THE FLORA OP THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 31 



Borroloola, G. P. Hill, 23/2/1912. Specimen with smut. 



A good summer grass. 



" Excellent fooder grass. Probably one of the best grasses for horses in 

 the Northern part of the Northern Territory." 



Recorded. Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham ; Victoria River, Sturt's Creek 

 and Abel Tasman River, F. v. Mueller ; Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsborough, 

 GuUiver. 



11. A. intermedius, R.Br. — Newcastle Waters, G. P. Hill (No. 493), 

 7/7/1911. 



Five-mile Bar, MacArthur River, G. F. Hill (No. 742), 4/2/1912. 

 Recorded. Victoria River and Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller. 

 A good grass, producing a large quantity of excellent fodder. 



12. A. intrans, F. v. M. {Sorghum intrans, F. v. M.}. — ^Five-mile Bar, 

 MacArthur River, G. F. HiH (No. 739), 20/1/1912. 



MacArthur River, G. F. HiU (No. 731), 6/2/1912. 

 Northern Territory, G. F. Hill, 1911. 



Recorded. Arnhem's Land, F. v. Mueller ; Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 

 31, 149, 185) ; Lagrange Bay, Hughan. 



13. A. lancUus, R. Br. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Port Essington, Armstrong. 



14. A. monianus, Roxh. (Ghrysopogom parviflorus, Benth.). — Batchelor 

 Farm, G. F. HiU (2nd Series, No. 49), 23/1/1913. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



Scented golden-beard. 



Produces a large quantity of coarse fodder. 



15. A. procerus, R.Br. — ^Near Darwin, GUruth and Spencer, July- 

 August, 1911. 



Sandstone Ranges, near Tanumbirini, G. F. HiU (No. 812), 26/3/1912. 

 Among rocks. 



Haast's Bluff, MacdonneU Ranges, G. F. HiU (No. 182), 17/5/1911 Alt 

 4000 ft. 



AUce Springs, G. F. HiU (No. 128), 24/4/1911. 



Recorded, Groote Island, R. Brown ; Upper Victoria River, F. v Mueller • 

 Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 60, 147, 150, 241, 262). 



Lavender-scented grass on hiUs. 



16. A. refractus, R.Br. — Port Essington, Armstrong. 

 Barbed-wire grass. 



A coarse pasture-grass. 



17. A. sericeus, R.Br. — ^Abraham's Lagoon, GUruth and Spencer Julv- 

 August, 1911. 



Top Spring, G. F. HiU (No. 549), 31/8/19n-. 



Borroloola, G. F. ffiU (No. 693), 14/2/1912. 



Bauhinia Downs, Tanumbirini, G. F. Hill (No. 818), 26/3/1912. Very 

 good stock grass ; grows in rich soU. 



55 miles S.E. of Newcastle Waters, G. F. HUl (No. 511), 26/3/1911. 



Blue grass ; exceUent for pasture. 



Var. polystachyus, Benth. — Victoria River and Sturt's Creek, F. v. MueUer ; 

 Albert River and Sweers Island, Henne ; Escape CUffs, Hulse. 



Tassel Blue Grass. 



18. A. triticeus, R.Br. — ^Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 R.Br. ; Arnhem's Land, M'Kinlay ; Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 30) ; Port 

 Essington, Armstrong ; Bountiful Island, Henne. 



