116 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [ Graminee. 
however refers Labillardiére's plant to his 4. Billardieri, with which the figure in Lab. Plant. Nov. Holl. agrees. 
The 4. emula appears an equally common and variable plant in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, as Agrostis 
canina is in Europe. 
7. Agrostis montana (Br. Prodr. 171); levis v. scaberula, foliis plerumque setaceis filiformibus 
caulinis vagina elongata scaberula, panicula erecta contracta subcylindracea, ramis erectis, spiculis subimbri- 
catis, glumis scaberulis acuminatis flore eeguilongis, palea inferiore scaberula chartacea apice contracta 4- 
cuspidata, arista basi torta versus basin pale inserta glumis $ longiore, superiore paulo breviore bidentata 
dorso apicem versus scaberula setula (flore secundo imperfecto rarius terminata) longe villosa bis longiore. 
(Gunn, 1479.) (Tas. CLX. A.) 
Has. Common on the mountains.—(Fl. Jan.) 
Disrris. Alps of Victoria. 
Very like some states of Agrostis quadriseta, but the panicles are smaller, the glumes no longer than the 
flower, and there is a villous setula at the base of the latter.—A foot and a half to a span high. Leaves much 
shorter than the culms, smooth or scaberulous to the touch; sheaths broad or narrow ; lamina involute or flat, 
those on the culm with long sheaths. Panicle 11-3 inches long, erect, narrow, with loosely imbricated, erect spike- 
lets, 4 inch long. Glumes equal, sharp, scaberulous. Lower palea hard, scabrid, with two or four short points at 
the contracted tip. Awn inserted below the middle, twisted below, bent at the middle, not twice as long as the 
glumes. Upper palea shorter, with two nerves, which are scabrid at the back towards the bifid top. Setula half 
the length of the upper palea, with long, spreading, silky hairs.—A variable plant; alpine specimens have short, 
setaceous leaves; those from lower elevations have broader sheaths and flatter blades. I have occasionally seen a 
second imperfect flower produced on the setula.—PrATE CLX. 4. Fig. 1, spikelet; 2, flower; 3, pistil, sguamulse, 
and stamens; 4, caryopsis :—all magnified. | 
8. Agrostis scabra (Br. Prodr. 172); cespitosa, tota scaberula v. culmo superne levi, culmis 
foliosis, foliis angustis planis vaginis elongatis, ligula membranacea, panicula laxa elongata, ramis primariis 
subfasciculatis, pedicellis glumisque scabris, glumis inter se et flore sequilongis ovatis acutis, palea infe- 
riore rigida scaberula acuta mutica v. dorso ad medium breviter aristata, superiore paulo breviore bidentata 
setula parce villosa duplo v. triplo longiore.— Agrostis frigida, Mueller, MSS. A. rudis, Rem. et Schult. 
Syst. ìi. Lachnagrostis scabra ef rudis, Trin. Diss. 217. An var. A. montane? (Gunn, 1461, 1462.) 
(Tas. CLX. B.) 
Has. Subalpine situations: foot of Mount Wellington, and Arthur's Lakes, etc.; common, Gunn, 
Archer, Oldfield.—(Fl. Jan.) (v. v.) ; 
DisrRIB. Victoria and New South Wales. 
A slender, scabrid Grass, growing in woods, with culms 1-3 feet long.—Sheaths generally very rough to the 
touch, as are the flat, narrow, dark-green leaves; ligula membranous. Panicle long, slender, 2-6 inches long; 
branches very rough, three or four together, in distant bundles, erect. Spikelets rough, often purple, 4 inch long. 
Glumes as long as the flowers, equal, ovate, acute, rough. Lower palea very rough, hard, sharp, nerves indistinct, 
awnless, or with a short, hardly exserted awn inserted at about the middle of the back. Pedicel or setula at the 
base of the upper palea silky, variable in length, sometimes bearing a second but very imperfect flower, sometimes 
very small.—Prarg OLX. B. Fig. 1, spikelet; 2, flower; 3, pistil, stamens, and squamule; 4, caryopsis :—all 
magnified. 
9. Agrostis contracta (Muell. MSS.) ; culmis gracilibus elongatis, foliis planis vaginisque scabe- 
rulis, panicula nutante elongata contracta, ramis brevibus verticillatis 5-6-floris, glumis oblongo-lanceolatis 
acutis enervüs flosculum squantibus, palea inferiore acuta mutica enervi coriacea scaberula basi subbarbata, 
superiore sequilonga, setula brevi. (Tas. CLXI. A.) 
