Order GRAMINEfiE. 
Genus Dichelachne. 
Sub-Order Agrostide^e. 
Genus XI.—DICHELACHNE, Endlicher. 
Spikelets long, narrow, i-flowered, shining. Empty glumes 2, membranous, acuminate. Flowering 
glume as long, on a bearded pedicel, scabrid or silky, 2-fid, or entire at the tip, with a straight, twisted, 
or fiexuose awn from the back or between the lobes, which is not jointed or thickened at the base. 
Falea shorter, linear, 2-fid. Scales 2. Stamens 3. Grain long, terete, free. Distribution of Genus: 
AUSTRALIA, NORFOLK ISLAND, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND. Etymology: From 
two Greek words signifying a “ cloven hoof” and “ chaff,” in allusion to the bifid Palea. 
Arrangement of the Species :— 
Perennial. Culms stout, 
Annual. Culms slender. 
Annual. Culms slender. 
1—3 feet high. Spikelets p —f-inch long 
Panicle dense. Spikelets ^-inch long 
Panicle lax. Spikelets ^-inch long 
... 1. D. stipoides. 
... 2. D. crinita. 
... 3. D. sciureci. 
1.—DICHELACHNE STIPOIDES. 
WIRY DICHELACHNE. 
{Plate XIV) 
Agrostis rigida, A. Richard. 
Dichelachne rigida, Steudel. 
Dichelachne stipoides, Hook. fil. Flora, N.Z., I., 294, t. 66. Hanclb. N.Z. Flora, I., 325. 
A densely-tufted or tussac grass, its habitat being near the sea, on banks or rocks. Perennial. 
Flowers December—January. Culms 1—3 feet high, wiry, smooth. Leaves longer than the culms, 
very slender, erect, involute. Panicle strict, erect, 4—6 inches long, branches few, short, erect. 
Spikelets i_f-inch long. Empty glumes membranous, ^ —j-inch long, narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, 
3-nerved. Flowering glume shorter, bifid, covered with silky spreading hairs, 5-nerved; awn fiexuose, 
two and a half times the length of the glume, glabrous. Palea narrow, bifid, covered with silky hairs, 
2-nerved. Scales large. Anthers very long, narrow. Ovary glabrous. Styles short. Stigmas plumose. 
Grain long, narrow. Distribution of Species : AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, NEW 
ZEALAND 
