1906 CLIII. GBAMINE^. [Eragrostis. 



Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander ; Islands of Moreton Bay. 



Var. patem. Panicle loose, often spreading. Spikeleta rather small, most of them shortly 

 pedicellate. A common southern variety. A good pasture grass. 

 The species appears to be widely spread in East India. 



10. E. concinna (neat), Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 279 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 647. 

 A rigid tufted grass under 1ft. and often under 6in. high. Leaves convolute, 

 subulate, erect, glabrous except a few cilia at the orifice and margins of the 

 slieaths. Panicle reduced to an interrupted spike shorter than the leaves. 

 Spikelets sessile or nearly so, in dense clusters but not numerous, erect, very flat, 

 pale- coloured, 3 to 5 lines long and 1^ lines broad, with 10 to 20 or even more 

 flowers, the rhachis at length articulate. Flowering glumes closely distichous, 

 rather rigid, If lines long, the lateral nerve on the middle of each side very 

 prominent. Palea rather broad, the keels ciliated especially in the upper half 

 with long rigid cilia. Stamens 2, with very small anthers. — Poa concinna, E. 

 Br. Prod. 180. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown. 



11. B. speciosa (showy), Steud. Syn. Olum. i. 279; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 

 699. Stems 2 to 3ft. high. Leaves long and narrow, convolute, almost filiform, 

 glabrous. Panicle long and narrow or with'a few long erect branches, the lower 

 ones distant. Spikelets sessile, more or less clustered, glabrous, of a pale or 

 leaden colour, very flat and neat, 3 to 6 lines long, about J line broad, with 10 to 

 20 flowers in some specimens, as many as 40 in others, the rhachis scarcely 

 articulate. Glumes very thin, obtuse, f line long, the lateral nerve prominent at 

 the base on each side. Palea not J as long, curved, truncate, persistent. Stamens 

 2 in the flowers examined. — Poa elegans, R. Br. Prod. 181 ; F. speciosa, Boem. 

 and Schult. Syst. ii. 573. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown; Robinson Eiver, Armit ; Gracemere, 

 O'Shanesy ; King's Creek, Bowman. 



12. E. laniflora (woolly flowers), Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 648. Rhizome and 

 somewhat bulbous bases of the stems woolly-hairy. Stems 1 to Ifft. high, 

 slightly cottony at ths nodes. Leaves narrow, flat, with scabrous sheaths. 

 Panicle loose, 1 to 6in. long, with few divaricate or reflexed scabrous branches. 

 Spikelets very shortly pedicellate and not numerous, divaricate or reflexed, very 

 flat, 4 to Sin. long, nearly 2 lines broad, with 20 to 50 flowers, the rhachis tardily 

 articulate. Glumes rather broad, very thin, closely distichous, enveloped at the 

 base in woolly hairs. Palea nearly as long, the keels ciliate with soft hairs near 

 the base. Stamens 3, with rather long anthers. Grain globular. 



Hab. ; An inland species. 



13. Zi. eriopoda (woolly base), Benth. FL Austr. vii. 648. Stems 1 to 

 l^ft. high, somewhat bulbous and densely woolly at the base. Leaves very 

 narrow, short, the lower sheaths pubescent or hirsute. Panicle in some 

 specimens reduced to an interrupted spike, in others divided into spreading 

 branches. Spikelets nearly sessile, scattered or in pairs, very flat, 3 to 9 lines 

 long, above 1 line broad, with 10 to 30 or more flowers. Glumes closely 

 distichous but rather spreading, obtuse, almost hyaline with a dark green nerve 

 Stamens 2, with rather large anthers. 



Hab.: An inland species. 



14. E. chsetophylla (bristle-like leaves), Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 279 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. vii. 648. Stems from a shortly thickened almost "bulbous slightly 

 woolly-hairy base densely tufted, slender but rigid, 6in. to 1ft. high, often leafy 

 to the inflorescence. Leaves very narrow, convolute or setaceous, glabrous. 

 Panicle narrow, li to Bin. long, shortly branched. Spikelets usually rather 



