however refers L.bm.rffirs's plant to Ms to BiUariien. with which the figure in Lab. Plant. Nov. Holl, agrees.
e A. æniida appears an equally common and variable plant in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, as Am-ostis
canina is m Europe. •'
7. A g r o s tis m o n ta n a (Br. Prodr. 171); lævis v. scaberula, foliis plorumque setaceis filiformibus
oaulmis vagma elongata scaberula, pauicula erecta contracta subcjliudmcea, ramis erectis, spiculis subirabri-
catis glumis scaberulis acuminatis llore oequilongis, palea inferiore scaberula chartacea apicc contracta 4 -
cuspidata, ansta basi torta versus basin paleæ inserta glumis Î longiore, supcriore paulo breviore bidentata
dorso apiccm versus scaberula setula (fiore secundo imperfecto rarius terminula) longe villosa bis longiore,
(Ira««, i i / y . ) (Ia b . CLX. A.)
Hab. Common on the mountains.— (FL Jan.)
Distrib. Alps of Yictoria.
Very like some states of quairüek,, but the panicles are smaller, the glumes no longer than the
fiower, and there is a villous setola at th . base ot the la tte r.-A foot and a halt to a span high, leaves much
shorter than the culms, smooth or scaberulous to the touch; s k a tb broad or „arrow, lamina involute or flat
hose on the cnlm with long sheaths. Ba.icle l* -3 inches long, orect, narrow, with loosely imbriealed, erect spike)
lets, J inch long. Gl.m., equal, sharp, seabemlous. Lawer palea hmd. scabrid. with two or tour short points at
the contiaeted tip. toa» inserted below the middle, twisted below, bent at tbe middle, not twice as long as the
t T ' f ’TT • ™ ■“ ‘'”= '>»* “ “ Mia “>P- * “ « t a f
the length of the upper pMea. with l.ng, spre.ding, silk, h a irs .-A variable plant ; alpine specimens have short,
setaceous leaves ; those from lower elevations have broader sheaths and flatter blades. I have occasionally seen a
second imperfect flower produced on the Setnla.-Pi.rrn CLX. to Kg. 1, spikelet; 2, flower; 3, pistil, sqnamuhn.
and stamens ; 4, caryopsis ■.—all magnified.
, fl®spi‘osa, tota scaberula v. culmo superno lævi, culmis
fohosis, foins anguslis plams vagims elongatis, ligula membranacea, panicula laxa elongata, ramis primariis
snhfasciculatto pediceUis glumisque scabns, glami. inter sc et flore æquilongis ovatis acutis, palea inferiore
rigida scaberula acuta mutica v. dorso ad medium breviter aristata, superiore paulo breviore bidentata
setula parce villosa duplo v. triplo longiore.—Agrostis frigida, Uneller, MSS. A. rndis, Roem. et Selmlt
h ys t.n . Lachnagrostis scabra si rndis, î k i . i ) « . 217. to i « r . A. montarne ? ( f f» » , 1461, 1 4 6 2 .)
(T a b . CLX. £ .) ’
H-xb. Subalpine situations: foot of Mount Wellington, and Arthur-s Lakes, etc.; common Ounn
Archer, Oldfield.— (Fl. Jan.) (v.v.) ’
Disteib. Victoria and New South Wales.
A slender scabrid Grass, powing in woods, with eulm. 1-3 feet Im g .-S lm tà s generaU, very rough to the
touch, as arc the flat, narrow, dark-green leaves; ligula membranous, Paniele long, slender, 2-6 inches long ■
irancies ver,- rough three or four together, in distant bundles, erect. Spikelets rough, often purple, x iuch long
e h m . a, long as the flowers, equal, ovate, acute, rough. Zewer palea very rough, hard, sharp, nerves indistinct
awnless, or with a short, hardly exserted awn inserted at about the middle of the back. Pedicel or setula ot the
base ot the upper pale. sdky. vanable in length, sometimes bearing a second but very imperfect flower, sometimes
9. A g r o s tis c o n tr a c ta (Muell. MSS.); culmis gracilibus elongatis, foliis planis vaginisque scabe-
rulis, panícula nutante elongata contracta, ramis brevibus verticillatis 5- 6 -floris, glumis oblongo-lanceolatis
acutis enerviis flosculum æquantibus, palea inferiore acuta mutica enervi coriacea scaberula basi subbarbata
superiore æquilonga, setula brevi. (T a b . CLXI. A.) ’
Ma b . Stony places : South Huon Eiver, Oldfield.
D is t r ib . Alps of Victoria.
A slender species, 2 feet high, with ua.Tow, flat, scabrous foliage. Panicle 3-5 iiiehes long, eontraeted.
tvaneie, short whoried. SpikeleU green, erect, eiume. eqn.l, acute, with one broad, peeu nerae, Flmeee veiy
conaeeous. lowerpaUa acute, awnless. slightly seahrid.-PLATB GLXI. to Kg. 1, spikelet; 2, flower, 3, pistil
stamens, and squamulæ; 4, caiyopsis
Gen. X I II. ECHINOPOGON, Beauv.
4>ie»fe unifloræ, setula vfflosa accedente, eoaretatæ. Olumx æqnales, flore æqnilongæ. Palex 2
æqmlongæ; inferior bas, villosa, apice bifida, longe aristata; superiore bicaiiuata, apioe bidentata; a r h t ’a
term,naiis, baud torto. S ta .,n a 3. O e » « barbatum.-Gramen .e n f e r a i« ; foliis , , 7« « . • panienla
. -a r " 7 “ “ ropical Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand, harsh, seabrid
Grass dÆering from Agrostis in habit, capitate mfloreseence, aud terminal amr.-Spikelels crowded into an
ovate or globose head, bnstling with rigid, spreading awns. Glume, equal, acnminate, rigid, as long as the solitaiy
flower which has a silky tuft of hail, at the bass. Falex nearly equal ; the lower will, a bifid fop, and rigid, not
wisled awn, upper with a small, stiff, villous bristle at its base. S lam ., three. Ovarg bearded at fhe top
(Name from exivos, a prickle, and artoyinv, a beard.)
T I 7 o v a tu s (Pal. Beanv. Agrost. p. 42. t. 9. f. 5 ).-A g ro stis ovata. Persi. Proelr. ,-
l a i . PI. Nov. IIoll. i.p . 19. t. 21 ; Br. Prodr. 171. (Gunn, 590.)
Hab, Abundant tbronghont the Island, Brown, Labillardi'ere, ffxs».— (PI. Oct.-Dec.) ' (v v )
D is t e ib . Australia, New Zealand, and Norfolk Island.
A rough, scabrid, baish Grass, growing in small tnfts, common in extratropical Australia and New Zealand -
0.1,« 6 inebes to 2 feet high, leafy below. S ka tk . ot upper leaves long; ligula short; lami.a fiat. Paniele
eontraeted rate a cyhndrieal, blunt, short or long (X-1* inch lo n g ) head, eonspienons from the spreading, stiff
scabrid awns, Spikelets shortly pedicellate. ’
Obs. I know nothing of E. Guuulamx. Nees (Lend. Jonrn. Bot. ii. 413), wdiich is deserihed as h.vinv the
habit of Agrostis alia ! and as having been picked out of Gunn’s specimens of Agrostis parvifiora (n. ] Oil), ^
Gen. XIV. POLYPOGON, Besf.
Glumx 2, subæquales, cannate, aristate, 1-floræ, flore multo longiores. Palex 2 ; inferiore apioe
truncata, emarginata, mutica sub apice aristata; aruta band tortili; superkrre bicarinata. Sguamulx 2
subfaleato, ovanum superantes. Cargepsi, intra paleas libera. - Polia plana; paniculæ ramesisshnZ
saptus contracta, spicoeformes ; spiculæ pedicello continua. '
Veiy elegant, often sea-side Grasses, conspicuous for the wliite awns on the pale, silky, contracted panicles.
There arc but few speeies, and tiiesc scattered over vai-ious temperate and tropical regions.— lonirer than
the solitaiy flower, nearly equal, keeled, awned, one-flowered. BaUce two; lower abniptly notched at the tin
awnless, or with an awn below the tip; iqiper two-nervcd. Scales two. longer than tho ovarv. Seed free bu^
included within the paleæ. (Name from iroXn, many, and jroywi-, a heard.)
1. P o ly p o g o n M o n sp e lie n s is (Dcsf.) ; culmis simplicibus erectis, pauicula coarctata subcylindracea
spicoeformi oblonga obtusa densiflora, glumis pubescentibus ciliatis bilobis arista 4 - 4 brevioribus palea
inferiore truncata aristata, arista gluraas vix superante.—P. imitans, F. Mnell. MSS. [Gunn, 146o'l
H a b . Marshes near Launceston, Gunn; Richmond, (Introduced?)
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