418 RESTIACEAE endl, (Rcstio.) 



superantcs. Flos complanatus. Scpala 5 vel 6, hyalino- mem- 

 branacea, glabra ; duo cxteriora latcralia vix breviora, navicu- 

 lari-carinata. acutata, dorso ferruginca; reliqua elliptico-oblonga, 

 obtusiuscula, enervia, plana, medio pallide ferruginea. Stamina 

 3. Filamenta brevia. Antherae apertae ovato-lanceolatae, obtu- 

 siusculae, zouis tribus fuscis notatae. (Descr. sccundum speci- 

 mina prope Portum Rcgis Georgii lecta , ab UL Desfontainio 

 sine nomine accepta.) 



2) Culmus ramosus. 



74. R. clavatus Brown. Prod. 246. Cnlmis ramosis, 

 filiformibus; paniculis effusis, tremulis: ramis parum divisis 

 simplicibusve; amentis pendulis, oblongo-clavatis ; squamis ova- 

 tis, acutiusculis; perianthiis 6-glumis. Brown. — Novac Ilol- 

 landiac ora mcridionalis. 



75. R. FASTIGIATUS Brown. Prod. 246. Culmis supra pa- 

 niculatis, fastigiatis : ramulis compressis, spiciferis; amcntis 

 ovalibus : lateralibus sessilibus ; bracteis cucullatis; squamis 

 ovatis, obtusis; perianthiis (masculis) 6-glumis, subacqualibus. 

 Brown. — Nova Hollandia. (Portus Jacksonii.) 



76. R. DIMORPHUS Brown. Prod. 246. Sieb. herh. Nov. 

 Holl. n. 40 el 44 (specimen jxivenile). Culmis supra panicula- 

 tis; vaginis laxiusculis, mucronulatis ; ramulis spicatis; amentis 

 distantibus, subscssilibus, ovatis; squamis acuminatis, marginc 

 pubesccntibus ; perianthiis 6-gIumis; capsulis trilocularibus. 

 Brown. — Nova llollandia. (Portus Jacksonii.) — Rhizoma ho- 

 rizontale, repcns, hirsntulum, fuscum. Culmi crccti, paniculato- 

 ramosi, 20-21 - pollicares, terctes, cpunctulati, rami ramulique 

 olivaceo-viriduli ; hi semitcrctes, solitarii vel gemini, patuli, sub- 

 striati. Vaginae Iaxiusculac, superne patulac. apice rotundatae 

 et robuste mucronatae, pallide ferrugineac. Spicac in ramulis 

 spicatim dispositae, remotae. sessiles, vagina sufTuitac, ellipti- 

 cac, subnovemflorae , duas lineas longae. Sqnamae cllipticac, 

 acuminato-subulatae, subpungentes. fuscac, (lore paulo breviores, 

 juvenilcs marginc villosulac. Sepala 6_, ferruginca, obtusa ; ex- 

 teriora lateralia carinata. juvenilia carina marginequc pilis albi- 

 dis mollibus villosula, tcrtium lineari-subspathulatum, planum, 

 juvenile margine mollitcr villosum ; interiora vix breviora, ob- 

 longa, obtusa, glabra. Filamenta 3, hvalina. (Descr. secundum 

 specimcn Sicb.) 



77. R. CRISPATUS Brown. Prod. 246. Cnlmis supra pa- 

 niculatis : ramulis flexuosis ; amentis alternis. subpedunculatis ; 

 squamis ovatis, mucronulatis, nudis; perianthiis (masculis) 6- 

 glumis. Brown. — Novae HoIIandiae ora meridionalis. 



78. R. SPHACELATUS Brown. Prod. 246. Culmis panicula- 

 tis, glabris; ramis comprcssis , flcxuosis uncinatisvc; vaginis 

 sphacclatis, obtusissimis, mucronulatis, marginc ciliatis: amen- 

 iis terminalibus, solitariis, ovatis : squamis ovalibus, mucronu- 



