CXCVIL CENTROLEPIDEJE. 1027 
postea ab auetore Fl. N. Zel. i. 268, £. 62 C, ad Alepyrum relata (genus AxxPyRuM, Hieron. Centrolep. 
103, non Rt. Br.), spiculze brevissime pedicell folia non sup tes ; ovaria utriusque floris sessilia, 
2.3-loeularia ; stamen in spicula unieum ad florem superiorem, v. 2 unum ad quemque florem ; capsulze 
juniores iis G. australis subsimiles, maturw ignote. In specie typica, G. australi, Gaud., spieule 
brevissime peduneulatz, folia vix v. non superantes, 1-2-flore ; stamina ad florem superiorem 2; 
ovaria 2-locularia, basi in stipitem contracta, floris inferioris dum adsit sterile; capsula apice 2- 
valvatim dehiscens. In (. seacea, Hook. f. spieule (C lepidis) longe ped li exsertze, 
acuminate, l-flore ; stamina sepius 2; ovarium sessile, 2-loculare; capsula membranacea loculis 
dorso in longitudinem dehiscentibus. , 
On»o CXCVIIL RESTIACEZ. 
Endl. Gen. Pl. 120. Lindl, Veg. Kingd. 121. Masters in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. 218. 
Flores dioici, rarius monoiei, rarissime hermaphroditi, in spiculas e glumis (seu bracteis) 
siccis rigidisve v. rarius tenuibus varie imbricatis v. rarius dissitis dispositi, sub quaque 
gluma solitarii sessiles v. rarius stipitati, v. presertim 9 in spicula solitarii. — Perianthium 
regulare, segmentis 6 rarius ad 9, 4 v. 3 reductis glumaceis rigidis scariosis v. hyalinis plus 
minus distincte 2-seriatis. Stamina in fl. d 3; filamenta filiformia, distincta v. rarius 
basi in columnam connata; antherz oblong:, pro perianthio majuscule dorsifixew, in 
paucis generibus distincte 2-loculares, loculis parallelis, in plerisque 1-loculares, loculis in 
omnibus rima longitudinali iscentibus ; staminodia in fl. 9 3 parva interdum clavata 
v. 0. Ovariwm in fl. sessile v. stipite crasso fultum, 1-3-loeulare. Styli tot quot 
loculi, v. in ovario 1-loculari 1-3, a basi discreti v. plus minus connati, filiformes, superne 
v. fere a basi i in longitudi tigmatosi, swpeque vill bbpl i. Ovula 
in loculis solitaria, pendula, orthotropa. Fructus siccus, smpius parvus, nuceus v. capsu- 
laris, teres compressus v. 3-queter, indehiscens v. a latere v. ad angulos dehiscens, 
1-3-locularis, l-3-spermus. Semina in loculis v. in fructu solitaria, pendula, apice v. sub 
apice aflixa, sepius siriata v. tenuiter tuberculato-rugosa, testa appressa. .4lbumen 
copiosum, farinaceum v. plus minus carnosum, Embryo parvus, lenticularis v. obovoideus, 
ab hilo remotus, albumini applicitus. 
Herbs sepissime p basi ip v. rhi duro horizontali v. repente 
sepius squamis imbricatis obtecto. Caules rigidi, simplices v. ramosi, erecti flexuosi v. 
varie contorti. Folia interdum pauca radicalia longe cyperoidea, sepissime tamen omnia 
ad vaginas rigidas convolutas secus caulem dissitas reducta v. prorsus deficientia ; vaginze 
hze variant nunc arcte app tubulif: ginibus tamen non connatis ut in 
Cyperaceis, nune laxiores plus minus aper&c, persistentes v. cito decidu:m cicatricem 
1 grum bul " : R 
it t 
x q ; summ:e sepe in bracteas primarias 
inflorescentiz seu spathas abeuntes. Intl ia polymorpha, in planta d et 9 con- 
formis v. valde diversa, in priore swpius laxior iorque, in illa simplicior, interd 
ad spiculam unicam reducta. Flores quoad spiculas Cyp is, quoad perianthium Junco 
accedunt. Bractes primariz seu spathze sub ramis inflorescentice nunc amplie rigidulae 
coloratze laxe: citoque deeiduze, nune minores appresse vaginiformes v. acuminatee, sub 
spiculis singulis ssepius parve. Spicuke swpe compresse, glumis tamen (v. bracteis) 
undique imbricatis omnibus florem sessilem foventes v. infimis paucis vacuis; interdum 
vero lax:e, glumis dissitis floril breviter pedicellatis fere if vy. praesertim. 
in planta fcminea 1-Hore, glumis pluribus vacuis undique imbricatis quaquaversis. 
Bracteole interdum presertim in spieula laxiflora adsunt 1-2 parvze sub quoque flore, 
Perianthia sepius glumas excedunt ; interdum vero omnino inclusa. 
Species ad 230, pro maxima parte Africze austro-oecidentalis v. Australize incole, perpaucz in 
Nova Zelandia inveniuntur, una sola in Chile ; una in Cochinehina ; omnes pies, exceptis 5 
inter A li eum Cochinehinensi in regione tropiea obviis, 
