BY A. A. HAMILTON. 413 



Some difficulty was met with in the determination of this 

 plant, owing to an inadvertent reference of the species to Lepid- 

 osperma Jiliforme Labill., by Sir J. D. Hooker, in his " Flora of 

 Tasmania "(Vol. ii., 93). See note on Tricostularia pauciflora 

 Benth., Fl. Austr., vii. 383. This reference has evidently been 

 followed by Mr. Archer in the placing of Tasmanian specimens 

 of T. pauciflora Benth., (now in the National Herbarium, 

 Sydney) under Lepidosper ma Jiliforme Labill 



References. — Chapelliera paiici/lora Nees, fid. Mueller, 

 Hooker's Fl. Tasm. ii., 93; Schcenus pduciflorus F.v.M., Syst. 

 Census of Austr. Plants, p.l28, 1882; Chapelliera jyaif-ciflora 'Nees; 

 Tricostidaria 2i(^uciflora Benth., = Lepidosperma jjaucifloruvi 

 F.V.M., Index Kewensis. 



ffab. — "Victoria: near Mt. Abrupt, F. Mueller; near Mt. 

 William, Sidlivan"[¥\. Austr. p. 383]. Mr. W. Forsyth has 

 collected specimens of this plant at La Peronse(November, 1899); 

 and we have, in the National Herbarium, specimens from 

 Sutherland, (November 14th, 1900) and French's Forest(Septem- 

 bei-, 1908), collected by Mr. J. L. Boorman. 



Note on Cyperacece. — In determining Cyperaceous plants, the 

 characters, colour of the fruits, and height of the plants, are 

 occasionally used to distinguish a species, or separate a genus 

 into groups. Of the former character it is noticed, that the 

 fruits of several species are coated, when young, with a " pale " 

 membranous testa, which persists for a lengthy period, finally 

 withering, and exposing the " dark " nuts. In reference to the 

 latter, we find plants placed under a group 1 to 3 in. high, 

 attaining a height of 6 to 9 in., which would qualify them for 

 inclusion in a difierent group. 



Three Cyperaceous plants from the Blue Mountains hitherto 

 regarded as coastal — 



Schcenus Moorei Benth. 



Mount Wilson(J. Gregson; November, 1901); Wentworth 

 Falls(J. H. Maiden; September, 1898); Leura(A. A. Hamilton; 

 November, 1909). 



