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Planta 1-^3'. Folia circiter ^"' lata^ floralia scnsim aTjbrcviata 

 et oLliterata. Spiculoe ■§-!" longpe, non nitentcs. Braeteoe mutica3. 

 Antheroi pcrangusto^. Stylus saltcm semipollicaris. Setos hypo- 

 gjnae pcrparum ciliolata). Fructus maturus ignotus. Specics 

 forraa gpicularum ad Sclioenum grandiflorum, S. efoliatum et S. 

 flaviculmem traliitur, et cum ceteris Chcetospori speciebus in 

 Schuini subgenus poni possit. 



Chcetospora tetragona (R. Br. Pr. 233 ; Nees in Lehm. Pknt. 

 Preiss. ii. 86) a King George's Sound ad Geograph-Bay et Swan- 

 Eiver nisi forsan ulterius extendit. Drumm, 893. Plauta facie 

 valde pcculiari, 2-4' alta. Caulis obtusangulus, fere trigonus. Folia 

 textilia, rigida, elongata^ canalicuhita, apicem versus planiuscula ; 

 floralium infimum passim pedis longitudine. Bractea? generales 

 interdum in capitulo fasciculari valde numerosse et longe pungentes. 

 Spiculae 4-6"' longa}. Bractea^ florales propria^ angusta^, imberbes, 

 aristulat^. Antherte pertenues, fere 2"' longa3, conspicue raucronu- 

 latiB. Set^ 3 hypogyn^ scabriusculiB, tenuissima^, 3-4'" longai. 

 Stigmata 3 capillaria, haud conspicue barbata. Styli pars inferior 

 rostro Ehynchosporarum similis, indnrans, subulata, a fructu 

 secedens, 2-3'" longa, fusca, sericeo-pubcrula. Caryopsis semini 

 quarumdam Crotonum similis, fere 2'" longa, ovata, obtusissima, 

 laevissima, nitens, pallida, sed maculis rainutis atro-purpureis 

 variegata, stipiti crasso flavescenti §'" lougo extus cartilaijineG 



imposita, ad stipitis verticem disco brevissimo carnulento tricrenu- 

 lato cincta. Pericarpium tenui-crustaceum. Testa fulva, laivis. 

 Ob fructus stipitem et discum ha3c planta singularis in seetiouom 

 propriam (Podospora dicendam) nisi genus distinctum removeri 

 possit. Nomen autem specificum infauste selectum. 



Chatospora stijgia (R. Br. Pr. 233 ; Bceck. in Linnfea xxxviii. 

 294 ; Mcsomela;na stvgia, Necs in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. ii. 89 ; 

 M. Preissii, Nees 1. c. 88) a King George's Sound et Point Henry 

 usque ad Murchisou's River vergit, Drumm. 255 et 894. Caules 

 |-3' alti. Anther* longe mucronata?, Stigmata elongata, capillaria. 

 Stylus aetate plaue deciduus ; pars demum crassior puberula in 

 fructu jumpre rostrum 1|"' longum formans. Caryopsis pallida, 

 nitcns, lajvis, addito stipite fere hemispIiEerico obscure tricrenulato 

 ovato-globosa, haud angulosa, lineam paulo excedeus. MesomelainfB 

 genus pro receptione hujus speciei et C. tetragon^ facile restituen- 



UUID. 



C/i^tospora cuTvifoUa (R. Br. Pr. 232 ; Beeck. in Linna^a 

 sxxvm. 224 ; C. aurita, Nees in Jardin's Annal. and Mag. of 

 Nat. His VI. 49) a King George's Sound ad Stirling'a Ran-e, 

 Geograph-Bay et S\\-an-River extendlt, Drumm 899 Cu^ites 

 sesquipedales v. breviores. Capitulum fere atratum. Spicula; 

 Z-6 longae. Antheras sensim in mucromdum attenuata; lineam 

 lonp. btylus stigmatibus longior. Carjopsis turbinato-ovata, 

 i louga, setia hypogynis sericeo-ciliatis circiter a;t|uilon<ra 



