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setiformia, nisi inferne in laminam an^nsti.ssime cvmheara dorso 



maiginibusque albo-ciliosam diLifata ; lertium ceteris paulo longius. 



Sepala 3 interiora, mutlca, liuea breviora, firmula, pr^ter marginem 



anticum barbellatuni glabra. Stylus longitudinom 2'" attineus, iu 



stigmata 3 capillaria vix lineam a^quantia divisns, glaber. Fructus 



plane mnturatns hactenus mihi ignotns, 



Spiculas feminas nonnunquam vidi ustilagine deformatas et tali 



modo iis Lepyrodiarum similes -, masculas iiiagis miniisve com- 

 pressas. 



Leptocarpns aristatus (R. Br. Pr, 250) in plagls arenosis per 

 Anstraliam occidentalem extratropicam ample iuvenitur ; cxcmpli 

 gratia : prope Lake Muir (J. R. Mnir) ; Porongcrup (Maxw.) ; 

 Stirling's Ranges (F. M.) ; Gordon's et Vasse'g River (Oldf.) ; 

 Swan-Rlver (G. Ciifton) ; Geraldstown (C. Gray). A Lcptocarpo 

 tenello statim discerneudus est caulibus altioribus valiilioribus 

 distinctius striolatis^ petiolis spathellisque antice liaud late hyalino- 

 nierabrancis illis muticis, spiculis in inflorescentia elongata numc- 

 rosis, fomineis latius rigidiusque involucratis, deniqne sepalis 

 florum masculorum fere spathulatis. Ha^ differentite leves quidem, 

 sed specificae. Drummond plantara sub 943 emisit. Sepala mas- 

 cula obloniro- V. cvmbeo-Ianceolata,in basin fere uncrnicuUita.circiter 

 "' longa. Antbera3 filamentis perbrevlbus non exsertse, ellipsoidese. 

 Flores iutimi feminei saspe ebracteati. Sepala 3 interiora dnrius- 

 cula, caryopsiu fere valvate iucludentia. 



Lepfocarpus Broicnii ( J. Hook. FI. Tasm. ii. 73, tab. 136 ; L. 

 simplex, R. Br. Prodr. 250, exclus. Sjnonym. ; Neesin Lehrn. PI. 

 Preiss, ii. 63 ; Steudel. Glumac. ii. 12'6() ; Schoenodum simplex, 

 Kuntli Enum. iii. 446, partim) a sinu Spcnceri usque in plag^un 

 Gippsland variis locis me ipso observatus est ; in Tasmania satis 

 frequenter occurrit, et priccipue circuni paludes maritimas scmi- 

 sal^as immerse invenitur, sed quoque ad montes Grampinns ver- 

 satur, et passira in pascua arenosa sicca devagatnr. Limites geo- 

 grnphici Iiic indicati fortasse longius extendendi. Kluzoma pro- 

 currens, appresse squamosum et lanuginosum. Cnules indivisi, 

 recti, spithamam usque 4' alti, ssepe linea conspicue tenuiores, 

 pallide virentes, nitiduli, subtilissime striolati, intus satis cavi. 

 Petioli arctissimi, 2-6'" longi, cuticula tenen-ima decolore sece- 

 dente, cui mucro brevis iunafus, terminati, sera ^tate squalide 

 nigrescentes. Spiculse masculce pro genere sat magme, 3-7^ 

 longne, ambitu ovatre v. frequentius ellipsoideae^ in pedunculis 

 compressis cinereo-tomentellis 1-3'" longis effusae, saape ceniu:e v. 

 nutantes, pauiculam simplicem uni- v. paucipoUicarem interdum 

 oligostachyam uunquam ditissimam constituentes, rarissime caulem 

 solitarle termiuantes. Bractere generales haud ad spathellas cou- 

 spicuas aucta?. Bracteas iiorales pauciseriato-imbricatse, nitidulje, 

 fuscse, astate spadicea?, laxiusculre, haud squarrosa^, ab inirio 

 glabrre, 1-1^'" longi^, lanceolato-ovata^, sensim acutge, haud aris- 



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