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Var- a* in liinosis hieme inundatis supra oppiJuluni Perth, Sept. a. 1839. 

 Herb. Prciss. No. 1740; — in dcpressis arenosis nmbrosis inter frutices sjivae ad 

 flumen Cygnorum supra oppidulum PertL, Sept, a. 1839. No. 1741, 



Tar. ft ** in arenosis conch) liolosis hiimidis prope lacum insulae Rottennest, 

 Aug, a. 1839. Herb, Preiss. No. 1738 et 1742. 



Var. p in arenosis humidis planitiei supra oppidulum Perth, Sept. a. 1839. 

 Herb. Preiss. No. 1744. ^ 



Var. /S* Pauciflora; spicula solitaria pauciflora aplce culiui 

 multo breviore. (J). 



In arenosis conchyliolosis luimidis prope lacum insulae Hottennest, Aug. a. 1839. 

 Herb. Preiss. No. 1740. 



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Var, «** ludit spiculis ftiajoribus et minoribus. Forma ilia macrostachya in 

 ripa lacus insulae Rottennest, Aug. a. 1839 lecta est. 



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Var. Y Elatlor^ N. ab E. in Cyp. Drummond. 



In arenosis aquaticis planitiei supra oppidulum Perth, Sept. a, 1839, Herb. 

 Preiss. No. 1743. 



y* Minor, rigidula, ad a** accedens. 



In rupium cavernulis humidis ad latus orientale montia Melville > Plantagenet, 

 Oct. a. 1840, Herb. Preiss. Mo. 1750. 



3» IiSOlepiiS nofata iV ab E. culmis setaceis compressis 



basi unifoliis folio culmum subaequante^ spiculis 1-2 ovatis 

 involucro brevioribus, squaniis cartilagineis carinatis niu- 

 cronatis nervoso-striatis plaga laterali sangiiinea notatis 

 monandris, caryopsi ovali-trigona subtilissime piinctulato- 



scabra. 



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In arenosis ad Princess Rojal Harbour, Sept. a, 1840. et in cHvulo arenoso 

 pi ope oppidulum Albany, Plantagenet, Sept. a. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 1751 et 1752. 



Similis sane /. carfilagineae ^ sed differre videfur siiis characteribus. 

 7?ffrfi.r fibrosa. Cnlmi dense caespitosi, triquetro- tonipressi, l-l'/a pf>"' 

 alti. Vaffiftfi pallida aut purpurascens, folio CHlmmn aeqiiante eove brevi- 

 ori compUcato-setaceo. Involucri foliolum e basi ovata squamae spiculae 

 slmillima complicato-setaceuin, spiculis triple longius; alteram, si adest, 

 squamam aUerius spiculae iufimam, paulo longiori mucronulo, refert. Spi- 



culae vel una vel duae, ovatae, acute triangulae. Squamae alte carinatae 

 ovatae, obtusae cum mucronulo brevi lierbaceo incurvo, pallidae, pleraeque 

 macula ovata sanguinea utriusque lateris pictae, nervoso-strlatae. Stamen 

 unum, semeI2vidi stamina. Carmpsis fulva, vix tnbernilata, opaca, obtusa, 

 oblongo-oralis, lateribus convexis angulis obtusis. 0. 



4. 



4. li^olepiiS riparia B.Br. culmis setaceis basi vaginatis, 

 spica solitaria ovata pauciflora, squamis obtusis subrotun- 

 dis triandris, caryopsi obtuse triquetra scabriuscula- Brown 

 Prodr. pag. 222. cd. N. ab E. III. 1. pag. 78. n, 9. Kuntli. 

 En. pag. 218, n. lOL 



In regionibus interioribua Austrnliae occidentalia. Herb. PreisurNo. 1729. 



Variat spiculis geminis. 



Radix repens. Culmi digitales-pedales, graciles. Vagina truncatai 

 purpurea. Spicula^ ubi singula, squamam involucralem ex oblonga bas^ 

 subulato-acutam aequans. Squamae spiculae membranaceae, pallidae, haliiu 

 purpureo afflatae, ner\o carinali viridi, reliquis omnibus obsoletis subtilissi- 

 mis. Stamina 3. 0, 



