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Fibrillis radicalibus validis duris brunneis e culmi basi no- 
dosa squamis ferrugineo-brunneis obteeta ortis; culmo strieto ro- 
busto (c. infloresc.) 3'1,—2'/; ped. alto triquetro 2" lin. crasso, 
angulis superne scabris, medio plurifoliato; foliis viridibus per- 
rigidis patentibuslonge angustatis margine revoluto serrulatis, su- 
pra apicem versusasperis, inferne 5—3"), lin lat.; vaginıs superne 
hirtellis ore truncato dense setulosis; panicula composita 12—7 
poll. alta e paniculis simplieibus 7—5 remotiusculis eomposita, 
continua v. basi interrupta angusta; his alternis solitariis v. rare 
binatis longe bracteatis pyramidalibus v. oblongo-lanceolatis laxi- 
usculis pluriramosis 3—2 poll. alt., superioribus breviter, infimis 
longe peduneulatis; rhachi primaria glabra; ramis breviusculis va- 
lidis erecto-patentibus superne ad angulos hirto-eiliatis; spienlis te- 
staceis dense dispositis, foeminis numerosioribus, maseulis subpe- 
dicellatis lineari-oblongis sesquilineam longis; squamis acute cari- 
natis mucronatis: foemineis suborbicularibus brevissime acutatis, 
masculis angustioribus; caryopsi dura majusceula exerta ovata bre- 
viter stipitata basi truncata, vertice eicatricula obscura notata, trans- 
versim leviter (interd. obsoletissime) rugulosa, rugulis hirtellis, 
nivea v. dilute violacea, interdum subvitrea; perigynio superiore 
rigidio profunde trilobo, basi transversim secto, lobis adpressis late 
triangularibus margine subdentatis, rubescenti-favidis nitidis; peri- 
gynio inferiore (magno) cum illo conjuncto scutelliformi orbieulato 
subtriangulo disco fusco. 
Nova Holland. Port Mackay (Am. D.). Samoa-insulae 
(Graeffe). 
Trib. Cariceae. 
Carex. 
82. C. appressa R. Br. 
Rockhampton (Am. D.) 
83. (162 b.) ©. Dietrichiae n. sp. 
Planta caespitosa subsesquipedem alta; rhizomate brevissimo 
v. parum elongato; culmis abbreviatis vix semipedem longis 1—*/a 
lin. crassis triangulis laevibus foliosis; foliis inflorescentiam 
superantibus laete viridibus rigidulo-herbaceis longe acuminatis 
carinatis planis, superne marginibus facieque dorsali ad nervos 
serrulato-perseabris 3"/,—3 lin. latis; panicula elongata, pedem 
eirc, alta, laxa inferne interrupta, e paniculis partialibus 5—4 
solitariis constructa; his longe exserte peduneulatis laxis ambitu 
oblongis, pluriramosis 3—4—2 poll. long. pollicen eire. latis; 
ramis brevibus remotis patentibus cum pedunculis setaceis rhachi- 
