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planae vel saepius convolutae; vagina folii culmei supremi paniculae partem inferiorem fulcrans, lamina 
saepe usque 1 dm longa paniculam superans; panicida subdensa, oblongo-cylindrica, pallida, circa 7 — 8 cm 
longa, spiculis majoribus. 
Nord- Australien: Victoria River (F. v. Mueller, XII. 1855). 
Spiculae circiter 9 — 9.5 mm longae; glumae subacuminatae, glabrae vel margine ciliatae, I. 5-nervis, 
II. 7-nervis; aristae circa 5 mm longae. 
ß) f. plupinepve f. n. 
Habitu varietatis formae descriptae optime respondet, sed ditfert spiculis minoribus tantum circa 
7 mm longis, gluma II. 9 — 11-nervi, aristis vix 4 mm longis. 
West -Queensland: Gloncurry (Domin, II. 1910). — An varietas propria? 
g) var. purpurascens, 
F. purpurascens R. Br. Prodr. 185 (1810). 
Mediocriter altum, caespitosum, foliis planis sed convolutis intermixtis; panicula subdensa, lanceolato- 
cylindrica; spiculae majores cum aristis usque 9 mm longae; nervis glumellarum saepius plus numerosis 
et prominulis; aristae coloratae. 
Nord -Australien: Islands of the Gulf of Garpentaria (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802—05 
No. 5250 P. purpurascens R. Br.!); folia cum vaginis glabrescentia (in descriptione [1. c] »foliis pubes- 
centibus« scriptum legimus); culmi sub panicula minute pubescentes, glumae tantum subpubescentes. 
Offenbar kommen stärker und schwach behaarte Formen dieser Varietät vor. 
h) var. pubiculme v. n. 
Gracile usque plus 4 dm altum; culmi insuper longe nudi (nec foliati), sub panicula tractu longo 
pilis patentibus longioribus pubescentes; folia angusta, convoluta vel partim plana, parum scabra, unacum 
vaginis pubescenti-hirsuta; panicula cylindrica vel oblongo-cylindrica, subdensa; spiculae majores; glufnae 
pubescentes, valde obtusae; aristae purpurascentes. 
Nord- (Queens land: bei Ghillagoe, auf Kalk (Domin, II. 1910). 
i) var. gracile. 
p. gracile R. Br. Prodr. 185 (1810). 
Densiuscule caespitosum; ctdmi graciles, humihores, raro cum panicula usque 3 dm alti, glabri; 
folia erecta, glabra vel subglabra; panicula laxior, lanceolato-cyhndrica; spiculae majores, glumae subpubes- 
centes, leviter coloratae; aristae pallidae. 
Abbildung: Tafel XIV, Fig. 1. 
Queensland: Broad Sound (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802—05 No. 6252 F. gracile R. Br.!) — 
Gharters Towers (Domin, II. 1910), mit schwach gefärbten Grannen. 
k) var. barbinode Dom. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XLI. 277 (1912). 
Fasciculato-caespitosum, multiculme; cuhni gracillimi, humiliores, parte superiore nudi, geniculatim 
ascendentes vel e basi decumbente erecti, minus quam 2 dm alti, sub panicula tractu breviore subpubes- 
centes; folia brevia; laminae in pagina superiore plus minusve pubescentes vel glabrescentes; vaginae 
glabrae et vagina folii culmei supremi excepta mox subpatentes itaque nodis conspicuis; nodi patentim 
barbato-villosi; paniculae breves, oblongae vel ovato-oblongae, 1 — 2 cm longae et 6—9 mm latae; spiculae 
parvae, cum aristis 4.25— 4.50 mm longae; (//»»««^ inaequales, pallidae, subhirsutae; ^/i</Hf//rte parvae, glumis 
tantum circa tertia parte longiores; aristarum pili saepius subcolorati. 
Nord west- Australien: zwischen Ashburton und de Gray Rivers (E. Glement). Varietas nota- 
bilis, arenosorum incola. 
Species mihi ignotae: 
1. P. Virens Lindl, in Mitch. Tropic. Austr. 360 (1848). 
