1062 CXCIX. CYPERACEJE. [Rhaymohosporec. 
3t. ^P inale glol 
interdum uno in medio caule. Spicule in cag v. late gr 
densissime confers, bracteis rigidis haud raro nigris intermixis; quarum 1-2 v. in una 
specie 3-4 a basi brevi lata ssepe longe rigideque acuminatzee. 
VEN 
Species 5 y. 6, Australian. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 377, ubi forte 2 species sub M. s/jgia confuse, 
In hae et in M. deusta, bractewe exteriores l v. 2 acumine erecto nigro preditz, glums vacuze 4—5 
stricte distichze. . In JM. spherocephala et M. ancipiti (quee Gxwxoscmavs, ANees in Ann. Nat. Hist. 
ser. l, vi 47.  Hook..f. Fl. Tasm. t. 142) bracte: in capitulo globoso late orbieulatz, muticz v. una 
acumine brevi przdita, glumze subdistichz, vacue 1-2. In M. BEragona copimla utin speciebus 
typicis aterrima sed majora, bracteis ud inibus longis p H praeditis, glumie 
subdistichze, vacuze 1-2 ut in Gy Prin Steud. Syn... Pl. Glum. ii. 166, species 
. unica e Port Jackson, Urville, nobis ignota est, nisi ad JMesoz«lenaz deusta;n, Benth., referenda, 
quacum descriptio haud male convenit. 
35. Trianoptiles, Fen in Endl. Gen. 113. (Ecklonia, Steud. in Flora, 1829, 138, 
non Hornem )—8picule angustce, ssepius 2-florze, floribus hermaphroditis, uno sepe sterili. 
Glum:e 4—5, imbricate, quarum 1-2 inferiores breviores vacurse, et interdum summa parva 
vacua, Squam:ze hypogyn:e 3, angustze, lanat; 
3-fidze, lobis lineari- nul erectis, medio dtacelitbisn longiore. Stamina 3. Stylus 
basi i p , superne glaber filiformis deciduus, ramis 
itigmatosis 3. teda bovoid ; 9-quetra, styli parte inferiore indurata coronata.—Héerba 
escspitoàa; foliis ad basin caulis g is. Spiculee fasciculatze, sessiles, in spicam breviter 
oblongam terminalem densam v. laxam dispositz;. ^Bractes 1-3 inferiores foliacese, spica 
ssepius longiores. 
Species 1, Austro-Afrieana. Kunth, Enum. Pl.ii.287. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii, 139. Backel. 
in Linnea, xxxviii. 229, omnes sub Ecklonia. Benth. in. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1348. 
id P 
96. Asterochzete, Nees i Linnca, ix. 300.—Spiculre 1-3-florc, floribus hermaphroditis 
uno alterove sepius sterili. Glumze paucze, vix distichze, rigidule membranaceze, 2 rarius 
3 exteriores breviores vacu:e, rhachilla non producta. Setz hypogyn:e ssepius 6, inzequales. 
Stamina 3. Stylus cum ovario 3-costato continuus, basi brevissime bulboso-incrassatus, 
ramis stigmatosis 3 filiformibus. Nux oblongo-J-quetra, acutiuseula v. styli basi brevi 
coronata, angulis prominenter costatis, faciebus planis swpe foveolatis v. granulosis.—- 
Herb:ze perennes, interdum elatz. Folia ad basin caulis conferta, longa, secus. caulem 
pauca breviora, vaginis in una specie longis laxis.  Spieulze nune numerosissim:e, pallidze, 
in capitula densa ovoides y. globosa exinvolucrata densissime confertis, capitulis in pani- 
cula. ampla p v. breviter p latis, nunc p 
capitulis in panim simplici paucis. 
Species 3 v. 4, wna ex insula Borbonia adhue inedita, 2 v. 3 Afrieze australis incole, —KuntA, 
Enum. Pl. Yi, 811. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum.ii.150. Backel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 265 (Carpha). 
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37. Sehoenus, Linn. Gen. n. 65, pro parte.—Spicule pauciflorz, floribus omnibus her- 
maphroditis fertilibusque v. infimo solo fertili, rarius ad florem unicum reducte. Glumoe 
distiche imbricatz, inferiores 1, 2 v. usque ad 6 vacus contigusque, rhachilla inter 
flores hermaphroditos producta flexuosaque v. in spieula 1-flora ultra florem producta 
incurva glumam parvam vacuam giifente.  Beteo hypogyne nune di v. irregulariter 
pauciores, tenues sepe ciliatee, breves v. toe dilat 
nunc omnino deficientes. Stamina 3, rarius pauciora x^ 4-6. Stylus cum ovario con- 
tinuus, basi haud v. vix i , ramis stig 3fil 
Nux obovoidea ovoidea v. rarius oblonga, erostris, plus minus distincte 3-quetra y. 
3-costata. —Herb:e sepius perennes habitu vario, nunc validte erectse junciformes y. infra 
medium foliat;, nunc humiles, rarius tenerze diffus:e v. fluitantes. Spicule ssepius fasci- 
eulatz, fasciculis in capitulo ici dense capitatis v. ;varie Fi v. paniculatis, 
rarius solitarice t v. parv: ! ad axillas 
x | 1 
basi pl iliatee, superne glabrz — 
