390 



poll. long;, lineam lati«; spicula unii-a nutante crassnisnila, 

 squama lale ovato obtusa mucrontiiata hracteatay lato-cnuira 



v. snbrotnuda , olHiisa 3 — V-j^ lin- ionga 2^/^ Un. crassa 

 multillora; squamis perrigtdis fragfUbus fiiscis dense arcie- 

 f|iic imbricatis deptesso-orbicuiatis apire rotuudalis muliris, 

 ^ dorso Tix «ri(1eiv(cr paiicinorTalis, margiiie lanatis; ovario 

 miniito lineari-oblongo obtuso trlaiigiilari; stylo brevi eotn- 

 planato aiigustulo glabra, stigmatibus elongati^ longe oxsertin; 

 filam. 2 tenuibus bri^Tiiiscnlis, aiitheris t'longati^ tortis. 



F, Xjridis R. Br. I. i. 82. — F, ScliuHz, coll. n. 16 

 Australia: Adelaide. 



33 b. F, platystachys BtkLr. 



Glanrescens; eaespitosa; radice fibrosa fapillari; nilmis 

 setareis rapillaribusvo ercclis inaeqiialibus firmi^^ 6 — 2 poll 



alt. compresRO-quadrangulis striolatis laevibns glabrisve iiibma 

 basi foliatis; foUi>s coufertis brevitiscnlis patcutibns siibfalra- 

 tis rigidiilifs planis breriter aciitati^ subtus striatis supra 

 celluloso-reticulatis, 3 — 1 polL lonjv. ^/j lin. rirc» latis; 

 rapitulo plet'ostachyo kemispkaerieo iuvolucrato 3*/^ — 2 lin- 

 in diaiu.; iuTolnni 4 — - G-phylli totiolis pateutissimis iiiao- 

 qualibus perangustis basi dilatatis capitulum superantibus; 

 spiculis congestis, bracteis nonnullis foliaeeis iiitcrjectis, 

 (in antbesi) via; sesqnilfneam longis laiiusculis compressis 

 pauciHorts; sciaamis densis subfasriculatis acute carhtatts* 

 dorso rigidulo virentibus, laterlbus ti^uuiter membranateis 

 albidis lerruginescentibni^yiurorionbus Taeiiismajoribiisdistiehis 

 ex apii-e subextiso longe aristafo-macronatu, mucrone re- 

 eurvOy superioribus recloiniicronatis; ovario foecuudato uiinuto 

 obovato conipresso-augiilalo longjtudiualiter striato ob$(»lete 

 grauulato albido ; stylo perteiiui , basi dilatata Iriangulari y 



