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In silvis circum sinum Moreton Bay. 'W. Hill. 
Caulis flexuosus, paucipollicaris, teres, sesquilineam crassus, in- 
ferne fibras solitarias elongatas filiformes longe decurrentes emit- 
tens. Folia disticha, sessilia, cum arcta vagina articulata, 2-3" 
longa, i-i" lata, obliqua, interdum  subfaleata, acuta, coriacea, 
supra nitidula, subtus opaca, nervo medio satis prominente. Race- 
mi foliis oppositi, solitarii, 13-23" longi, dissite pauciflori, pedunculo 
cirea unciali przditi. Bractee pedunculi paucz, dissitze, circiter 
1" longz, infima fere cylindracea, superiores deltoideo-lanceolatz. 
Bracteolz acute, margine mox inflexz, appresse, membranes, vix 
l"longsm.  Germina fere sessilia, sub anthesi 14-2" longa, cylin- 
dracea, striata. Sepala adscendentia, fere squilonga, 2" metien- 
tia, interdum paulo rubicunda; supremum ceteris paulo latior; 
lateralia omnibus angustiora, lineari-lanceolata. Labellum sepala 
sequans, inferne calcare obtuso curvulo cavo basi virente 13" longo 
preditum, superne 3-lobum; lobi laterales fere membranei, medio 
paulo longiores, 1" longi; lobus medius concavus, apice fulvus; 
sinubus inter lobos macula fuscescente notatis; fauce albo-barbel- 
lata; caleare lobum liberum 1" longum abscondente. E lobo cal- 
caris interno utrinque callus lanceolatus hyalinus adnatus apice 
flavo-pictus ad latera labelli divergit. ^ Columna sesqui-linearis, 
sub anthera dente lineari bifido munita, inferne purpurascens. 
Operculum anthere membraneum, cordiforme, fere 1" metiens, 
acuminatum.  Glandula stigmatis ovata, acuta.  Candicula soli- 
taria, hyalina, elastica, 3" longa. Paria polliniorum arcte gemi- 
natim cohzrentium libera, globosa, ceracea, flava. Capsula circiter 
bipollicaris, cylindracea, 2-23" crassa, suleata, basi et apice atte- 
nuata. : 
Floret Oct. Nov. 
CXPERACEAX. 
Fimbristylis pterygosperma. 
R. Br. prodr. 226. 
Radice annua fibrosa, culmis tenuissime filiformibus acutangulis 
suleatis folia longe superantibus quibuscum scabriusculis raro lz- 
vibus, foliis angustissime canalieulatis, spicula terminali solitaria 
erecta nuda ovata, squamis scariosis orbicularibus ovalibusque tri- 
nerviis glabris levissimis, staminibus tribus, stylo compresso ad 
apicem fimbriato, stigmatibus tribus, caryopsidibus pallidis subcor- 
datis lato-fimbriatis tuberculatis dorso convexis antice planiusculia 
stipite pluries longioribus. 
Ad fluvium Victorize. 
Herba spithamsa. Folia circiter 3^ lata. Spicula 3-4" longa, 
basi obtusissima. Squamse albide 131-2" longz. Antherz lineares 
aeutz.  Caryopsides vix 1" longs, basi acutatze, dorso carinats, 
ala alba pulcherrima fimbriate, opacs. 
