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k G.-- (See 93 and 72.) 123. Tussock G.-- Broad-leaved Oat-- <i>Danthonia flavescens</i>, Hook. f. (N.Z.) 124. Tussock G.--Erect Plumed-- <i>Arundo fulvida</i>, Buchanan. (N.Z.) Maori name, <i>Tot-toi</i> (q.v.). 125. Tussock G.--Narrow-leaved Oat-- <i>Danthonia raoulii</i>, Steud. (N.Z.) 126. Tussock G.--Plumed-- <i>Arundo conspicua</i>, A. Cunn. (N.Z.) Maori name, <i>Toi-toi</i> (q.v.). 127. Tussock G.--Small-flowered Oat-- <i>Danthonia cunninghamii</i>, Hook. f. (N.Z.) 128. Petrie's Stipa G.-- <i>Stipa petriei</i> (new species). See 101. /?111?/ (N.Z.) 129. Umbrella G.-- (i.q. <i>Australian Millet</i>. See 47.) 130. Wallaby G.-- <i>Danthonia penicileata</i>, F. v. M. (A., N.Z.) 131. Weeping G.-- (i.q. <i>Meadow Rice</i> Grass. See 102.) 132. Weeping Polly G.-- (i.q. <i>Paper Grass</i>. See 72.) 133. Wheat G.--Blue-- <i>Agropyrum scabrum</i>, Beauv. (A., T., N.Z.) 134. Wheat G.--Short-awned-- <i>Triticum multiflorum</i>, Banks and Sol. (N.Z.) 135. White-topped G.-- <i>Danthonia longifolia</i>, R. Br. (A.) 136. Windmill G.-- <i>Chloris truncata</i>, R. Br. (A.) 137. Wire G.-- <i>Ehrharta juncea</i>, Sprengel; a rush-like grass of hilly country. (A., T., N.Z.) <i>Cynodon dactylum</i>, 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. <i>Paper Grass</i>. See 72.) 139. Wiry Dichelachne G.-- <i>Stipa teretefolia</i>, Steud. (A., T., N.Z.) 140. Woolly-headed G.-- <i>Andropogon bombycinus</i>, R. Br. (A.) 141. Vandyke G.-- <i>Panicum flavidum</i>, Retz. (A.) <hw>Grass-bird</hw>, <i>n.</i> In New Zealand, <i>Sphenoeacus //sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus</i>, Gray, the same as <i>Fern-bird</i> (q.v.); in Australia, <i>Megalurus (Sphenaeacus) gramineus</i>, Gould. <hw>Grass-leaved Fern</hw>, <i>n. Vittaria elongata</i>, Swartz, <i>N.O. Filices</i>. 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." <hw>Grass-Parrakeet</hw>, <i>n.</i> a bird of the genus <i>Euphema</i>. The
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