194r 



2. Lepturus cylindricus, Trin. 



Botanical name. — Cylindricus — Latin, cylindrical, in allusion to the 

 spike. 



Botanical description (B. PI., vii, 668). — 



Habit and foliage of L. incurvatus, in the Australian specimens usually shorter, more 

 tufted, the leaves not quite so narrow and the spikes rather thicker and more 

 frequently curved ; but these differences are generally reversed in Mediterranean 

 specimens. 



The terminal spikelet and the internal structure of the others the same in the two 

 species, but the L. cylindricus has always only one rigid five-nerved very 

 pointed outer empty glume instead of the two of L. incurvatus. 



Value as a fodder. — Not known, but probably small. 



Habitat and range. — Found in all the Colonies except Tasmania and 

 Queensland. In New South Wales, from the coast district to the 

 tableland, chiefly in salt-marshes, southwards from Liverpool Plains 

 to Victoria, and westward to the Eiverina. Pound also in the Mediter- 

 ranean region, South Africa, and Asia. 





