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Schcenus efoliatus. 



AphyJlus, olatior, cfinle teretuisciilo passlm uuilateraliter Bulcato, 

 vagtnis hasalibus etJloraUbiiS midis arctis in apicem planiusculum 

 obtusum perhreviter productis, spiculis lonyiusculis siinpliciter 

 pftnlculutis V. ■biuis v. solitarlis, bracteis imberbibuSj infcrioribu3 

 gradate abbreviatis, superioribus seusim acutatis, stylo stigmatibus 

 longiore, caryopsi clavato-ohovata paulo augulata lcevi pallesceute 



obtusissima, 



In regione inter portum King George's Sonncl et montes Stir- 

 ling^s Range, F. M. ; ad flumen Kalgan, Oklfield. 



Caules ulnares usque quadripedales, basi haud tnmesceutcs, §-1' 

 ^assi. Folium rndimeutorium vap^inam petiolumve cyliudricum, 

 rminans vix lineam longuni, ei Cladii juncci simile. Pedv 

 spicularum longitudine varii, interdum spithamaei et tenuissimi. 

 Spicula} -|~1" longce, inferne turgidulte et lanceolari-oblougai, su- 

 perne fere subulatce, BractCEe dorso obscure fnscic, rarius cocrule- 

 scentes, haud nitentes, marginem versus fnlvescentes, secus ipsnm 

 mnrglnem passim ciliat^, omnes appressiB. Stylus apicem vcrsus 

 pubescens« Caryopsis liueam paulo excedens, verticc turgcns et 

 albida. 



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unculi 



Schcenus odontocarpus. 



Pusillus, caulibus setaceis sulcatis, foliis setaceo-linearihus ca- 

 valiculatis longiusculis, vaginis ore imberbibus, spiculis minutis 

 cymoso-disposifis, bracteis floralibus obtusiusculis appressis paucis 

 nudis, snperioribus inferiores excedentibus, ^o^cm//^ monostemo' 

 neisy caryopsihus minutis pallidis stihtilissime cancellatis pro- 

 trusione carinulaimm terminali tridenticulatis, 



Circum montes Stirlingi ; F. M* 



Planta sesqui- usque quadri-pollicaris, pluri- v. multicaulis. 

 Eadix e fibris capillaceis constans. Folia uncialia v, breviora ; 

 floralium superiora abbreviata. Spiculae pcr cymam solitaria?, 

 gemime v. terna^, 1^-2"' longas, castaneo-fusca^. Eacheola flexuosa, 

 membraneo-alata. Filamentum tenuissimum, inchisum. Antherge 

 miimtissimfe, oblongo-Iineares, brevissime cuspidulatie. Stylus 

 stigmatibus 3 paulo brevior, quibuscum tenerrime capillaris. Stig- 

 mata vix |'" longa. Caryopsis triquetro-ovata, vertico retusa, 

 minutissime apiculata, vix ^' excedens ; apices carinularum denti- 

 formes obtusiusculi. 



Schcenus minutulus^ 



Pumilus, caulibus sctaceis sulcatls, foliis canaliculari-setaccis 

 brevlusculis, vaginis ore imberbibus, spieula minuta caulem soli- 

 tarie tcrminante pas^^im gemina folio florali breviter superata, 

 bracteis florallbus margine lato-membraneis nudis prseter infimas 



