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to the letter of Art. 44, the provision of this description would validate 
the publication of the name Stipa Streptaclme, but the position then 
arises that the publication of a name can be validated by reason of 
author having published a “ description” of a species of which he had 
seen no specimen. 
Pheidochloa 8. T. Blake ; genus novum affine Eriachnae R.Br., a 
qua gluma superiore inferiore duplo longiore, anthoeciis subteretibus 
antice profunde sulcatis callo angusto pungente praeditis, caryopsi 
angusta marginibus incurva itaque sulcata, culmi internodio penultimo 
brevissimo praecipue differt. 
Spicillae a latere compressae, ambitu anguste lanceolatae, aristatae, 
vel in racemo vel in ramis paniculae depauperatae ortae; rhachilla 
brevis glabra, supra glumas et inter anthoecia disarticulans, supra haec 
haud producta. Anthoecia 2, contigua, a glumis obtecta, bisexualia, 
anguste fusiformia, antice sulcata; callus angustus, pungens, barbatus, 
pro ratione longus. Glumae persistentes, valde inaequales superior 
duplo longior, a latere visae oblique lanceolatae, acutae, muticae, vix 
carinatae, dorso herbaceo-membranaceae manifeste 7-nerves, marginibus 
hyalinae . Lemmata subsimilia, subteretia marginibus involuta, 
explanata oblonga obtusa, tenuiter cartilaginea, tenuiter 7-nervia, plus 
minusve pubescentia, apice integra in aristam longam scabram leviter 
flexuosam haud tortam desinentia. Paleae lineares, hyalinae, manifeste 
biearinatae. Lodiculae 2, parvae, angustissime lineares, hyalinae. 
Stamina 2. Ovarium glabrum; styli distincti; stigmata plumosa, haud 
exserta. Ca^yopsis linearis marginibus incurva itaque antice sulcata; 
scutellum A caryopseos aequilongum ; hilum lineare caryopsi fere 
aequilongum. — Gramm* annuum, gracillimum, caespitosum, parVum; 
culmi sursum ramosi, internodio penultimo brevissimo ; foliorum laminae 
setaceae, convolutae, prope basin angusta tae, 7-nerves; ligulae ad seriem 
ciliorum brevium redactae. 
Species unica, Queenslandiae tropicae incola. 
Pheidochloa gracilis S. T. Blake ; species nova, aclhuc unica. 
Gramen annuum, usque ad 30 cm. altum. Culmi fasciculati, 
filiformes, plus minusve flexuosi, obliqui vel erecti, plerumque 3-5-nodes 
raro 2- vel 6-nodes, glabri laevesque, e nodis superioribus ramosi, inter- 
nodio penultimo quam ceteris (imo interdum excepto) breviore. Folia 
pauca ; vaginae arctiusculae vel sursum admodum hiantes, teretes, 
striatae, glabrae, laeves, internodiis breviores vel superiores multo 
breviores; ligulae ad marginem brevissime ciliolatum redactae; laminae 
setaceae, convolutae, suberectae, strictae vel plus minusve recurvae, 
basin versus angustatae atque vaginis multo angustiores, 0*3-4 cm. 
longae, usque ad 0*5 mm. latae vel explanatae usque ad 0*9 mm. latae, 
apice obtusae, 7-nerves nervis subtus prominulis, marginibus incrassatae, 
subtus pilis paucis longis tenuibus e tuberculis ortis pro more ad 
margines prope basin praeditae, ceterae glabrae laevesque. Inflores - 
centia paniculata vel racemosa e spiculis 2-6 constructs, aristis exclusis 
1-5-3-2 cm. longa, longe exserta; axis communis, ramis (ubi adsint), 
pedicellique trigono-filiformes, parce ciliata ; rami infra pedicellos 
brevissimi, erecti ; pedicelli sub apice leviter incrassati, erecti, terminates 
usque ad 5 mm. longi. Spiculae lineari-lanceolatae, tandem leviter 
hiantes, aristis exclusis 10-13 mm. longae, erectae appressaeque. 
Glumae pallidae, acutae, muticae, prominule 7-nerves, glabrae, laeves; 
inferior anguste ovata, 4*5-5 mm. longa; superior duplo longior, lanceo- 
lata, 9-11 mm. longa. Anthoecia contigua, lineari-fusiformia, antice 
