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ovariis stamiuibusque densissime confertis specie irregulariter mixtis, absque bracteis 
interioribus. Staminum filamentum filiforme ; anthera oblonga. — Ovaria 3-quetra v. com- 
pressa, 1-locularia, 1-ovulata; styli 3 v. 2, sisti, distincta v. basi breviter connata. 
Fructus 2-3-angulatus, a basi sursum in valvas totidem ab angulis filiformibus solvendas 
dehiscens.—Herbse annus, nans, subacaules. Folia filiformia, radicalia, ezespitoso- 
conferta. Scapi tenues, radicales. — Capitulum parvum, bracteis co (ab 6) angustis acutis 
involucratum. 
Species 2, Vietorize, Tasmanise et, Australie austro-oceidentalis incolae, — Ben/A. Fl. Austral. vii. 199, 
2. Aphelia, R. Br. Prod. 251. (Brizula et Aphelia, Hieron. Centrolep. 92, 94.)—Spicula 
plano-compressa, bracteis (v. glumis) distichis. Flores hermaphroditi v. polygami, sub 
quaque bractea sessiles, solitarii v. sub bracteis inferioribus 2-oo, singuli swpius squa- 
mellis 1-2 hyalinis minimis stipati. Stamen 1, filamento filiformi ; anthera linearis v. 
oblonga. Ovarium 1- loculare, i in stylum iBghidm lineari-filiformem T stigmatosum 
desinens. Fructus ex ovario parum auctus, pericarpio b 
dehiscens.—Herb:e annus, parvule, subacaules. Folia lineari-filiformia, Haldafl ciespi- 
ioso-conferta. Scapi tenues, radicales. Spicula ovata v. lanceolata, bracteis angustis 
licatis, distiche patentibus, laxe v. arcte imbricatis. Flores sub bracteis inferioribus 
spe 2 v. co, unus v. . omnes masculi, superiores scepius solitarii hermaphroditi. 
Species 6, Australie austro-occidentalis Vietoriw et Tasmanis ineole. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 
199. . Desv. in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 1, xiii. 7. 2. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. t. 138. 
Hieronymus genus limitavit ad 4. cyperoidez, Br., floribus omnibus hermaphroditis ad bracteas 
solitariis. Nos tamen in hae specie semper ad bracteam infimam et interdum etiam ad secundam 
flores 2 invenimus, altero v. utroque masculo,  Ceterwe species genus Briculam, Hieron., formant. 
3. Centrolepis, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl i. 7, t. 1. (Desvauxia, errore, Devauxia, ef 
Alepyrum, R. Br. Prod. 252, 203.)—Spicula e bracteis (v. glumis) ssepius 2, alternis. 
Flores hermaphroditi, sub quaque bractea sessiles plures v. rarius solitarii v. sub bractea 
inferiore 0, singuli ssepius squamellis 1-3 hyalinis minimis stipati. Stamen 1, filamento 
filiformi ; anthera oblongo-linearis. Ovarium e carpellis 3-co (rarius ad 2 v. 1 reductis) 
in receptaculo lineari a latere adnatis superpositeque 2-seriatis l-ovulatis ; styli tot quot 
carpella, distincti v. basi connati, lineari-filiformes, indivisi, superne stigmatosi. Fructus 
ovario conformis parumque auctus, pericarpio membranaceo, carpellis extrorsum in longi- 
tudinem dehiscentibus. —Herb:e (an semper ?) annue, humiles interdum nane, sub 
Folia lineari-filif radicalia, cssp ferta. Scapi tenues, radicales. Spicula 
erecta v. basi recurva, bracteis 2 arcte approximatis v. inter se parum distantibus, inferiore 
ssepius majore acuminato, in una specie deficiente. 
Species 17, quarum una a L. Pierre in Cambodia detecta, estere omnes Australiane. — Bent. Fl. 
Austral. vii. 202, — Hieron. Centrolep. 95. | Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xiii. £. 2. Riudge in. Trans. 
Linn. Soc. x. t. 12. Guillem. Ic. Pl. Austral. t. 17 (Devauzia). Endl. Iconogr. t. 49. Hook. f. Fl. 
Tasm.t,138. Hance in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1816, 14. 
4. Gaimardia, Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 418, t. 30.—Spicula e bracteis (v. glumis) 2 
alternis. Flores in spicula 2, sessiles v. stipitati, hermaphroditi v. inferior 9 v. im- 
perfectus. Stamina 1 v. 2, filamentis filiformibus ; antherz oblongw. Ovarium 2- rarius 
3-loculare, loculis nella teaibus connatis v. vix apice discretis ; styli 2 v. 3, filiformes, 
fere a basistigmatosi. Capsula apice loculicide 9. valvis, v. loculis axi adhzerentibus rima 
dorsali dehiscentibus.—Herb:e perennes, humiles, d it foliose- 
que, fere muscoidem. Folia linearia v? P undique imbricata. Spicule intra folia 
summa 1 y.1 
5. p 
Species 3 v. 4, Americe antaretieze et Novae Zelandiz ineolz. — Hieron. Centrolep. 104. — Hook. f. 
Fl. Antarct, i. 85; Handb. N. Zel. Fl. 295. 
Species inter se habitu simillimz, pluribus notis tamen valde diverse. ' In G. pallida, Hook. f., 
