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Cladium psittacortim (Galmia p.-ittucorum, Labill. Nov. ilolL 

 Pl. Specira. i. 89, t. 115 ; R. Br. Pr, 238 ; Sprcng. Syst. ii. 113 ; 

 Knnth Enum. ii. 331 ; Steud. Glnm. ii. 163 ; J. Hook. FL 

 Tasm. ii, 97 ; G. erythrocarpa, R. Br. Pr. 238 ; CLtdium Radula, 

 Nees iu Sieb. Agrostothec. 12 et in Liunasa ix, 301) ample per 

 ^ Australiam orientalem dispersum est ; locos notavi sequentes : 



Mount Lofty, Rivoli-Bay (F. M.), Mount William (Sullivan), 

 Lake Condah (Green), Dandenong, Gippsland (F. M.), B!ue 

 Mouutains(CHlvert),Newcastle(Lcicbhardt),Parramatta(\Voolls), 

 New England (C. St.), Clarence-River (Wilcox), Richmond-River 

 Hodgk.), Moreton'3 Island (F. M.), Rockinghara^s Bay (Dallachy), 

 RusselFs River ( W. Hill). Altitudinem 10' attinet. Spiculse 2-5" 

 longa^. Caryopsis I3-2'" longa, bene maturata laetissime rubra v. 

 passim fuscesccns et vertice nigrescens, oleosa. Nucleus distincte 

 "t". perparum annnhiri-lobatus. G. leucocarpa forsan e statu G. 

 psittacorum immaturo oriebatur. III. Nees (in Lehm. Plant, Preiss. 

 ii, 87) hanc et G. melanocarpam nomine Psittacoschoeni a geuere 

 separare volult. 



Cladium mcTanocarptim (Gahnla melanocarpa, R. Br, Pr. 239) 

 mihi antcpouit a Nungatta-Mouutains et Twofold-Bay (F. M,), 

 Port Jackson (WooUs), Hastings-River (Beckler), New England 

 (C. St.). Pianta Cladio Filo similis. Anthera; flavte, pcrangustce, 

 mucromilatae, vix lineam longae. Caryopsis lineam paulo v«uperans. 



Huic speciei inter Novo-Zelandicas G. lacera et G. setifolia 

 proxime accedunt. 



Cladium xanthocarpum (Gahnia xanthocarpa, J, Hook. Handb. 

 of New Zeal. Flor. i, 306 ; Lampocarya xanthocarpa, J. Hook. FL 

 Nov, Zel. i. 278) insulam Howei inhabitat. Folia usque ^' lata. 

 Spicula^ biflorje, flore inferiore agyno. Stamina saepe 4, passim 

 3 V. 5. Filameuta fere poUiee tenus longa, inferne tortuosa. 

 Stigmata 3 capillaria, indivisa, stylo sesquilineari longiora. Cary- 

 opsis 1^-2'^' longa, ovata v. globoso-ovata, splendentl-fusca, basi 

 styli cuspidata, 



Cladiitm Prcissii (Gahnia Preissii, Nees in Lehm. Plant. Preisa. 

 ii. 87) ad flumen Swan-River^ sinum King George's Souud (F. M.) 

 et forsan in locis multis interjacentibus nascitur. Drumm, 259. 

 Altitudinem 9' attinet. Stylus perbrevis. Stigmata 3 simpllcia, 

 vix lineam longa. Fructus maturus me nondum visus. 



Cladium Badida (R, Br. Pr. 237 ; C. Filum, Nees in Sicb, 

 Agrosth. 11 et in Linna^a ix. 301) a Portu Phillipi in plagara 

 Gippsland usque et montem Alexandri versus occurrit (F. M.), in 

 French-Island (Beveridge) et in Tasmaniajuxta Swan-port (Story) 

 et montes Fieldii versus. Planta Cladio psittacorum mlnor et 

 conspicue liumilior, habitu autem similis, panicula tamen haud 

 nutanti-effusa, sed similitcr nigrescens. Antherse linea paulo bre- 

 viores, perangustoe, minute apiculatce. Stigmata 3 indivisa, stylo 

 capillari lineam metiente pauio longiora. Caryopsis trigono-ovata. 



