RESTIACEAE endl. (Schoenodum.) 445 



concavus, alatus intra squamaui singulam , cui mulio minor. 

 Sepala 3 extcriora, quorum 2 lateralia concava, linearia, an- 

 gustissima, ala dorsali, basi inflexa latissima aucta, apice li- 

 bero subulato, tertium lineare, carinatum, angustissimum; 3 

 interiora lineari -lanceolata, carinata. Ovarium triquetrum, 

 rugosum. Stvli 2 , ad basim membranacei. Mas ignotus. 

 (Rottb.) 



SCHOENODUM LABILL. (excl. planta masc.) 



Leptocarpi species Brown. 



Flores dioeci, spicati, singuli compressi, squama (brac- 

 tea) stipati inque spicam multifloram undique imbricatam con- 

 gesti. Sepala 6, rigida, per paria opposita; duo exteriora 

 lateralia latiora, naviculari-carinata, carina alata vel nuda; 

 reliqua gradatim breviora, ex his duo intermedia ante exte- 

 riora sita, ab his recepta, carinata; duo interiora cum inter- 

 mediis alternantia (anticum et posticum), convexiuscula. Masc. : 

 Stamina 3, libera; antheris dorso affixis, unilocularibus ? (ex 

 A. Rich.). Fem. : Ovarium uniloculare, apice in stvjum atte- 

 nuatum, uniloculare ; ovulo solitario, pendulo. Stigmata 3, 

 elongata. Fructus (utriculus) monospermus, (immaturus) 

 hyalino-membranaceus, indehiscens. Jt/iizoma sf/uamatum^ 

 repens. Culmi simplices, teretes, remote vaginati. Fagi- 

 nae apkyllae, antice fissae. Spicae plures, in apice culmi 

 spicatim approximatae. Affine Thamnochorto et Calopsidi. 



1. S. TENAX Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. 80. /. 229. (excl. planta 

 masc.) Willd. herb. no. 18267. Spicis femineis 5-8, in apice 

 culmi spicatim approximatis, inferioribus in ramo brevi gemi- 

 nis, altera sessili, altera pedunculata, superioribus solitariis, ses- 

 silibus, obovato-turbinatis; squamis ovatis, acuminato-subulatis, 

 subsquarrosis ; sepalis exterioribus lateralibus alatis. Lepto- 

 carpus tenax Brown. Prod. 250. *) Restio pallens Sieb. herb. Nov. 

 Holl. n. 48. (nec Brown.) Restio gracilis Sieb. herb. Nov. Holl. n. 47. 

 (nec Brown.) — Nova Hollandia. (Ora meridionalis, Portus Jack- 

 sonii , Instila van Diemen.) — Rliizoma horizontale, repens, 

 squamatum. Culmi simplices, erecti, 2|-pedales, teretes, viri- 

 dulo-cinerei, subtiiissime punctulati, remote vaginati, basi squa- 

 mati. Vaginae arctae, fuscescescente^ apice margineque hya- 

 lino-membranaceae, arido-albidae. Spicae femineae 5-8, in apice 

 culmi spicatim approximatae , inftriores in ramo brevi gemi- 



*) Spica divisa; amentis oblongis, subsquarrosis ; squamis cartila- 

 gineis, acuminatis: axillis perianthiisque nudis; culmo simplici. Brown. 



