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Recorded. N.W. Coast, Point Cunningham, Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham, 

 Enderby Island, Walcot. 



2. P. argenteum, It. Br. — Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 R. Brown. 



Silver-spiked Grass. A decorative as well as a useful pasture grass. 



3. P. Buncei, F. v. if.— Near Bauhinia Downs, G. P. Hill (No. 821), 

 22/3/1912. 



Sandy soil near creeks. Fair stock grass. 

 Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 607), 9/10/1911. 



4. P. capillipes, Benth. — Batchelor Farm, G. F. Hill (2nd Series, No. 42), 

 23/1/1913. 



Recorded. Escape CUfFs, Hulse ; Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 806). 



5. P. colonum, Benth. — Port Essington, Armstrong ; Upper Victoria 

 River, F. v. Mueller. 



A good fodder grass. 



6. P. Grus-galli.—Lake Woods, G. F. HiU (No. 484), 3/8/1911. 

 Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 727), 13/1/1911. 



Recorded. Victoria River and M'Adam Range, F. v. Mueller. 

 Cockshin Grass. Excellent fodder. Seeds form bird food. 



7. P ctenanthum, F. v. M. — Hooker's and Sturt's Creeks, F. v. Mueller ; 

 Dampier's Archipelago, Walcot. 



8. P. decompositum, B. Br. — Five-mile Bar, MacArthur River, G. F. 

 Hill (No. 741), 6/2/1912. 



Newcastle Waters, G. F. Hill (No. 476), 17/7/1911. 



Cullen Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 



10 miles W. of Hugh River, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. Hill (No. 155), 

 6/5/1911. Alt., 2500 ft. 



Camp III., Lander Creek, G. F. Hill (No. 320), 10/6/1911. 



Recorded. Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Victoria and Fitzmaurice 

 Rivers, F. v. Mueller ; Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham. Barley Grass, Papa 

 Grass, an excellent pasture grass. Seed used by natives as food. 



9. P. distachyum, Linn. — ^Northern Territory, Gilruth and Spencer, July 

 August, 1911. 



10. P. flavidum, Betz. — Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



11. P. foliosum, B. Br.— Okey Creek, G. F. Hill (No. 783), 16/2/1912. 

 A good fodder grass ; good foliage and abundance of grain. 



12. P. gibbosum, R. Br. — ^North Coast, R. Brown ; Victoria River, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



13. P- Gilesii, Benth. — Charlotte Waters, Giles. 



14. P gracile, B. Br. — Port Essington, Armstrong. 



15. P helopus, Trin. Var. glabrior, Benth. — Lower Victoria River 

 F. V. Mueller. 



16- P. holosericeum, R. Br. — Near Western Creek, G. F. Hill (No 752) 

 15/2/1912. 



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

 F. V. Mueller ; Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 14, 113, 136, 138, 830) ; Arnhem's 

 Land, M'Kinlay. 



17. P. indicum, Linn. — ^Near M'Adam Range, F. v. Mueller ; Port Dar- 

 wm, Schultz (No. 184) ; between Norman and Gilbert Rivers, Gulliver. 



