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lata. Carjopsis minuta, sed F. communis instar cancellata. 

 Bractese florales nunquam arlstatai. F. laxa (VaLl Emim, ii. 292 ; 

 Kuntli Enum. ii. 232 ; F. aunna, Roem. et Scliult. Syst. Veg. Vu 

 95 ; Parl. Flor. Ital. ii. 71) nullo charactere claro et permancnte a 

 F. dichotoma recedere videtur nisi forsan bracteis florigeris mnjori- 

 bus et rlgidioribus sa^pe saturatius coloratis. Cl. A. Graj eidem 

 jungit F. Baldwinianam (Torr. Annal, New York, iii. 344). 



FimbristyUs <Es?ii7a/i5 (Valil Enmn. ii. 288; Kuntli Enum. ii. 

 ii. 226 ; Benth. Flor, Ilongk. 392^ Sect. Dichclostyiis) hactcnus 

 in collectione nostra exstat a Goulburn et Ovens-River (F. M.), 

 jMoreton-Baj (Leiclibardt), Rockhampton, Herbcrt's et 3ving*s 

 Creek (Bowman)^ Rockingham^s Bay (Dalhichy), Russell's River 

 (tlill), Nebo (T. Gulliver), Soutli Alligator-River, Fitzroy- et 

 Victoria-River (F. M.). Planta vix unf|uam pedem exceJit, 

 annua. Spiculoe interdum deuse pilosulte. Bractete florigcra? 

 perparvije. Stamen 1 rarius 2. Antherie mutica^, perbreves. 

 Caryopsis minnta, pelhicens, fere Ifevis, digona. Planta Ceylonica 

 Thwaitesii sub 3943 distribnta Imc pertinet. F. gracilis (R. Br. 

 Pr. 227) itidem huc fortasse ducenda. CI. Maximowicz hanc 

 speciem ad Amur reperit. 



Fimbristylis squarrosa (Vahl Enum. ii. 289 ; Kuntli Enum, ii. 

 224; Steud. Glum. ii. 110; Benth. Flor. Hongk. 392; Parlat. 

 Flor. Ital. ii. 75 ; F. hirta, Roem. et Schult. Syst, Veg. ii. 99 ; F- 

 comata; Nees in Wiglit's Contrib. 102 ; F. Eckloni^ Nees in 

 Linnaea, x. 145 ; F.Mich.eIii, Bub. dodecanth^ 34 ; F. velata^ R. Br. 

 Pr. 227 ; F. propiuqua, R. Br. Pr. 227 ; Pogonostylis squarrosa, 

 BertoL FI. Ital. i, 312 ; Steud. Glumac. ii. 121) caryopsi ciliis 

 longis e stylo ortis vertice retroberbi solum a F. cestivali distat, et 

 distinctionem specificam non meret. Hanc plaatam habeo ab 

 Avon- et Murray-River (F. M.), Darling-River (Forde), Clarence- 

 River (Wilcox), Severn (Leichliardt), Richmond-River (Maria 

 Hodgkinson), Barcoo (Howitt), Darling-Downs (Lau), Nebo 

 (GuIIiver). Spiculje usque ad 10'" longae. Bractea3 florifera^ passim 

 muticae. Planta interdum jam altitudine sesquipollicarifructificat. 



Fimbristylis cyperoides (R. Br. Pr. 228, Sect. Trichelostylis) 

 milii e locis, qui sequuntur, nota est : Rockhampton (Thozet), 

 Gaiusford et Herbert^s Creek (Bowman), Springsure (Wuth), Port 

 Denison (Fitzalan), Peak-Downs (Slatter), Boyd's River (Leicli- 

 Lardt), Beef-Creek (Bunce), Norman's et Gilbert's River (Gul- 

 liver), Sturfs Creek (F. M.). Radix annua. Tota plaula 2'-l^' 

 alta, F. cestivali haud dissimilis. UmbclljE exemplarium pumi- 

 lorum paucispiculatje. Spicula? 1-|~4'" longas, polius conico-ovatse 

 quam subulatic. Bractcoe florigera? patuloe. Flores unistaminei. 

 Antherse perbrcves, mutici^. Caryopsis trigono-ovata, canesceus, 

 nitens, minute granulari-tuberculata, passim la;vis. Hecc species 

 est unlca, cui pLrasis Brownii brevissima respondit. Discrimina 

 inter hanc et F. autumnalem (R, et S. Syst. Veg. ii. 97) frustra 



