k G.--
(See 93 and 72.)
123. Tussock G.-- Broad-leaved Oat--
Danthonia flavescens, Hook. f. (N.Z.)
124. Tussock G.--Erect Plumed--
Arundo fulvida, Buchanan. (N.Z.) Maori name,
Tot-toi (q.v.).
125. Tussock G.--Narrow-leaved Oat--
Danthonia raoulii, Steud. (N.Z.)
126. Tussock G.--Plumed--
Arundo conspicua, A. Cunn. (N.Z.) Maori name,
Toi-toi (q.v.).
127. Tussock G.--Small-flowered Oat--
Danthonia cunninghamii, Hook. f. (N.Z.)
128. Petrie's Stipa G.--
Stipa petriei (new species). See 101. /?111?/ (N.Z.)
129. Umbrella G.--
(i.q. Australian Millet. See 47.)
130. Wallaby G.--
Danthonia penicileata, F. v. M. (A., N.Z.)
131. Weeping G.--
(i.q. Meadow Rice Grass. See 102.)
132. Weeping Polly G.--
(i.q. Paper Grass. See 72.)
133. Wheat G.--Blue--
Agropyrum scabrum, Beauv. (A., T., N.Z.)
134. Wheat G.--Short-awned--
Triticum multiflorum, Banks and Sol. (N.Z.)
135. White-topped G.--
Danthonia longifolia, R. Br. (A.)
136. Windmill G.--
Chloris truncata, R. Br. (A.)
137. Wire G.--
Ehrharta juncea, Sprengel; a rush-like grass of hilly
country. (A., T., N.Z.)
Cynodon dactylum, Pers.; so called from its knotted,
creeping, wiry roots, so difficult to eradicate in gardens
and other cultivated land. (Not endemic.) See 26.
138. Wiry G.--.
(i.q. Paper Grass. See 72.)
139. Wiry Dichelachne G.--
Stipa teretefolia, Steud. (A., T., N.Z.)
140. Woolly-headed G.--
Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br. (A.)
141. Vandyke G.--
Panicum flavidum, Retz. (A.)
Grass-bird, n. In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus
//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, the
same as Fern-bird (q.v.); in Australia, Megalurus
(Sphenaeacus) gramineus, Gould.
Grass-leaved Fern, n. Vittaria elongata,
Swartz, N.O. Filices.
1883. F. M. Bailey, `Synopsis of Queensland Flora,' p. 693:
"Grass-leaved fern. . . . Frond varying in length from a few
inches to several feet, and with a breadth of from one to five
lines. . . . This curious grass-like fern may be frequently
seen fringing the stems of the trees in the scrubs of tropical
Queensland, in which situation the fronds are usually very
long."
Grass-Parrakeet, n. a bird of the genus
Euphema. The
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