30 THE FLORA OF THE NOETHBRN TEEEITOEY. 



Lat. 29 degrees, 16 minutes, N.T. Survey Route, G. F. Hill (No. 427), 

 4/7/1911. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Victoria River, 



F. V. Mueller ; Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 188) ; Escape Cliffs, Hulse ; Arn- 

 hem's Land, M'Kinlay. 



Good feed before seeding. 



5. A. bomhycinus, R.Br. — Sandstone Ranges, near Tanumbirini, G. F. 

 HUl (No. 811), 26/3/1912. 



Amongst rocks not plentiful, of doubtful fodder value. 



Black Rocks, MacArthur River, G. F. Hill (No. 652), 23/10/1911. 



6. A. contortus, Linn (Heteropogon contortus. Eoem. and Schult). — Ash- 

 burton Range, Newcastle Waters, G. F. Hill (No. 483), 29/7/1911. 



Roper River, Gihuth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 



Newcastle Waters, G. F. HiU (No. 467), 15/7/1911. 



Between Borroloola and Tanumbirini, G. F. Hill (No. 813), 26/3/1912. 

 On boggy country. 



Okey Creek, G. F. HUl (No. 785), 16/2/1912. On plains. 



Head of Kilgour River, G. F. HiU (No. 467), 30/8/1911. 



Northern Territory, GUruth and Spencer, July -August, 1911. 



Recorded. Islands of the North Coast, R. Brown ; Victoria River, EJsey ; 

 Strangeways River, M'Douall Stuart ; Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 10, l46, 

 151) ; Sweers Island, Henne. 



Bunch spear grass. 



By nO means a desirable grass. Frequently bores into the skin and in- 

 testines of animals, causing fatal iaUammation and peritonitis. Cattle eat it 

 when it is young, but it has been stated that in Ceylon they do not touch it. 



7. A. dongatus, Spreng. {Chrysopogon elongatus, Benth.). — Borroloola, 



G. F. HUl, 23/2/1912. Near creeks and springs. 



Edith Creek, GUruth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 

 North Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, G. F. HiU (No. 619), 20/10/1911. 

 Recorded. Coen River, Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Albert River, 

 Landsborough ; Sweers Island, Henne. 



8. A. exaltatus, R.Br. — ^Meyer's Camp, near Haast's Bluff, Macdonnell 

 Ranges, G. F. HUl (No. 193), 23/5/1911. Alt., 4000 ft. 



Var. lanatus. iJ.5r.— Near Darwin, G. F. HUl (2nd Series, 93), 26/7/1913. 

 Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. HUl (No. 70), 11/3/1911. 

 Recorded. Islands of the North Coast, R. Brown ; Sturt's Creek, F. v. 

 MueUer ; Dampier's Archipelago, A. Cunningham ; Walcot. 



9. A. fragilis, R. Brown. — ^Upper Victoria River, F. v. MueUer ; Port 

 Darwin, Schultz. 



10. A. Gryllus, Linn. (Chrysopogon Gryllus, Trin). — ^Near Hermansburg, 

 Finke River, G. F. HUl (Nos. 102 and 103), 20/3/1911. 



Borroloola, G. F. HiU (Nos. 609, 713 and 790), 9/10/1911 ; 13 and 25/1/1912. 

 Five MUe Bar, MacArthur River, G. F. HiU (Nos. 737 and 738), 25 and 

 28/1/1912. 



Near Hugh River, MacdonneU Ranges, G. F. HUl (No. 140), 4/5/1911. 



Roper River, GUruth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 



Okey Creek, G. F. HiU (No. 781), 16/2/1912. 



Northern Territory, GUruth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 



Borroloola to Roper River, G. F. HUl, (No. 814), 26/3/1912. 



60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. HiU (No. 291), 7/6/1911. 



40 mUes S.S.W. of Newcastle Waters, G. F. HiU (No. 457), 8/7/1911. 



