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Mt Barren, eastern side, Fitzgerald R. Natl Park, 3 Sep 1986, Chapman 519 9 (NSW, PERTH); 
Ginganup [as Gininup Wells], Feb 1911, Staer 6 (NSW 48055), 9 (NSW 91581); Lucky Bay E of 
Esperance, 10 Sep 1966, Briggs 370 <S, (NSW), 369 9 (NSW). Roe: SW slopes of Mt Ragged, % rds 
of the way up, 6 Jan 1979, Barnsley 307 (CANB, NSW, PERTH). 
6. Desmodadus castaneus B.G. Briggs & L.A.S. Johnson, sp. nov. 
A D. fasciculatus combinatione characterum sequentium distinguitur: habitus 
caespitosus, rhizomate haud producto; vaginae basales castaneae; internodia 
superiora internodia inferioria aequantia. 
Fig. 4. a-c, D. virgatus, a, male spikelet (18.8 km E of Brand Hwy on Coorow Rd, Briggs 8620 et al. 
NSW 233366); b & e, female: b, habit; c, spikelet (Briggs 8621); d, D. austrinus, female: floriferous 
culm ( Briggs 8706 et al). e, D.flexuosus, female: habit (Parrys Inlet, c. 15 km W of Denmark, Meney 
& Pate NSW 254910). Scale bar: a, c = 4.2 mm; b, d, e = 10 cm. 
