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Sepala angusto-lanceolata, §"' longa, omnia t. saltem interiora 

 P margine v. amplius lannginosa. ' Stylus brevissimus. Stigmata 3 



capillarla, minutim papillulosa, circiter lineam longa. Caryopsis 

 longitudine vix semilineam tenenSj glabra, circumscriptione fere 

 ellipsoidea, acuta, stylo tenuissimo rostellulata, angulis prominen- 

 tibus saturatius fuscis trigoua. Semen maturatuni nondum vidi. 



Leptocarpi specles in sectlones duas segregandai, alteram spiculis 

 utinusque sexus mutue similibus, alteram spiculis sesus mascull 

 iis feminei prorsus dissimllibus. 



L. paniculatus Austro-Africanus habitum Kestionis tetraphyllae 



imitat. 



Leptocarpus thamnochortoides. 



Restio microstachys, Nees in Lehm. Plant, Preiss ii. 59. (Sect. Schoenodum.) 



Stricte erectus, caulibus simplicibus striolatis aetate punctulatis, 

 petiolis arctis apliyllis aplce merabranuligeris, paniculis masculis 

 decomposltis effusis parvis pauciflorls, bracteis appressis fere mu- 

 ticis, antheris inclusis, spiculis femineis wagnis pluri- v, multi' 

 JloriSy bracteis fere cartilagineis srpiarroso^acrtminatisy sepalis 

 rigidis^ duohus exterioribus sursum alatisy stigmatibus capillaribus 

 tribus, caryopsi minuta ovata haud dA\g\x\os\.i, pericarpio tenerrime 

 membraneo ovato pallido, semlne Isevi pellucente ovato. 



lu paludibus stagnlsque Australige occidentalis ; e. g. Poronge- 

 rup et King George's Sound ; P. M. Blackwood-River et Wilson's 

 Inlet ; Oldf. 107 et 391 Drumm. 



Caules quinque-pedales v. breviores, interdum pauciramei, fere 

 solidi, firmi, recti, striolis vix visibilibus longitudinaliter percursi ; 

 uuUi tortuosi steriles. Petioli persistentes, passim acuminati. Pa- 

 nicula mascula ample patens. Spiculoe in pedunculis compressis 

 fere capIUaribus primum cano-tomentellis demum glabresceutibus 

 oscillantes, fere ovatgE, circiter 2'" lontjse, acutiuscuUTi, haud omues 

 seorse pedunculatae. Bracteae generales haud elongatse ; florales 

 concurvae, magis niinusve in formam ovatam et lanceolatam ver- 

 gentes^ nec consplcue mucronato?, nec acuminatEe, utplurimum 

 antice obtusae, 1-1^'" long^. Sepala circiter ^"' longij, nitenti- 

 fusca, hyalino-membranea ; exteriora acuta ; interiora obtusiuscula. 

 Antberae elllpsoideas, acut^e, vix semilineam long^e, prope basiui 

 dorsifixiE, filamentia brevissimis nunquam exsertae. Panicula fe- 

 miua pleio-stachya, rarius ad splculas perpaucas reducta, 1-4" 

 longa, brevitcr valide et erectiuscule v. vix patentim ramosa. 

 Spiculae ^]'* longae, sessiles. Bracteae lanceolari-ovatae v. fere 

 rhonibeae, scilicet concurvae, in acumen tetate pungcns sensim 

 excurrentes, l^-S'" longoe ; inferiores v. infimse vacuae. Sepala 2 

 exterlora cymbea, in modum fere Thanmochortl sursum rigide 

 alata, 1-2'" longa, teuui-cartilaglnea ; 4 cetera illis textura haud 

 dissimUIa et vix breviora, sed augusto- v. lineari-lanceolata ; omnia 



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