Rhunchosporec.] |CXCOIX. OYPERACEJZE. 1005 
habitu etiam sat naturale, Bockeler in Linnza, xxxviii. 332, speciem Zeylanicam ad Lepidosperma 
refert, alice a Brownio aliisque sub Chetospora descriptee sunt. 
41. Aepidosperma, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 14, t. 11 ad 16. (Vauthiera, 4. Rich. 
Fl. N. Zel. 106, t. 20.)—Spicule vix r flore superiore hermaphrodito fertili, 
additis ssepius 1-3 inferioribus sterilibus v. masculis. Glum:e imbricatze, subdistiche, 
exteriores (1-6) minores, vacus, florentes flores glumamque summam parvam vacuam 
arcte involventes. Setz v. squam:e hypogynze 6 v. abortu pauciores, sub anthesi scpius 
tenues setif v. hyalinze, interdum minute, post anthesin auctze, incrassatz, albidze, 
cartilagi v. spongi inatm v. setiferze, basi nucis arcte appressa sub-2-seriate, 
nucem tamen rarius superantes, Stamina 3 v. rarissime in floribus paucis 4-5. Stylus 
cum ovarii apice crasso pulvinato v. indurato ti ramis stigmatosis 9. Nux 
ovoidea v. oblonga, obtuse 3-quetra, apice indurato livi, erostris.—Héerb:w rhizomate 
perenni, caulibus s:epius rigidis interdum elatis haud raro complanatis y. angulatis. Folia 
ad basin caulis pauca, a latere complanata et equitantia v. angulata v. teretia, ssepe a 
caule non distinguenda nisi vagina baseos et apice acuminato. Spieule sepius numerose, 
nigro, sessiles, distincte v. fasciculatz, in panicul nune brevem spicifornem nunc 
longam densam angustamque nuno laxam amplam et diffusam dispositz. ^ Bracteze poly- 
morph:e, inferiores spe foliacez, inflorescentiam tamen raro excedentes. 
Species fere 40, plures tamen inter se parum distinetze, quarum 2 in Malacca Archipelago Malayano 
y. China australi obvia, 2 Novo-Zelandiece, ezeteree omnes Australianze, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 384. 
Beckel. im Linnea, xxxvii. 318 (excl. spee. Zeylanica. et, austro-Africanis). Hook. f. Fl. Tas. 
t. 146, 147. 
49. cladium, P. Br. Hist. Jam. 114.—Spicule 1-3-flore rarius 4-6-flore, floribus 
omnibus hermaphroditi pius t infimo solo fertili, rarius 2-3 perfectis additis 1-2 
masculis. Glum:e undique imbricatee, 1-3 rarius 4 inferiores vacus, sspiusque 1 rarius 
2-3 superiores parvze vacuze v. florem. imperfectum. foventes, glumis florentibus ccteris 
zequilongis v. longioribus. Sete hypogyn:e rarius adsunt. 6 v. pauciores, tenues. Stamina 
3, rarius. pauciora. Stylus cum ovario continuus, basi dilatata ab ovario sub anthesi 
discolori, post anthesin nunc a nuce non distinguenda nunc crassa brevissima v. rarius 
longiuscula cum. pericarpio continua, ramis stigmatosis 3 rarissime casu 2 filiformibus. 
Nux oblonga y. ovoidea, plus minus drupiformis, levis, ecostata 9-costata v. 3-quetra, 
costis angulisve apice (in styli basi) minus distinetis.—Héerb:e perennes, rhizomate repente 
v. horizontali. Caules nune elati foliati, nunc junciformes folis ad basin paucis v. ad. 
vaginas reductis. Folia plana teretia v. a latere complanata basique distiche equitantia, 
interdum septis transversis nodulosa. Spicule sepius brunnesm v. nigro-fusez, rarius 
pallidz, secus ramos panieule terminalis ssepius fasciculatze, additis spe panieulis 
axillaribus. 
Species ad 30, per regiones tropieas temperatasque utriusque orbis late disperse, pro maxima 
tamen parte Australienses y. Novo-Zelandicze. Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 908... Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. 
i. 159. Buckel.im Linnea, xxxviii. 281.. :Hook.f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 303. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vii. 400... J. Kirk in. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. ix. 652. 
Genus in sectiones sequentes a nonnullis pro generibus propriis habendas dividitur;— 
1. Eucladium. . Caules elati, foliati, foliis explanatis E od angustis. Panieul: dense, corymbosce, 
spieulis numerosis. faseieulatis. Spieule vulgo 2-florw, flore inferiore solo fertili, gluma. terminali 
vacua minuta v. 0. Nux distincte drupacea, exocarpio plus minus spongioso in sieco fragili, endo- - 
carpio duro. Species enumerantur 5 y. 6, quarum tamen 3 v. 4 inter se valde affines s&epe varietates 
C. Marisci, Br., nuneupantur, per totam fere aream generis disperss. — Heichb. Ic. Fl. Gern, t. 287. 
Nees, Gen. Fl. Gern. Monocot., i.m. 8. Host, Gram. Austr. iii. 4. 59 (Schenus). 
2. Bawmea. Folia sepius ad basin caulis conferta, teretia v. a latere complamata et distiche . 
equitantig, rarius omnia ad vaginas breves redueta.  Panicule lax v. thyrsoidem v. angustm. 
Spieule 1-floree, v. si 2..3-florie flos infimus solus fertilis, rhachi sepius gluma parva vacua v. florem 
d fovento terminata. Nux sessilis, ubi nota subdrupacea, pericarpio crasso, endocarpio minus 
