316 CYPERACEAE juss. (Lepidosperma.) 



.sperma iridlfolia WilUl herh. n. 1087. Link. Jahrh. 3. 75. SchuU. 

 Manl. 2. 44. — Madagascaria. 7\. 



LEPIDOSPERMA LAniLL., brown. 



Spicae bi-(vel uni-)florae ; flore inferiore (vel superiorc, teste 

 Brown.) abortieute. Squauiae undique imbricatae, naviculari- 

 carinatae; inferiores subdistichae, vacuae. Sfpiamulae caly- 

 cinae 5 vel 6, spongiosae, basi connatae, apice in setulam 

 desinentes. Stamina 3. Stylus tritidus, basi aequalis, deci- 

 duus. Acbeuium subosseum, veutricosum, umbonato-subnm- 

 cronatum vel calvum, ad basim squamulis induratis cinctum. 

 Herbae peremies.^ rigidae. Ctdmi simplices^ aphylli^ basi 

 foliis saepe equitantibus ciucti. Panicula vcl spica^ sac- 

 piiis divisa, termi^ialis. Cladio (melius Schocno) affinitate 

 proxinmm, diversum solummodo squamulis hjpogynis. (Brown.) 



1. L. GLADIATUM LaUU. JVov. IIoll. 1. 15. /. 12. Willd. 

 herh. n. 1086. Brown. Prod. 234. Paiiicula coarctata; ramis de- 

 compositis ; culmo complanato, axi utrinque elevato, marginibus 

 foliisque laevibus ; spicularum squamis acutiusculis. Srown. — 

 Nova Hollandia. 2|. — Cuhnus compresso-anceps, glabei*. Fo- 

 lia angustc ensifolia, glabra. Paiiicula terminalis, ramosa, co- 

 arctata, oblonga, folio bi-cvi spatbaeformi suifnUa: ramis fasci- 

 culatis, approximatis. Spicae sessilcs, coufertac, oblongac, com- 

 pressiusculae, biflorae. Squamae circiter septem , distichc im- 

 bricatae, carinato-naviculares, acutiusculae, extcrne punctulato- 

 scabriusculae , castanco-fuscae; summa et inferiorcs vacuae. 

 Squamulae 4?, parvae, ovato-lanccolatae, albidae, hyalino-mcm- 

 branaceae, ciliatae, basi crassiusculae. Stamina 3. Filamenta 

 ferruginea. Antherae elongatae, lineares, fcrrugincae; appcndicc 

 clongata, obtusa, concolori. Pistillum fcrrugincum; in llore in- 

 feriorc effetum. Ovarium oblongum, triangulare. Stylus clon- 

 gatus, trifidus. Fructus a me haud visus. (Dcscript. secunduni 

 specimcn authcnt. Labill. in hcrb. Willd.) Lcpidospcrma gla- 

 diatum IVces ah Esenh. in Sieh. Agrost. n. IQ et in Linnaea 9. 

 302 cst species longe divcrsa. (L. Sieberi mihi.) 



2. L. CONCAVU3I Brown. Prod. 234. Panicula coarciata; 

 ramis decompositis ; culmo complanato, hinc concaviusculo, mar- 

 ginibus foliisque laevibus ; spicularum squamis acuminatis. Brown. 



^) paniculac rami compositij cuhuus fuliaquc marginibus 

 scabriusculis. 

 — Nova Ilollandia. 



3. L. ELATIUS Lahill. Nov. Holl. 1. 15. t. 11. Willd. Jierh. 

 n. 1084. Brown. Prod. 234. Panicula clongata, subsccunda, la- 

 xinscula, decomposita ; culmo coniplanato, utrinquc convexius- 

 culo foliisquc marginc scabris. Brown. — Insula van Diemcn. 



