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Listed in Meagher 2003 as Schizymenium bryoides but now returned to the Mielichhoferia as per A.J. Shaw & H.P.Ramsay (2013), Australian Mosses Online 69. Mielichhoferiaceae.

On earth bank on roadside. The glaucous foliage and large capsules are distinctive and make this relatively easy to recognise. The denticulate upper leaf margins and a costa that stops short of the tip aids identification as does the long sinuous cells in the upper leaf. The grainy "out of focus" appearance of the cells in the last image is due to striations on the leaf's surface which give the leaf the glaucous appearance

Grows to 2 m height, stem nodes are 270 mm apart, inflorescence as a single spikelet 150 mm long emerging at each node, leaf very long 700 mm plus, distinct midrib, not hairy. Grows on the sides of a gravel track through mangrove.

Sorry for not submitting whole shot. Not sure if this is the annual or perennial mission grass growing in road verge. Height is over 2 m but the coloring of the bristles may suggest the annual mission grass. The first photo shows inflorescence in different stages of development on the same stem and are to about 200 mm long.