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villous at the base, and with a series of tufts of hairs above the middle, which are generally shorter than the lateral 
awns : the latter do uot exceed the glumes in length. Ton New Zealand this Grass is as common and more variable 
than in Tasmania. 
9. Danthonia setacea (Br. Prodr. 177); glaberrima, culmis foliis setaceis vaginisque glaberrimis, 
ore longe barbatis, panicula subsimplici, glumis (magnis) purpureis floribus 5 longioribus, palea inferiore 
basi medioque barbata, fasciculis superioribus pilorum palea «equilongis, aristis lateralibus filiformibus 
glumam «equantibus, intermedia torta longe exserta.—(Gunn, 1454.) 
Has. Northern and central parts of the Island; common.—(Fl. Nov.) 
DIsTRIB. Victoria. 
A stout, tufted species, very closely allied to D. semi-annularis, if not a mere variety of that plant, differing 
in the longer glumes, $ inch long, and longer black awns, of which the lateral are as long as the glumes, and the 
middle one one-third longer, and twisted. 
4. Danthonia subulata (Hook. fil.) ; foliis brevibus filiformi-setaceis vaginisgue patentim hispido- 
pilosis demum glabratis, culmis gracillimis, panicula brevi erecta subsimplici pauciflora (purpurea), glumis 
sub-5-floris, palea inferiore basi medioque dense barbata pilis brevioribus, aristis lateralibus gracilibus palea 
duplo longioribus ultra glumas exsertis, intermedia paulo longiore gracili subtorta.— 4 D. setacea, Br. ? 
(Gunn, 1456.) (Tas. CLXI. 2.) 
Has. Georgetown and Launceston, Gunn ; Richmond, Oldfield. 
DIsrRrB. Victoria. 
A small, slender, densely tufted, very pretty and distinct species.— Leaves very slender, filiform, pilose, curved, 
2-3 inches long. Culms a span to 15 inches long, very slender. Panicle 1-2 inches long, small, erect, five- to seven- 
flowered. GJumes purple, much longer than the five florets. Lower palea densely silky, with shorter hairs than in the 
preceding species. Lateral awns slender, exserted, twice as long as the palea, not quite so long as the intermediate 
one.—PLATE CLXI. B. Fig. 1, spikelet; 2, flower; 3, pistil, squamule, and stamens :—all magnified. 
5. Danthonia pauciflora (Br. Prodr. 177); rigida, parvula, culmis ceespitosis foliisque brevibus 
subulatis glaberrimis, racemo paucifloro, ramulis pubescenti-ciliatis, glumis subacutis flosculis 3-4 longiori- 
bus, palea inferiore basi medioque barbata, serie superiore villorum paleam superantibus, aristis lateralibus 
late subulatis paleam sequantibus, intermedia valida geniculata glumis inclusa. (Gunn, 1458.) (Tas. 
CLXII. A.) 
Haz. Top of Mount Wellington, Western Mountains, etc., Gunn, Archer. 
Disrris. Alps of Victoria. 
A very pretty and distinct little species. —Culms tufted, rigid, harsh, and wiry, quite smooth and glabrous, 3 
inches high. Leaves 1 inch long, setaceous, blunt at the point. Panicle three- to six-flowered ; pedicels pilose 
and ciliated. Glumes short, purple, + inch long, with rather blunt points. Flowers three or four, short. Lower 
palea very villous, with tufts of long hairs above the middle; lateral awns broad, as long as the palea; middle one 
bent, very stout, short, included in the glumes.—PLaTE CLXII. 4. Fig. 1, spikelet ; 2, flower; 3, pistil, stamen, 
and squamule :—all magnified. 
$ 2. AMPHIBROMUS. — Lower palea hairy or silky, but without tufts of hairs. 
6. Danthonia nervosa (Hook. fil.) ; scaberula v. glabra, spiculis racemosis, glumis obtusiusculis 
erosis inegualibus inferiore basi 3-nervi superiore 5-nervi, flosculis basi villosis, palea inferiore scaberula 
coriacea 7-nervi bifida apicibus erosis dorso supra medium arista tortili elongata, superiore bidentata.— 
Avena? nervosa, Br. Prodr. 178. A. hydrophila, F. Muell. MSS. Amphibromus nervosus, Nees, in 
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