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Inflorescentia spicata^ amentiforrDis. Spicula mascula sub 

 omnibus squamis florifera, feniinea uiiiilora, disco hypogyno 

 infra lloreni terminalem obsoleto cupulari. 



Genus proxinnini Hypotaenae generl, a quo Inprimis diifert: spiculis 



mascnlis paucifloris squamis plerumque trifariis et nuce tritjona mucronatn, 

 nee ovafa aut subglobosa obtusa aut stylo carleftte umbilicata, turn habitu 

 laxiusculo, vaginis foliifero-mucronatis, ranuilis flexuosis, fructiferis apire 

 saepe nudis uncinatisque. 



1. CaloropliliS den8n<s L. et N. culmis subspougiosis 



apice raniosis fastigiatis, ramulis subconipressis cuivatis 

 apice spiciferis. spiels masculis approximatis (paucis) sessi- 

 libus oblougo-laiiceolatiSj bractearuni mucrone recto squa- 

 mis cuspidatis fuscis vagliiisque iiudiSy his mucronatis, peri- 



antliiis {(S) 6-glunubus. 



Ad tlumen Cygnorum legit cl. Prelss. (Drummond, in Lerb. Lindl.) 



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2. Caloropliiis asper N. ab E. culmis tuberculato-aspe- 



ris a medio ramosis, ramis fastigiatis parce divisis tereti- 

 bus curvatis ramulisque dissite spiculifleris^ spiculis (mascu- 

 lis) sessilibus ovalibus, squamis cuspidatis ^ testaceis vagi- 

 uisque nudis, bracteis mucronatis mucrone recto, perlantliiis 

 6-phyllis- 



In arenosis colliculosis umbrosis sylvae baud longe ab ore maris (Perth) m. 

 Septembri a. 1839 et 'in glareosis sylvae inter praedia rustica v. cll. Barker et 

 Leonard in. Aprili a. 13-10* Herb, Preiss. No, 1T16 (ex parte, cum Hypolaena pn- 

 hescente) et 1694. <^, * ■ 



Simillima sane species CaloropJiG denso L. et N, in Rest. Drummond. 

 sed nimis differt spicularum distributio, forma et color, lihizoma nodosum. 

 Culmi ^/i'\ pedem alti, tuberculis crebris exasperatf, d^tpeutino -curvati, 

 juveniles pubescenti-cani. Vaffinae ovatae, striatae, foliolo linearl-subulato 

 aliculato 4-1 ( infiinis 6 - ^ ) lin. longo , erecto - patente praeditae , sea- 

 brae, testaceae, inferiores fuscae laceraeque. Spiculae in rainulls apice 

 saepe recurvis 3-4, distantes, laterales (fere nt in Caloropho elongato\ 

 pliiriflorae, testaceae, ovales aut subglobosae, bracteam cum ejus ioliolo 

 subaequantes. Squamae ovatae obtusae retusaeve, mucrone viridi subulato 

 scabro recto, in InferioribiiS londori; barum cost^'i basirt versus tfiftervi, 

 reliquarum simplex, JPerianthii ioV\o\ii 6, ovali-oblonga obtusa, plana, lae- 



via, tenuia, pallide testacea. Stamina ^5, stnicturae generis. 



3. Caloroplllll^ CriSpattlS N. ab E. culmis supra pani- 



culatis : ramulis ilexuosis , amentis alfernis subpeduncu- 

 latis, squamis ovatis mucronulatis nudis, perianthiis (ma- 

 sculis) 6-glumibus. 



Restio crispatus R.Br. Prodr, p. 246. 0pp. ed. N. ab E. 

 III. 1. p. 102. n. IS. Kiinth. En. III. p, 418. n. 77. 



In rapestribus nmbrosis sylvae ad latns septentrionale inontis Melville, Plan- 

 tagenet, in. Octobri a. 1840. <f. fragmentum cmn Caloropho fiexuoio. 4. Herb. 

 Preiss, No. ITIT. (ex parte!) 



A Caloropho flexuoso differt: culmo superne ramoso neque ramis pa- 

 tentibus subdiviso, spiculis masculis lanceohitis '2-3. versus apices ramulo- 

 rum approximatis, perlanthii laciniis oblongis obtnsis purpureis margine 

 pallidis. 



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