circle of long hairs beneath 



the lobes, and a second circle of shorter 



hairs near the bottom - 8. D. semi-annularis. 



Flowering glume fringed on the margins only with 



long silky hairs 9. D. Buchanani. 



Awn very short, lobes not longer than their base. 



Flowering glume with one tuft of hairs on each 



margin 10. D. nuda. 



Flowering glume with a fringe of hairs on the lower 



half of margins n. D. paucijlora. 



