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longi. Petiolas vix seniipolllcc loiiglor. Folia 3-4" longa et l|-2" 

 lata, supva iiitentia, suLtus spleuiloris expertia, Bce eminenter 

 carinata. Peauuculi 3'" longi, spatio 2-3" clistantes, bracteis 

 mcmbrancis cyliiidricis sursum unilateraliter fissis ochreati, Pe- 

 dicellus circiter 2" longu^, linea paulo tenuior. Sepala exteriora 

 " longa^ fere membranea, e uota detectoris extus gilva, intus 

 albida, ntrinque purpureo-punctata. Labellum arcuatum, carno- 

 sum, 3'" longum, inferne canalicvdatum, ad extremit^tes obtusum. 

 Columnaj pars libera 1^'" longa, antice utrinque in dentem menv 

 braneum acutum decurrentem producta. Pollinia uuici floris 

 adhuc obtenti jam dejecta. 



B. nematopodo inter species iudigenas proximum. 



CtPEKACEjE* 



Isolcpis prcelongatcu 



Nees in Wighfs Contriliut. to tlie Eotauy of India, 108; Kuntli Enum. ii. 

 199, c. sjnon. ; Steud. Gluni. ii. 96 ; J. Hook. Pnefat. ad Flor. Tasm. 

 xlviii. 



Aphylla, glabra, radice perenni copiose fibrosa, cauULus crus- 

 siuscnlis alte vaginatis iiltra capitulum spiculariun solitarium 

 prcelonge protractis articulatis et fistulosis, spiculis mnjusculis 

 ovatis V. oblongo-ovatisj bracteis florigeris magnis muticis orbi- 

 culari- v, hito-ovatis, staminibus stigmatibusque tribus, his stvlo 

 multo brevioribuSy cart/opsi rhomheO' v. rotando-ohovaia triquetra 

 nigi^escente rugulosa acute apiculata» 



Ad ostium flumiuis Victoriai ; F. M. Prope urbem Rockhamp- 

 ton ; Thozct. 



Exemphiria Australiana Indicis me comparatis omni charactere 



agqualia, Ch Thwaites (Enum, Plant. Zeil. 350) I. prselongatam 



aduexuit I. articulata? (Nees h c.) et eidem I. incurvatam (Nees L c.) 

 udduxit, 



Isalcpls nodosa (R, Br, Pr. 221 ; Kunth Enum. ii. 199, c. synon ; 

 A. Kich. Voy. Astrolab. Bot. 104, t. 18 ; J. Hook. Fl. Nov. Zeh 

 i. 270 ; Steud. Ghim, ii. 96 ; J. Hook. FU Tasm. ii. 87 ; Handb. 

 N. ZeL FL i. 301) per fere totam Australiam cxtratropicam nas- 

 citur ; ubi limites extremi ad oras orientales juxta Moreton-Bay, 

 ad oras occidentale& juxta Murchison-River ponunt, Drumm. 384* 

 Planta quoque in insulam Howei extendit. Stigmata tria, stylo 

 brevissimo phiries longiora. Caules ad 4' alti. 



Isolepis supina (R. Br. Pr. 221 ; Kunth Enum. ih 197, c. syn.) 

 me visa est ad fluminaMurray-River, Bri.sbaue-River et Vlctoria- 

 River. Stigmata 2-3 ; caryopsis di- v. trigoua, quare Scirpus 

 Hallii (A. Gr. Manual, sec. ed.), ut ill. auctor jam ipse indicavit, 

 ad I. supinam trahendus. Setoe rudimentoriai passim occurrunt. 

 Folium florale spiculis iuterdum brevius. 



