920 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC TiAKDENS, NO. IX., 



20. J. caespitic2is, E. Mey.; B.Fl. vii. 126 as J. caespitius, E. 

 j\Iey. — New South AVales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, 

 West Australia. 



21. J. cape?isis, Thunb., var. Ecklonii, Fr. Buch. 



A perennial with fibrous roots and erect slender stems, about 

 30-35 cm. high. Leaves linear, narrow, involute. Inflorescence 

 terminal, compound, anthelate or umbel-like, the lowest bract 

 leafy, as long as the inflorescence, the others shorter. Flower- 

 clusters 10 to 15, with 6 to 10 flowers about 4 mm. long; perianth 

 segments mostly aristate-acuminate. 



A South African plant collected by Mr. E. Cheel in the Cen- 

 tennial Park, Sydney, December, 1900. Determined by Prof. 



Buchenau. 



TYPHACE^. 



In P. Graebner's recent Monograph of the Typhacese (Engler, 

 "Das Pflanzenreich," iv. Typhaceas, 1900) the following two 

 forms are recorded for New South Wales. 



Typha angustifolia, Linn., Spec. PI. ed.l, p. 971 (1753). 



Var. Brownii, Kronfeld, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, xxxix. 

 p. 152 (1889). Byn.J.Iatifolia,Forst.i.,Fl Ins. Prod. 64 (1786); 

 J. angustifolia, Ft. Br., Prod. 338 (1810). 



Lower leaves with a semi-cylindrical sheath, rarely flat. Upper 

 male portion of the spike often contiguous with the lower female 

 portion. Hairs in the axils of the male flowers dilated towards 

 the apex, not denticulate. Bracteoles gradually dilated towards 

 the apex. — Fort Jackson district. 



Var. Muelleri, Rohrb., Verb. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xi. p. 95 

 (1869). Syn. J. angustifolia, Hook, f., Fl. Tasm. ii. 38. (I860). 



Leaves biconvex at the base. L^pper male portion of the spike 

 separated from the lower female portion by a bare interval, or 

 rarely contiguous. Hairs in the axils of the male flowers simple 

 or branched. Filiform bracteoles abruptly dilated at the apex. 



Scattered in New South Wales. No special locality given, 

 but as it is recorded from Central Australia, the western speci- 

 mens belong probably to this form. 



