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the base point to a different genus. P. papuana, and, perhaps, also 
= nun yore are evidently the grasses which Sir Ferdinand 
Mueller ORDER as Festuca pusilla (Trans. Roy. Soc 
7. e 1. , Pt. 2, p. 38). 
Festuca monantha, Stap/ ; affinis F. papuane, Stapf, sed culmis 
alte vaginatis foliis brevioribus, vaginis inferioribus brevibus, 
spiculis 1-floribus m glumis valvam equantibus, ovario 
apice pilosulo divers 
Gramen dense er innovationibus intravaginalibus. 
Culmi graciles, erecti, levissim i, 4 ped. alti, tota piene 
vaginati. Folia Sra Xp ge ta ; vagi inse lateraliter com press 
obtuse carinate, firm 1—9-nerves, persistentes, basales 3 job. 
longe ; ligule ioannis; obtuse subaur riculate ; lamin:e erecte, 
setace®, eite plicatze, subacute, 4 poll. pede rigide, v vix costata, 
eves. "Panicula linear ris, ne 2 poll. longa, erecta ; rami 
distantes, Kinplicee, rhachi angulate scabra appresse, 3-2-spicu late, 
versi aim longiores circiter 3 poll. longs ; pedicelli crassiusculi, 
1-fü 
ramis similes, laterales ad 1 lin. longi. Spicule orm, fere 
211 in. toita; virides; rhachillæ processus a scaberulus. 
Glume lanceolate, acuminate mbranaceo-marginate, cæterum 
herbaces, inferior 2 lin. pa udo cane ite d nervis, superior 
emn en latior 3-nervis. Valva lineari-lanceolata (a neis 
am tenuem subequilongam abeuns, supern 
Saar, » -nervis, glumam superiorem æquans vel ea subbrevior. 
Palea va — æquans, carinis superne scabris. Lodicule fimbriate. 
Anthere 4-% lin. longe. | Ovarium sont minute pilosulum. 
Caryopsis ‘oblonga; hilum medium exceden 
Mount Scratchley, 12200 ft. 
Festuca a ih affinis F. tige riens Lam., inter 
species antarcticas, F. ovine, Linn., su ubsp. 7 . frigide, Hack., isl 
species ceci ve eteris ; £ ab Tiüfte ’ foli iis longis, valvarum nerv 
magis conspicuis; ab illa preterea vaginis fere ad os inte egris, ab 
a pre 
c ra oe panicula longiore, AD Ms paullo majori- 
bus dive 
Gramen E es innovationibus ee rade 
crebris. Culmi erecti 1-2 ped. alti, levissimi, vix ad mediu 
vaginati. Folia numerosa ad basin subtlabellatim arcte émet : 
vagina lateraliter Vis oie ql Vera carinatz, fere ad os integra, 
exteriores 5-7- interiores 3- es, Ls No penas ; ligule brevis- 
sime, obtuse s übanricnlate lamine erect®, setacese, arcte plicatz, 
fere lev 
Eee carte, So poll. longa ; rahis angulata, scabrida, stricta ; 
rami iT rhachi appressi, subsimplices, inferiores ad 
1j p et 5-8-spi p filiformes, scaberuli ; pedicelli 
i iem. dites les = = lin. longi. Spicule 3—4-florz, 
34 lin. longe, purpur vel nigro-fuscescentes vel bas 
valvarum virides. Giz ino paullo inzquales, o Shlonptlancéclates, 
carinate, 3-nerves, leves vel superne obscure asperuls, inferior 
circiter 2 lin., superior 91 "lin. longa. Valve dissite, lanceolate 
in aristam breve m abeuntes, superne scaberule vel subleves, 
ulae, 5-nerves, nervis prominulis.  Palec valvas sequantes, 
