94 



f 



Prope originem fluminis Limmen-Bighfs River, in locis arenosis 



passim inundatis ; F. M, 



Caules circiter 3' alti, inferne simplices, superne in ramos inter- 

 dum numerosos soluti. Petioli aphjlli, mutici v. breviter mucro- 

 nati, non raro ad os lanuginoso- v. villoso-barbati. Paniculce 

 ramos terminantcs, modo ad spicam oligostachyam fere reductse, 

 modo pluriunciales et spicato-ramosai. Spiculse globosse v. ovata?, 

 circiter sesquilineam longte. Sej^ala vix |"' longa, saltem planta? 

 femineae rigidiuscula, muticaj exteriora interioribus acutiora et 

 paulo breviora. Autherce lineari- v. perangusto-ellipsoideEe, mu- 

 cronulato-apiculatae, J'" long^e. Stigmata cum stylo decidua. 



Caryopsis sessilis, vix ^"' lonp:a, spadicea, nitens- 



Hujus etiam statum ustilaginosum repcri, quo Lepyrodiam 



cemulatur. 



L 



Species L. spathaceo ulterius comparanda, 



Leptocarpus scariosus (E. Br. Pr. 250 ; Schoenodnm scariosum, 

 Kunth Enum, iii. 447) crescit in pahidibus ad King George'd 

 Sound etPorongorup (F. M.), Wilsou's Inlet (Maxw.), Swan River 

 (Ohlf.) Drumm. 944.* Caules indivisi, altitudinem 4' attinentes, 

 striolati, primum pellicula pertenui albida mox seccdonte obtccti, 

 aetate impresso-puuctulati, ad articulos fragiles. Petioli arcti, 

 apice fugaciter hyaUno-raembranei, aphylli, mucrone primum 

 innato pro^diti. Panicula utriusque sexus polystachya ; mascula 

 satis effusa ; pedunculi pertenues, glabrati, eetate sjspe j^urpura- 

 scentes. Spiculae 2-4'" longae, ovatae, acutoe. Bracteoe appressae, 

 margiue late pallido-membrane£e, apice aristato-acuminatte, Sepala 

 5, circiter §'" longa, lanceolata, acuminata, glabra ; interiora paulo 

 breviora et interdum pulclire rubicunda. Anthera3 ellipsoideae, 

 fere basifixa^, muticse, circiter ^'" longae. Filamenta breviSsima. 

 Panicula femina satis ample ramosa, etsi conferte spiculata, usque 

 ad semipedem longa, et sesquipoUicem lata. Spicula^ circiter 3'^' 

 longiB. Bracteolgeovato-lanceolat^, glabne, nitenles, margine late 

 scarioso-membraneae, in aristulam quaui congenerum longiorem, 

 sa3pe leniter recurvatam acuminata;. Axillse longiuscule barbatas. 

 Sepala angusta, acuta, circlter semilineara longa ; interlora sursum 

 lanuglnosa. Stylus brevis v. brevissinuis, capillaris. Silgmata 3, 

 circitcr lineam longa, brevissime papillosa. Caryopsis tenuls, statu 

 maturato me nondum vi?a, 



Varietas hujus planta? nisi nova species ad flumcn Yassei nas- 

 citur, ubl a cL Pries statu masculo inventa ; spiculoe latiores in- 

 florescentiEB adspectum Luzula) imprimnnt. 



Leptocarpus coangnstattts (Nees in Lehm. PI. Preiss. ii. 65) 

 crericit ad Swan-Eiver (Helmich) ; Hamden (Clarke) ; Lussells- 

 town (A. & E. Pries) ; Blackwood-River (Wulcott) ; Tone-Kiver 

 (Oldfield) ; Lake Mulr (J. R. Muir) et forsan multis alii^i locis in- 

 terjacentibus. Cauies quinqucpedales v. breviores, strlcte v. patulo 

 ramosi, prominule strioLiti, conspicue fistulosi, dilute virentes. 



