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4. Aristida Behriana, P.v.M. 



Botanical name. — Behriana, in honour of Dr. Herrmann Behr, a 

 German botanist long resident in South Australia. 

 Botanical description (B. FL, vii, 562). 

 Stems ascending, usually under 1 foot below the inflorescence. 

 Leaves subulate at the end, somewhat dilated at the base, and the upper sheaths 



often rather broad and loose. 

 Panicle dense, 2 to 3 inches long, and almost as broad, the spikelets nearly sessile. 

 Outer glumes nearly equal, the lowest fine-pointed, the second usually rather longer 



than the flowering glume. 

 Flowering glume about J inch long, with three nearly equal, sessile awns, fine and 

 above 1 inch, sometimes nearly 2 inches long. 



Value as a fodder. — Same as A. arenaria. 



Habitat and range. — Found in South Australia, Victoria, and 

 Queensland, besides our own Colony. In New South Wales it is 

 usually found in the interior, but it also occurs on the Dividing Range 

 and spurs at least as far south as Mudgee. 



5. Aristida leptopoda, Benth. 



Botanical name. — Leptopoda, from two Greek words, leptos, pous- 

 podos, signifying slender-stalked. 



Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 562). 



Stems rather stout, from scarcely 6 inches to 2 feet long. 



Leaves long and subulate, with rather broad loose sheaths. 



Panicle very loose, 6 inches to 1 foot high, with numerous long rigidly filiform 



branches at first erect, at length spreading horizontally, bearing few spikelets 



on filiform pedicels. 

 Outer glumes unequal, with long points, the longest usually about as long as the 



flowering glume. 

 Flowering glume 6 to 8 lines long, on a very short scarcely ciliate stipes, with three 



nearly sessile awns \ to 1 inch long. 

 Palea small and rigid. 



Value as a fodder. — Same remarks as under A. arenaria. 



Habitat and range. — Found iu South Australia, Victoria, and 

 Queensland, as well as New South Wales. In our Colony it extends 

 from the tableland to the interior. It is often found on good soil. 



6. Aristida vagans, Cay. 



Botanical name. — Vagans — Latin, straggling, in allusion to the 

 inflorescence. 



Vernacular name. — " Wandering Three-awned Spear-grass/' 

 Botanical description (B. FL, vii, 562). 



Stems slender, erect, and 1 to 2 feet high, or diffuse and much branched. 



Leaves slender, almost filiform, usually short. 



Panicle 3 to 6 inches long, at first narrow, at length branching and pyramidal, the 



pedicels very short. 

 Outer glumes usually dark-coloured, 2 to 3 lines long, the second longer than the 



lowest, both with one prominent nerve. 

 Flov;ering glume always longer than the outer ones and often twice as long. 

 Awns sessile, about 4 lines long. 

 Palea very short. 



