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scaberulis), foliis planis v. involutis utrinque scabris (rarius levibus) striatis, spica 2—10-flora, spiculis sca- 
berulis 4-8-floris, glumis lanceolatis subeegualibus nervosis palea flosculo duplo brevioribus, palea inferiore 
basi levi enervi superne scaberula carinata in aristam validam lente recurvam scabridam palea bis terve 
longiorem angustata.—FZ, N. Zeal. i. 311. Festuca scabra, Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl. i. p. 22. t. 26. Vulpia 
Browniana, Nees, in Plant. Preiss. ii. 107, in note. P. scabra, Nees, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 419. 
(Gunn, 993.) 
Has. Common, especially in dry and sandy places near the sea, etc.—(Fl. Oct.-Dec.) (v. v.) 
Distrıs. Extratropical Australia and New Zealand. 
A very common and variable Grass, never attaining so large a sized spikelet, and being generally more scabrid 
in Tasmania than in the moister climate of New Zealand.—Culms tufted, slender, 3 inches to 2 feet high, some- 
times capillary with only one spikelet, varying in such cases just as Festuca bromoides does. Culms and sheaths 
generally quite smooth. Leaves usually very scabrid on both surfaces, 1-4 inches long, flat or involute. Spike 4— 
6 inches long, two- to eight-flowered. Spikelets scabrous, erect, alternate, 11-24 inches long, including the awns. 
Glumes unequal or nearly equal, often very small, sometimes half as long as the pales (without the awns), lanceo- 
late, nerved. Lower palea smooth and nerveless below, keeled and scabrid above, produced into a long, rigid, 
slightly recurved awn twice or thrice as long as itself. 
2. Triticum pectinatum (Br. Prodr. p. 179); culmis dense cespitosis strictis erectis basi foliosis 
inferne vaginisque leevibus superne pubescenti-scaberulis, foliis ciliato-scabridis, spica brevi, rachi flexuosa, 
spiculis patentibus demum reflexis 3-6-floris, glumis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis nervosis parce ciliatis 
flosculo 4 brevioribus, palea inferiore ciliata nervosa in aristam rigidam scabram palea breviorem angustata. 
—T. Brownii, Kunth, Agrost. 447. Festuca pectinata, Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl. i. p. 21. t. 25. Vulpia pecti- 
nata, Nees, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 419. Agropyron pectinatum, Beauv. Agrost. 101. (Gunn, 
999, 1474.) 
Has. Hampshire Hills and Recherche Bay, etc., Gunn.—(Fl. Nov.) 
Disrris. Victoria. 
A remarkable and very distinct Grass.—Culms densely tufted and branched at the very base, 4-13 foot high, 
glabrous and smooth below; upper part pubescent and rough, as is the flexuose rachis of the spike. Sheaths of 
the leaves quite glabrous and smooth. Leaves all at the base of the culm, ciliated with rigid, spreading, white 
-hairs. Spike 2-3 inches long, of eight to fourteen spikelets, which are erect when young, spread horizontally 
when in flower, and deflexed in fruit: each is 3 inch long. Glumes ovate-lanceolate, nerved, ciliated, acuminate, 
1 shorter than the palea. Florets three to six, spreading, ciliated with long white hairs, rigid. Lower palea 
strongly nerved, narrowed into a rigid, scabrid, sharp awn. 
3. Triticum velutinum (Nees); totum molliter pubescens v. velutinum, culmis ceespitosis basi 
foliosis, foliis brevibus, spica pauci-6-S-flora, spiculis subconfertis breviusculis erectis 8-floris, flosculis 
patulis scaberulis, glumis nervosis subzequalibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis paleis brevioribus, palea infe- 
'riore nervosa in aristam brevem subulatam angustata.-—A gropyrum velutinum, Nees, in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
Bot. ii. 416. (Gunn, 110.) 
Has. Middlesex Plains and Surrey Hills, Gunz.—(Fl. Jan.) 
DisrRiB. Alps of Victoria. 
Very distinct from either of the former species.—Culms 4-13 foot high, strict, erect, stout, wholly covered, as 
are the leaves on both sides and their sheaths, with soft down. Leaves at the base of the culm short. Spikes short, 
14-2 inches long, of four to six broad, erect spikelets, which are rather crowded, and 4 inch broad. Glumes 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, shorter than the florets, which are about eight, and spreading. Lower palea nerved, 
scabrid, ending in a short, rigid, black awn. 
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