BY W. V. FITZGERALD. 107 



cyme lower down. Pedicels ^ line long, subtended by linear 

 scarious bracts of 4-6 lines long. Perianth infundibuliform, 4-5 lines 

 long, plumose-tomentose outside, almost or quite glabrous within. 

 Segments lanceolate-linear, slightly longer than the free part of 

 tube. Anthers oblong, on equal, extremely short, flattened fila- 

 ments. Placentas shortly stipitate, covered all over with 

 numerous ovules; styles stout, conspicuously hooked at the end. 

 Ripe fruit not seen. 



Loc. — Near the margin of a lagoon 6-7 miles iS^.E. of Bayswater 

 (W. V. Fitzgerald; November, 1902). 



This pretty species usually forms tufts of one foot or more 

 across and bears a close relation to C. cymosa, F.v.M., differing in 

 the scapes always longer than the leaves, in scantiness of tomen- 

 tum, and in the proportion<ate length of the perianth-segments. 

 Not only has this species a peculiar inflorescence, but the hooked 

 style seems to be exceptional for the genus. 



I have dedicated the species to Hon. C. Harper, M.L.C., of 

 Woodbridge, W. A., a gentleman who, in years gone by, did a 

 great deal towards elucidating our native flora. 



CENTROLEPIDE^. 

 Centrolepis inconspicua, sp.nov. 



Minute, slightly tufted and glabrous. Scapes almost none 

 within a few erect, linear, somewhat flaccid leaves of 1-1 J inches 

 long, with very broad, scarious, sheathing bases, the inner ones 

 not reduced. Floral bracts close together, ovate, glabrous, erect, 

 2 lines long, with membranous margins, terminating in leaf-like 

 awns of I-I4 inches long, the lowest the longest. Flowers in each 

 bract 2, intermixed with rather numerous, prominent, unequal, 

 broad-linear chaffy scales, obtuse, acute or occasionally the shorter 

 ones slightly jagged, one by the side of each ovary and one under 

 each stamen, with several others adjacent. Carpels of the ovary 

 apparently constantly 2. 



Loc. — Pinjarrah; in wet spots (W.V.Fitzgerald; October, 1900). 



