632 CLIV. GRAMINEjE. 



Eragrostis — contd. 



Section II.- — Megastachya. 



diandra, St end. 



Brownii, Nces. = Poa polymorpha, R. Br. — Common Love 

 Grass ; excellent for pasture. 

 var. interrupta, Benth. — There are two distinct forms of this 

 variety; the one most frequently met with on the coast 

 attains the length of several feet ; the one common in our 

 pastures is more upright in growth, with slender stems, 

 and the cluster of spikelets much smaller. 

 var. patens, Benth. 



var. schistacea. Bail., Q\. Bot. Bull. xvi. (1903) 2. 

 var. pubescens, Bail. — A very delicate grass. (Fig. 601.) 



concinna, St end. 



speciosa, Steitd. — By some this is placed as a form of E. 

 Brownii. It is a tropical grass, and one of the best fodder 

 species for those parts. I do not, however, find any of my 

 specimens with obtuse glumes. 



laniflora, Benth. 



eriopoda, Benth. 



chsetophylla, St end. 



Rankingi, Bail. — A delicate but good pasture-grass. 



stricta, Bail. — Only known from a fragmentary specimen from 

 the Walsh River. 



Section III. — Cylindrostachya. 



lacunaria, F. v. M. 



falcata, Gaudich. 



stenostachya, Stead. 



bifaria, var. australiana, Bail.- — Only known from the Walsh 

 River. 

 Ectrosia, R. Br. — All are good pasture-grasses. 



leporina, R. Br. — Hare's-tail Grass. 

 var. micrantha, Benth. 



Gulliveri, F. v. M. 

 Heterachne, Benth. 



Brownii, Benth. — A good pasture-grass. 



Gulliveri, Benth. — A good pasture-grass. 



Subtribe V . — Centothecece. 



Centotheca, Desv. 



lappacea, Desv. — The common Scrub Burr Grass of the 

 tropical scrubs. 

 var. biflora, Benth. 



