50 THE FLORA OF THE NOETHBRN TEEEITOEY. 



Spikelets sessile, scattered, glabrous, above 1 line broad. — 5. E. 



eriopoda. 

 Spikelets shortly pedicellate, glabrous, about |-line broad. — 2. E. 



chaetophylla. 



Section III. — Spikelets very narrow, terete or nearly so. Glume closely 

 appressed. 



Spikelets 10 to 30, flowered, rather obtuse, shortly pedicellate in a small 

 panicle. — 7. E. lacunaria. 



Spikelets 12 to 50-flowered, obtuse, sessile, usually clustered, often in- 

 curved. — 6. E. falcata. 



Spikelets 8 to 10- flowered, rather acute, nearly sessile, divaricate, on the 

 spreading branches of the panicle. — 13. E. stenostachya. 



1. E. Brownii, Nees. — Hugh River, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 136), 4/5/1911. 



CuUen Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, Julv-August, 1911. 



60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (No. 290), 7/6/1911. 



Recorded. Islands of the' Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne ; Vic- 

 toria River and Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller ; Dampier's Archipelago, Walcot ; 

 Port Essington, Armstrong ; Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 210, 312, 453). 



Common Love Grass. Excellent for pasture. 



Var. interrupta, Benth. — Cullen and Edith Creeks, Gilruth and Spencer, 

 July-August, 1911. 



2. E. chcetophylla, Stevd. — Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. Hill (No. 

 57), 11/3/1911. 



90 miles N. ^ W. of Camp III., G. F. Hill (No. 352), 15/6/1911. 

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



3. E. concinna, Steud. — ^Edith Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, July- August, 

 1911. 



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



4. E. diandra, Stevd. — ^Near Haast's Blufl^, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. 

 Hill (No. 197), 22/5/1911. 



10 mUes W. of Hugh River, G. F. Hill (154a), 6/5/1911. 

 Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 585), 12/9/1911. On river banks. 

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



5. E. eriopoda, Benth.— 110 miles N. of Camp IV., G. F. Hill (No. 407), 

 1/7/1911. 



■ Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. Hill (No. 80), 12/3/1911. 

 Recorded. Cygnet Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; Dampier's Archi- 

 pelago, Walcot. 



6. E. falcata, Oaud. — ^Near Hugh River, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 139), 4/5/1911. Stunted specimens. 



7. E. lacunaria, F. v. iif .— 35 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (No. 252), 

 7/6/1911. 



8. E. laniflora, Benth. — Charlotte Waters towards West Australia, Giles. 



9. E. leptocarpa, Benth.— 35 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (No. 253), 

 7/6/1911 ; 10 miles W. of Hugh River, MacdonneU Ranges, G. F. Hill (No. 

 154), 6/5/1911. Alt., 2500 ft. Recorded. Charlotte Waters, Giles. 



10. E. pilosa, Beauv. — Near Haast's Bluff, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. 

 Hill, (No. 198), 22/5/1911. 



Weeping Love Grass. Weed in Queensland gardens, but good pasture 

 grass. 



