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{8-10 mm. long with the stipes), clothed with rich golden or 

 •dark-brown hairs, and usually with a small "neck" or 

 'collar" at the summit, owing to the hairs being much 

 shorter at that spot. The panicle appears to be always 

 embraced at base by the swollen sheath of the uppermost 

 leaf. ' The northern specimens are slender and about 40 cm. 

 high, with glabrous nodes; those from Keith and the sea- 

 •coast are stouter, with pubescent nodes. The determination 

 of the Yunta specimens was kindly confirmed by Mr. J. W. 

 Audas, of the National Herbarium of Victoria. 



S. scabra, Lindl., nov. var. auriculata. Variat liguld 

 a nilateraliter auriculata. Laura; Yunta; Mount Gunson ; 

 Minnipa. The orifice of the leaf -sheath has on one side a 

 long erect lobe or auricle, which is continuous with the short 

 ciliate ligule. The lower sheaths are often pubescent with 

 spreading hairs, and the panicle is loose and clasped by the 

 base of the uppermost sheath. It is a less slender grass 

 than the type, and the leaf-blades are always scabrous. 



S. setacea, R. Br. Leigh Creek. Stems slender but 

 stiff, to 70 cm. high; ligule short, glabrous; leaf-sheath 

 silky at the orifice. 



Calamaqrostis aemula, Steud. Yunta (border of Dists. 

 S and M). ' 



Glyceria ramigera, F. v M. Frome River, Marree. Mr. 

 E. H. Russell, the well-known pastoralist, called this ' 'Cane- 

 grass/' so apparently that name is applied in our Far North 

 both to G. ram if/era and Spinifex 'paradoxus. 



*Schismus fa&'ciculatus, Beauv. Yunta. 

 *A vena fatua, L. "Wild Oat." Flowering on the 

 plains at Marree in October. 



Cyperaceae. 



Scirpus pungent, Vahl. Growing round a mound spring, 

 Marree (Dist. C). 



JUNCACEAE. 



Juncus pauciflorus, R. Br. Beetaloo ; Wirrabara (Dist. 

 N). 



Casuarinaceae. 



Gasuarina lepidopholia, F. v. M. Moolooloo (S. A. 

 White); along W T indy Creek, near Leigh Creek (Dist. S). 

 Locally called "Black Oak." Tree about 5 m. high, with 

 dark bark; branches mostly erect-spreading, only a few of 

 the lowest drooping ; male trees far exceeding the females in 

 number; sheathing teeth 9-11. 



