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^ 10. C. glaberrima, Steud. in PL Preiss. i. 274. Apparently procum- 

 bent, much brnnelied and somewhat glaucous, either quite glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent on the smaller shoots. Leaves linear or linear-ouneate, obtuse with 



^ a small point, |- to 1 in. long, or rather more, suddenly enlarged at the base 

 nito a stem-clasping sheath 2 to 3 lines long, leaving a ring round the stem 



when they fall off. Pedicels included in the sheath, with 2 or 3 lanceolate 

 bracts at their base. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 4 to 5 lines long, more dis- 

 tmctly united than in most species into a short tube at the base, quite gla- 

 brous, keeled, membranous on the edges. Petals naiTow-obovate, entire. 

 Stamens in 3 bundles of 2 or 3 each, and 2 single ones. Carpels 3, glabrons, 

 l-ovulate.~a snbvaginata, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 275 ; C. ru^edrh, Steud. 

 I.e. (sheaths of the floral leaves rather shorter). 



JV, Australia. Swan River, Drummond ; sandy, shrubby, and woody places, Perth 



district, Preiss, 7i. 2157; Hav district, n. 21G0; and clefts of rocks of Darling Range, 

 n. 2158. — ' * """"^ 



11. C. vaginata, Beuth, Stems numerous, erect from a thick rhizome, 

 and but little branched, the whole plant glaucous and glabrous, except a 

 shght pubescence on the flowering shoots. Lower 4eaves linear or linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, 1 to 2 in. long, narrowed below the middle, and scarcely en- 

 larged at the base, the floral ones very much enlarged and sheathing below, 

 the upper ones reduced to b'oad loose acute sheaths of about \ in. Tedicels 

 ^ery short and included in the sheath=^, bearing a few minute bracts, and a 

 larger one under the flower. Sepals glabrons, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, about 

 3 lines long. Petals obovate, letuse. Stamens in 3 or rarely 2 bundles of 2 

 ^i" 3 each, and 2 or rarely 3 single ones. Carpels 3, glabrous, l-o^-ulate. 



"W". Australia. Swan River, Drummond. 



12. C. Preissiana, Steud. in PL Preiss. i. 274. Jluoh branched, and 

 more or less glaucous and glabrous, or with a sliglit down or woolly hairs at 

 the base of the floral leaves. Leaves linear-oblong or Iinear-cuueate_, obtuse 

 with a short point, or more frequently truncate or 3-toothcd, i to 1| in. long, 

 and mostly li to 2 lines broad, rather thick, flat, narrowed below the nuddle, 

 but mostly, especially the floral ones, again dilated and stcm-claspnig at the 

 base, leaving a prominent ring. Flowers irregularly clustered m the upper 

 axils, on pedicels of 2 to 5 lines. Sepals 3 to 4 lines long, thin and yellow 

 specially on the edges, the outer ones acute, the inner obtuse and petal-like, 

 petals nan-ow-obovate, slightly notched. Stamens in 3 or 2 bundles of about 

 3 each, and 2 or 3 single ones. Carpels 3, glabrous, 1-ovulate, 



W. Australia. Buries; maritime rocks, Perth district, Preiss, «. 2159 i ; Port 

 ^"^gory, Oldjleld. This may probably prove to be a variety of C. peduncuJata. 



13- C. pedunculata, R. Br. in DC. Syst. Veg. i. 424. Stews usually 

 jather weak, branching, erect or ascending from a thick rhizome to about a 

 oot, but sometimes more rigid with short branches ; glabrous, except a few 

 hairs about the floral leaves. Leaves linear or Unear-cuneate, obtuse tnm- 

 f^ate or craarginate, I to 1| in. long, the margins recurved, narrowed below 

 ^ith a broader stem-clasping or sheathing base, leaving a raised nng round 

 ^jiestem, glabrous and in the larger specimens somewhat glaucous. ^ mun- 

 <='es usufdly clustered with small leaves in the upper axils, slender, 5 to , m. 



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