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CYPERACE&. 
Schoenus Tepperi. 
Humillimus, caule brevissimo unispiculato foliis angustissimis 
canalieulatis longe superato, bracteis imis in appendicem longam 
angustam foliaceam productis, bracteis ceteris perpaucis margine 
latiuseule membraneis, flore unico fertili, setis hypogynis nullis, 
caryopsi trigono-obovata pallida longitudinaliter tri-striolata le- 
nissime rugulata. 
In peninsula inter sinus St. Vincenti et Spenceri sita ; Otto 
Tepper. 
Planta esspites formans. Folia pleraque inter 1 et 13" longa, 
vix 3" lata, imberbia, ad marginem perparum seabriuscula. Pars 
caulis exserta pedunculiformis spieulam longitudine vix squans 
vel brevior. Bractesz preter apicem foliaceum 2-3" longs; su- 
periores antice angustz sed obtusiuscule. Racheola pro receptione 
unici fructus exseulpta vel curvata. Stamina me nondum visa. 
Stylus 2-3" longus, tenui-setaceus ; stigmata 3, stylo paulo bre- 
viora, eapillaria. Caryopsis circiter 2" longa. 
Speeies approximat S. trachycarpum, discedit jam humilitate 
singulari, peduneulis abbreviatis, braetea ima involucrante bre- 
viore, bracteis floralibus longioribus amplius membraneis, fructibus 
lenius rugatis, flore tantum unico fertili, quo ultimo charactere ab 
omnibus congeneribus hactenus notis differt. 
Fuxar. 
Battarrea Muelleri. 
Kalchbr. in litteris, 
Albida, peridio interiore campanulato-mitrato, stipite longissimo 
paleaceo-squamoso solido sursum sensim incrassato, squamis palei- 
formibus lineari-lanceolatis deorsum directis fere imbricatis, sporis 
globosis ferrugineo-coloratis verruculosis, fibris curtis pzene spirali- 
bus inter sporas sitis, 
In vicinia sinus Spencer's Gulf ; Tepper. 
Generis miri species memorabilis. 
Stipes latitudine pilei nonies usque decies longior. Peridium . 
exterius adhuc ignotum. Spore *004 mm. metientes. 
Fasciculus XCII. editus Augusto 1880. 
