hae 15 
Me sometimes notched, the awn very fine, 3 to 4 lines long. Terminal 
: empty glume very obtuse or truncate, slightly emarginate, the aw 
_ nearly as long as that of the flowering glume. 
i Hab.: Banks of the Burke, Boulia. ’ 
ASTREBLA, F. v. M. 
_ perplexing. When recently out on the Diamantina and Georgina I 
_ placed them under the one which was first discovered—viz., A. 
4 Seng F.y. M. (the Danthonia pectinata, Lindl., in Mitch. Three 
Exped. ii, 26), 
: DIFFERENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS. 
_ A p. var. pectinata. Common Mitchell Grass. Spikelets 
Woolly, closely imbricate, forming a broad spike 8 or 4 in. long, glossy 
ae when sterile or before the spikelets mature; the spikes bearing matured 
Spikelets, very rough, and resembling a scrubbing-brush, smooth on the 
_ one side. Plants forming erect tussocks of 2 or 
4. Dp. var. triticoides,. Wheat-eared Mitchell Grass. Spikelets 
_ Woolly, scarcely so closely imbricate as the last, or In some dis ant ; 
_ torming the same solitary, broad flat spike 5 or 6 in. long, and bearing 
¥ the Tough woolly burrs all on the one side. Plant taller and coarser 
4 than the last, attaining the height of 4 or 5 ft. 
_ A. ). var. curvifolia. Curly Mitchell Grass. Spikelets woolly, 
Close or distantly arranged along one side of each spike. Spikes 
z 
y 2, narrow, often nodding, 8 or 9 in. long. Plant forming 
Sage tufts 1 or 2 ft. high, the leaves narrow and much curved. 
Ap. var. el ing Mitchell Grass. Spikelets 
yds . Clymoides. Weeping Mitchell G1 P 
: na narrow, nearly glabrous, ung cat parallel pairs appressed to 
thachis. Spike slender, solitary, often attaining more than 1 ft. in 
eugth. Plant decumbent, the stems several feet long. z 
ncaa meth of the awns or their direction is not constant enough to use for a 
Una SPOROBOLUS, B. Br. ee ee 
. onder the name S. virginicus, Kunth. in the “Flora Austratiens! 
pa 621, and other publiewtions upon the flora, three distinct reed 
Pathe —two of these being only met with in or near brac 
i. T, and One in or near fresh water. 
me ttginicus roper is the stout-stemmed erect grass, with 
near eaten eee asek leaves, found on the brackish marshy lands 
18 coast. Of this there is a smaller form. . 
aw itsinicus, var. minor, Bail., which is found in similar 
“Pa ous, but often further from the coast. Both have paige 
"8 and more or less elongated stems by which the plants spread. 
