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3. Sporobolus diander, Beauv. 



Botanical name. — Diander, Greek dis, two, aner andros, a man (sta- 

 men), this grass having but two stamens in the flower. 



Where figured. — Duthie, Agricultural Gazette. 



Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 622). — An erect glabrous grass of 

 1 to 2 or even 3 feet. 



Leaves chiefly at the base, narrow, the upper sheaths not covering the stem. 



Panicle narrow but loosely pyramidal, 6 inches to about 1 foot long, the branches 

 scattered, at length spreading. 



Spikelets very shortly pedicellate or almost sessile, f to 1 line long. 



Outer empty glumes very obtuse ; hyaline, the upper one about \ line, the other 

 shorter. 



Flowering glume longer, slightly keeled, obtuse or almost acute. 



Palea broad, obtuse, faintly two-nerved, and not so readily splitting as in the other 

 species. 



Grain broadly obovoid, the pericarp not readily separable. 



Value as a fodder. — Like the preceding species, it has some value 

 when young, but when it becomes mature it is fibrous, and stock eat 

 it only when compelled to do so by hunger. It is said to be readily 

 eaten by horses and cattle at Lahore ; is also favourably mentioned at 

 Gujranwala and Shahpur in India. (Duthie.) 



Habitat and range. — Found in New South Wales and Queensland. 

 In New South Wales it is found from the coast to the Dividing Eange, 

 from the Blue Mountains north. As regards Queensland, Bailey says 

 it is always met with on good land, especially on river flats. It also 

 occurs in Asia. 



4. Sporobolus pulchellus, H.Br. 



Botanical name. — Pulchellus, Latin, pretty, the grass being orna- 

 mental when in flower. 



Botanical description (B. FL, vii, 623). — 



Stems tufted, 6 inches to 1 foot high. 



Leaves chiefly at the base, flat or keeled, broad or narrow, rather rigid, bordered by 

 rigid cilia, tuberculate at the base. 



Panicle loosely pyramidal, 2 to 5 inches long, with numerous capillary spreading 

 branches verticillate at regular intervals. 



Spikelets pedicellate, not § line long, shining. 



Glumes almost hyaline, rather obtuse, slightly keeled, the second outer empty one 

 and the flowering one nearly equal and similar, the lowest empty one about \ as 

 loug, narrow but obtuse. 



Palea very readily splitting in two. 



Grain globular, enclosed in a loose hyaline pericarp. 



Value as a fodder. — Similar to S. actinocladus , but not abundant. 



Habitat and range. — It extends from New South Wales to Northern 

 Australia. As regards New South Wales, it is found in the dry north 

 west. 



