Pamcum.] CLIII. GRAMINEJ!. 1831 



<spikelet; second and third glumes nearly equal, membranous, 5 or 7-iierved', 

 glabrous, the 3rd rather longer than the 2nd, with a broad acuminate rather 

 rigid palea, but no stamens in any of the spikelets examined. Fruiting glume 

 ■obtuse, about J the length of the outer ones, smooth and shining. 

 Hab.: Bokhaia Flats, Leichhardt. 



I. have some hesitation in proposing this species, which has much the aspect of a few 

 -specimens of P. repens, but there appears to be no male flower in the 3rd glume which I have 

 invariably fount! in P. repens.— Beath. 



43. ]P. bicolor (2-eoloured), R. Br. Prod. 191 ; Benth. Bl. AiMr. vii. 487. 

 •Usually a small slender tufted grass, with much the habit of some species .of 

 Aira or Aijrostis, but sometimes above Iffc. high, approaching in habit the P. 

 ■'inelaimntkum. Leaves linear, usually very narrrow, more or less hairy especially 

 at the orifice of the sheath, rarely quite glabrous, the ligula very short, ciliate. 

 Panicle usually only 2 or Sin. long, loose and slender but rather narrow, but 

 sometimes larger and spreading, the branches capillary and flexuose, not 

 -clustered and not much divided. Spikelets all pedicellate, about 1 line long, 

 ■glabrous. Outer glume acute, 3-nerved, fully | as long as the spikelet ; 2ad and 

 ■3rd glumes nearly equal, acute, about 5-nerved, 3rd with a palea but no stamens. 

 Fruiting glume smooth and shining. — Turn. Ag. Gaz. N.S.W. iii. 



Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, Bailey ; Eookhampton, O'Shanesy ; 

 Herbert's Creek, Bowman. 



44. P. melananthum (flowers dark-coloured), l-i . v. M. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 

 1885, -17; Benth. hi. Austr. vii. 488. A glabrous grass of 2 to 4ft. or more, 

 ■decumbent at the base and perhaps annual. Leaves flat and rather broad, the 

 ligula exceedingly short, ciliate. Panicle sessile or nearly so within the last leaf, 

 large and loose, with very numerous much divided capillary branches, scattered 

 along the main rhachis and very rarely clustered. Spikelets all pedicellate, about 

 1 line long, acute, glabrous, often dark-coloured. Outer glume ovate, acute, 

 1 or sometimes 3-nerved, nearly J the length of the spikelet ; 2nd and 3rd glumes 

 nearly equal, acute, rather broad, niembvanous with usually 5 not prominent 

 nerves, the 3rd quite empty without any palea. Fruiting glume smooth and 

 shining. — Turn. Ag. Gaz. ISi.S.W. iii. 



Hab,: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, Bailey. 



45. P. *miliaceiim (Millet-like), LtJiB.; Spec. PL 58. The " Little Millet." 

 An annual from 2 to 4ft. high. Stems stout, leafy and branching. Leaves 

 linear, acute, 6 to 12in. long, glabrous or hairy, margins scabrous, the sheaths 

 loose and deeply grooved, with reflexed hairs, the ligula of long hairs. Panicle 

 nodding. Spikelets pedicellate, ovoid, about 2 lines long, outer glume acute, 

 3-nerved, above half as long as the broad membranous 7 to 11-nerved 2nd and 

 <3rd glumes. Fruiting glume smooth and shining. 



Hab.: This grass is cultivated in most hot countries and the specimens which have been sent 

 to me from time to time may have been strays from cultivation. 



46. P. Prenticeanum (after Dr. Chtas. Prentice), Bail. 3rd. Suppl. S;/. Q, 

 ■Fl. A tall branching grass often attaining over lOtfc. in height. Stems slend«r, 

 hard, seldom exceeding Jin. diameter, often rooting from the lower nodes ; upper 

 nodes with a ring of short silky hairs. Leaves 6 to lOin. long, ^in. broad, 

 tapering into long narrow points ; midrib prominent, slightly pubescent ; sheaths 

 very loose and pubescent, much shorter than the lamina ; ligula ciliate. Panicle 

 about Gin. long ; rhachis pubescent, pedunculate above the last leaves, much 

 branched, the branch slender erecto-patent, the lower ones often clustered. 

 'Spikelets pedicellate,- about 1 line long, slightly pubescent. Outer glume scarcely 

 acute, ^ or f the length of the others, 3-nerved ; 2nd and 3rd glumes nearly equal 



