864 OLXXXVI JUNCACEG. [Xerotea. 
Ibglobosa, interd )btusangula, testa pallida v. brunnea adnata ; embryo in albumine 
duriuseulo oblongus v. linearis, ab hilo parum remotus, nunc minimus, rarius Aertiam 
partem albuminis superans.— Caules in rhizomate brevissimo v. repente ccespitosi, simplices 
v. ramosi. Folia nune ad basin caulis conferta longa linearia rigida, nune breviora secus 
ramos sparsa vaginis ramum obtegentib Infi tie terminales v. ad basin foliorum 
radicalium. Flores parvuli, masculi sepius fasciculati, fasciculis rarius floribus singulis 
secus rhachin simplicem v. ramos paniculw sessilibus, floribus in fasciculo sessilibus v. 
pedicellatis ; infl ia foeminea interdum mascule similis, ssepius tamen ad capitulum 
unicum globosum densumque reducta; rarius flores utriusque sexus in capitula dense 
globosa v. in spicam longam cylindraceam dispositi, 
Species ad 30, omnes Australianz, quarum una etiam in Nova Caledonia reperta. Benth. Fl. 
"Austral. vii. 94. F. Muell. Fragm. Phytogr. Austral. xi. 23. — Thunb. Diss, Drac. f. 1, 2 (Dracena). 
Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Bot. t, $5. Bot. Reg. 1839, 1. 3. Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 798. 
Genus in Fl. Austral. in sectiones 5 dividitur :— 
l. Euzerotes. Florum d fasciculi v. flores singuli secus rhachin simplicem v. ramosam racemosi 
v. panieulati, inflorescentia 9 similis nisi simplicior, Perianthii segmenta distineta v. interiora in 
fÜ. d breviter connata, Folia in rhizomate v. caule brevissimo dense conferta, inflorescentia termi- 
nali. Species 18. 
2. Cephalogyne. Florum d fasciculi secus rhachin simplicem sSmpius plures sessiles, perianthio 
ad medium zqualiter 6-lobo. Florum 9 capitula solitaria sessilia v. brevissime peduneulata, 
perianthio equaliter 6-partito. Caules sepe elongati foliatique prvwsertim in fmineis, inflorescentia 
terminali v. in axillis superioribus. Species 7. 
3. Schanozeros, Caules steriles juncei, aphylli, basi ivaginati; floriferi brevissimi, aphylli, 
florum capitulis 2-3, in masculis feemineisque subsimilibus. Species 2. 
4. Typhopsis. Folia in caule brevi conferta, elongata. Florum capitula utriusque sexus in scapo 
aphyllo pauca globosa v. breviter Cylindracea, braeteis multifidis in massam lanosam confertis. 
Species 1. 
5. Macrostachya, Folia in caule brevi conferta, elongata. Florum fasciculi utriusque sexus in 
Spicam longam angustam dense cylindraceam conferti. Species 1. 
Nomen generis Labillardieri jure prioritatis gaudet, sed Brownianum jam diu ab omnibus botanicis 
aeceptum non hodie rejieiendum est, 
2. Chamesexeros, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 110.— Flores hermaphroditi (v. polygami 1 ). 
Perianthii distincta, subszequalia v. exteriora interioribus paullo latiora rigidiora- . 
que. Stamina 6, quorum 3 basi segmentis interioribus affixa, 3 subhypogyna, omnia 
ianthio breviora, fil iis filiformibus ; antherz ovatz, dorsifixse, versatiles, loculis 
introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo; ovula in 
loculis solitaria, lateraliter affixa. Capsula levis?, matura ignota.—Caules c:wspitosi, 
habitus Euzerotetis. Folia in rhizomate conferta, longe linearia, rigida, plana v. subteretia, 
margine sepius scarioso-lacerata. Scapi florentes breves, aphylli. Flores parvuli, secus 
ramos panic pyramid; fasciculati, v. in itul voideo-glob conferti. 
Species 2, Australie austro-occidentalis incole, Genus tam .Xeroteti quam 4canthocarpo valde 
affne. F. Mueller, Fragm. Phytogr. Austral. xi. 24 eum Acanthocarpo jungit, sed habitus longe 
differt et fructus junior minime echinatus apparet. 
9. Aeanthocarpus, Lehm. Pl. Preiss, ii. 274.—Flores hermaphroditi. Perianthii 
segmenta distincta, squalia, tenuia, fere hyalina, centro opaca. Stamina 6, quorum 3 
basi segmentis interioribus affixa, 3 subhypogyna, omnia perianthio breviora; antherw 
ovatz, dorsifixeo, versatiles, basi 9-lobse, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 
S-loculare, in stylum brevem desinens, stigmate parvo; ovula in loculis solitaria, late- 
raliter afüxa. Capsula globosa, muricata, loculicide dehiscens. Semina fere globosa, 
obtusangula, lateraliter affixa, testa tenui appressa; embryo in albumine duro breviter 
linearis, leviter eurvus, obliquus.— Caules e rhizomate breviter horizontali lignoso rigidi, 
Tamosissimi, undique foliati. Folia breviter linearia, rigidula, patentia, vaginis ramos 
