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4. Danthonia pallida, R. Br. 



Botanical name. — Pallida, Latin, pale, in allusion to the colour of 

 the inflorescence. 



Synonym. — Danthonia penicillata, F.v.M. in Census. 

 Venacular names. — " Silver-grass " ; " White-topped grass." 

 Where figured. — Trinius ; Agricultural Gazette. 

 Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 592). 



Stems 2 feet high or more, often rigid, but not stout. 



Leaves long, terete when dry, very narrow and sometimes as slender as in D. longi- 

 folia, the sheaths more or less ciliate at the orifice. 



Panicle usually loosely branched, pale-coloured, 3 to 6 inches long. 



Spilcelets rather numerous, the outer glumes under ^ inch long. 



Flowering glumes three or four, not exceeding the outer ones, with long hairs on the 

 back as well as on the margins, but scattered or in vertical lines, without the 

 transverse ring of D. semiannularis ; lateral lobes lanceolate, three-nerved at the 

 base, often scarious upwards, but the central nerve continued to the apex or 

 produced into a point or short awn. 



Var. subracemosa, Benth : Panicle narrow, very little branched. 

 Marginal hairs of the flowering glumes copious, those on the backless 

 so than in the typical form. 



Northern rivers, New South Wales ; also in Queensland. 



Value as a fodder. — A good grass yielding abundance of palatable 

 fodder. 



Habitat and range. — Found in all the colonies. In New South 

 Wales from the coast districts to the table-lands. 



5. Danthonia longifolia, E.Br. 



Botanical name. — Longifolia, Latin, long-leaved. 

 Synonym. — Danthonia penicillata, F.v.M. in Census. 

 Vernacular name. — " White-topped Grass/'' 

 Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 593). 



Stems densely tufted, 1 to 2 feet high. 



Lea ves long and filiform, often rather rigid and curved, quite glabrous without any 



cilia at the orifice of the sheath. 

 Panicle dense, pale-coloured, ovate or narrow, 3 to 4 inches long. 

 Outer glumes exceeding the spikelet, 4 to 6 lines long. 

 Flowering glumes three to five, very short, almost covered with soft hairs, the upper 



ones very long, the two lobes broad and short, usually with long awns, very fine 



as well as the longer central one. 



Value as a fodder. — A good pasture grass. 



Habitat and range. — Found in Victoria, New South Wales, and 

 Queensland. In New South Wales it extends from the coast west as 

 far as New England and Wellington. 



6. Danthonia robusta, F.v.M. 



Botanical name. — Robusta, Latin, strong, sturdy; this grass being 

 large and coarse. 



Vernacular name. — ^Kibbony Grass " of Mount Kosciusko. 

 Where figured. — Agricultural Gazette. 



