— 404 — 
588. E. speciosa Steud. 
Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. I. 279 (18.55), Benth. Fl. Auslr. VII. 648 (1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 665 (1883), 
Catal. Plants Queensl. 67 (1890i, Queensl. Fl. VI. 1906 (1902), in Queensl. Agric. Journ. XXVII. 70 (1911), Compreh. Catal. 
632 (1913), F. V. MuKLL. First Census 135 (1882), Sec. Census 227 (1889), Tate Handb. Fl. Extratr. South Austr. 198, 270 
(1890), in Horn Sei. Exp. Centr. Austr. III. 185 (1896). 
Poa elegnns R. Br. Prodr. 181 (1810). 
Poa speciosa RoEM. u. Schult. Syst. II. 573 (1817). 
Geogr. Verbreitung: Nord-Australien, Queensland, South und West Australia. 
Nord-Australien: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802 — 05, 
No. 6273 Poa elegmis!). 
Queensland: Savannenwälder bei Pentland (Domin, II. 1910); bei Barcaldine und bei Jericho 
(Domin, III. 1910). 
ß. Subsectio Bulbosae. 
589. E. laniflora Benth. 
Bknth. Fl. Austr. VII. 648 (1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 666 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 57 (1890), Queensl. 
Fl. VI. 1906 (1902), Conipreh. Catal. 632 (1913), F. v. Muell. First Census 185 (1882), Sec. Census 227 (1889), J. H. Maid. 
Usef. Pl. Austr. 87 (1889), Man, Grass. N. S.Wales 176 (1898), Tate Handb. Fl. Extratr. South Austr. 198, 270 (1890), in Horn 
Sei. Exp. Centr. Austr. III. 186 (1896), Moore Handb. Fl. N. S. Wales 494 (1893), Turner in Proc. Linn. See. N. S. Wales XXVIII. 
442 (1903), XXIX. 180 (1904), XXX. 89 (1905). 
Geogr. Verbreitung: im Innern von Queensland, N.S.Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 
590. E. desertorum n. sp. 
Perennis, densissime caespitosa, stricta, glaucescens, rigidiuscula , gracilis; culmi basi vaginis 
aphylhs, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, pallidis bulboso-incrassati, basi bulbosa densissime lanuginosi; culmi 
ipsi glabri sed visciduli, gracillimi, stricti, usque ad paniculam foliati, cum paniculis circa 35 cm alti; 
folia culmea sat numerosa, glauca, rigidiuscula sed gracilia; vaginae culmos arcte amplectentes , glabrae 
sed viscidulae , tantum ad orificium longe patentim ciliatae ; laminae tenuissimae , rigidiusculae , patentes 
usque 1 dm longae, anguste convolutae, aliquantum scaberulo-viscidulae vel fere laeves; lamina folii culmei 
supremi paniculam attingens; panicula stricta, anguste pyramidalis, laxa, circa 11 — 15 cm longa, scaberulo- 
viscidula; paniculae rami graciles, simplices, stricti, remotiusculi, divaricati vel interdum infimi in vagina 
folii supremi diu clausi plus minusve erecti, infimi circa 3 cm longi, superiores gradatim breviores, supremi 
ad spiculas singulas redacti; spiculae in ramis divaricatae, pallidae, incurvae, breviter pedicellatae (pedicellis 
vix 0.5 mm longis), fere subsessiles, semper remotiusculae, parvae, circa 4 mm longae, circa 7 — 9 florae, sub- 
cylindricae, perangustae, tantum circa 0.75 mm latae ; glumae scariosae, subaequales, dorso minute scabe- 
rulae, glumellis paulo breviores; glumellae. circa 1.25 mm longae, subscariosae sed pallescenti-virides, mar- 
gine scarioso pellucidae, obtusae, nervis lateralibus omnino obsoletis et dorso subteretes; paleae glabrae, 
obtusissimae, totae scarioso-pellucidae, glumellis tantum paulo vel vix breviores ; stamina semper 2 ; antherae 
magnae, oblongo-lineares, circa 0.6 mm longae; cartjopsis mihi ignota. 
West-Queensland: dürre Hügel bei Cloncurry (Domin, II. 1910). 
Diese neue Art steht am nächsten zu E. eriopoda, ist aber durch die sehr schmale Rispe mit 
spreizenden, kurzen Zweigen, die äusserst kleinen, fast zylindrischen und spreizenden Ahrchen, die Vis- 
cosität etc. hinreichend verschieden. 
591. E. eriopoda Benth. 
Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 648 (1878), F. v. Muell. First Census 135 (1882), Sec. Census 227 a889), F. M. Bail. 2nd. 
Suppl. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 64 (1888), Catal. Plants Queensl. 57 (1890), Queensl. Fl. VI. 1906 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 632 (,1913), 
Täte Handb. Fl. Extratr. South Austr. 198, 270 (1890), in Horn Sci^ Exp. Centr. Austr. III. 186 (1896), Tepper in Botan. 
Centralbl. LIV. 261 (1893), Moore Handb. Fl. N. S.Wales 494 (1893), J. H. Maid. Man. Grass. N. S.Wales 177 (1898), Turner 
in Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S.Wales XXVIII. 442 (1903), XXIX. 180 (1904), XXX. 89 (1905). 
Geogr. Verbreitung: Australien (bis auf Victoria). 
