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Triodia irritans, R. Br. Keith (Dist. T). 



Panicum prolutum, F. v. M. Reserve of railway reser- 

 voir, Bordertown (Dist. T). 



*F.estuca elatior, L., var. arundinacea, Hack. Millicent. 

 First record for South Australia. — Europe, temperate Asia, 

 and North Africa. 



* P entaschistis Thunbergii. Golden Grove (H. W. 

 Andrew). First record. Growing over a considerable patch 

 of ground. — A handsome South African grass, common near 

 Cape Town. Determination made at Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Kew. 



*Poa pratensis, L. Common about Millicent, especially 

 near drains and swamps ; Blue Lake, Mount Gambier ; Robe. 



*Agrostis verticillata, Vill. Common in wet ground at 

 Millicent. 



*Aira caryophyllea, L. Caroline scrub. 



*Polypogon maritimus, Willd. Woolley Lake, Beach- 

 port. Already recorded for Robe. 



* R ordeum maritimum, With. Millicent ; Bordertown. 



*Lagurus ovatus, L. Beachport; Caroline scrub. This 

 beautiful Mediterranean grass appears to be spreading all 

 round our coastline. 



Cyferaceae. 



Gyperus tenellus, L. Between Mount Gambier and Glen- 

 coe; Dismal Swamp (Dist. G). C. Gunnii, Hook. f. Myponga ; 

 near Onkaparinga River at Ambleside (Dist. A) ; between 

 Mount Gambier and Glencoe (Dist. G). 



Scirpus cernuus, Vahl. Onkaparinga River at Amble- 

 side ; Beachport ; Dismal Swamp ; drains at Millicent. S. 

 antarcticus, L. Between Glencoe and Lake Edward. 



Schoenus axillaris, (R. Br.) Poir. Millicent (Dist. G). 

 Almost all the spikelets examined contained 2 fertile flowers, 

 and, when ripe, 2 nuts, so that the early description by 

 Hooker f. (Fl. Nov. Zel., i. 274) seems to be more correct than 

 the later one by Bentham, Mueller, and others. S. nitens, 

 (R. Br.) Poir. Beachport; Millicent drains; Glenelg River. 

 S. apogon, Roem. et Schult. West of Bordertown (Dist. T). 



Gahnia trifida, Labill. Robe (C. D. Black) ; shores of 

 Lake George near Beachport (Dist. G). Locally known as 

 "Cutting Grass." Nut about 2 mm. long, black and shining 

 when ripe ; leaves very rough downwards. Gladium fihtm, R. 

 Br., which is scarcely to be distinguished from G. trifida 

 except by the long, narrow, light-coloured nut and the 

 smoother leaves, is also found at Robe. 



Carex Gun?iiana, Boott. Drains at Millicent. A form 

 remarkable for its broad leaves (to 9 mm.) with scabrous 



