Chloris.] CLIII. GRAMINE^. 1895 



narrow, keeled, 3-nerved, the fine awn 3 to 6 lines long, with a point or narrow 

 lob3 on each side. Terminal empty glume broadly linear, 2-lobed, with an awn 

 between the lobes sometimes as long as that of the flowering glume. 



Hab.: Eeppel and Shoalwater Bays and Broadsound, B. Brown ; Bockhampton and neigh- 

 t>ouring distiiots, Bowman, Thozet, O'Shanesy and others ; Moreton Bay, C. Stuart ; Darling 

 Downs. 



This grass is not in favour with some pastoralists, but nevertheless it provides a pasture for 

 sheep during winter and ^the early months of summer, when feed is usually scarce. It 

 makes a very fair quantity of leafy growth prior to seeding. 



6. C> acicularis (needle-like), Lindl. in Mitch. Trap. Austr. 23 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vii. 612. A glabrous erect grass of 1 to 2ft. Leaves flat, the lower sheaths 

 broad and flattened. Spikes 6 to 12 or even more, at first erect but at length 

 horizontally spreading as in C. divarieata, 8 to 4in. long, slender and often 

 purplish. Speiklets rather distant. Outer glumes narrow, keeled, tapering to 

 fine points, the lowest IJ to 2 lines, the 2nd 3 lines long. Flowering glume 

 about 2 lines, narrow, 3-nerved, tapering into an awn of about -Jin., with some- 

 times but not always a short point on each side at the base. Palea long, narrow, 

 prominently 2-nerved. Terminal empty glume with an awn sometimes as long 

 as that of the flowering glume but usually shorter. — Turner Austr. Gr. 16 ; C. 

 Moorei, P. v. M. in Linnsa, xxv. 444. 



Hab. : Southern inland localities. 



6. C. truncata (truncate), R. Br. Prod. 186 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 612. A 

 glabrous erect grass of 1 to 3ft. Leaves usually flat but narrow, with flattened 

 sheaths. Spikes 6 to 10, slender, 3 to 6in. long, at length horizontally spreading. 

 Spikelets numerous but not crowded, euneate, 1 to IJ line long without the 

 awns. Lowest outer glume very small, almost setaceous, the 2nd narrow and 

 fine pointed, about as long as the spikelet. Flowering glume oblong, obtuse, 

 keeled, slightly ciliate, with a fine awn of 3 to 6 lines. Terminal empty glume 

 much shorter and broader, raised to the level of the flowering glume and flat- 

 iopped, giving the spikelet its euneate truncate form. — Kunth. Rev. Gram. t. 178 ; 

 Turner Ag. Gaz. N.S.W. ii. PI. 



Hab.: Condamine River and Bokhara Flats, Leichhardt; and many other southern localities. 

 This is a tall, good pasture grass either for sheep or cattle. It also makes excellent hay. 



7. C. ventricosa (referring to the inflated spikelet), R. Br. Prod. 186 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 613. Blue Star Grass. Usually rather taller than C. 

 truncata, often above 2ft. high, with few flat leaves. Spikes 5 to 7 in the 

 typical specimens, 3 to 4in. long. Spikelets euneate and obtuse as in C. truncata, 

 but larger, from 1^ to 2 lines long, and often but not always dark-coloured. 

 Flowering glume broad, very obtuse, embracing the much smaller terminal one, 

 which is raised and truncate as in 0. truncata, usually emarginate, the awns of 

 both much shorter than the spikelet. — Bail. 111. Mono. Gr. Q. i.; 0. sclerantha, 

 Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 31. 



Hab.: Bokhara Flats, Lachhardt; Bowen Downs, Birch; Armadilla, Barton. 



A good pasture and hay grass. 



Var. tenuis. Stems 1 to IJft. high. Leaves short and narrow. Spikes 3 to 5, about 2in. 

 long. Spikelets smaller with longer awns, but with the broad flowering glume embracing the 

 barren terminal one as in the typical form.- -Hab.: Bockhampton, O'Shanesy; Nerkool Creek, 

 Bowman, 



Another long-awned form has spikes of 3 to 4in. — ^Hab.: Bowen Downs, Birch (F. v. M.). 



8. C barbata (bearded), Sw.; Kunth, Enum. i. 264, mr. decora ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. vii. 613. A glabrous grass with flat leaves and loose leaf-sheaths, 

 •closely resembling the common C. barbata, but the spikes dense, the awns longer 

 and only one terminal empty glume instead of the two of the typical form. 

 Spikes 6 to 10, 1| to 2in. long. Outer glumes 1 to 1| line long, narrow, thin 



