320 CYPERACEAE juss. (Lepidosperma.) 



via, glabra. Paiuciila tennlnalis, coniracla, simplcx; ramis hrc- 

 vibus, aiJprcssis, lolio spatliaeformi suffultis. Spicae fascicu- 

 lato-congestae, biflorae; florc inferiore abortiente. Squamae 

 circiter 5, subdisticho-imbricatac, ovatac, acutae, carinato-navi- 

 culares, castanco-fuscac, carina scabriusculac; terminalis angusta, 

 inclusa, vacua. Filamenta 3, persistentia, hyalino-fusccscentia. 

 Stylus trifidus, in ovarium continuus, fcrrugineus. Achenium 

 cUipticum, terctiusculum, apice rotundatum, umbonato-submu- 

 cronatum, hieve, fuscescens, ad basim squamulis 6 ovatis acu- 

 tatis spongiosis fuscescentibus cinctum. Afflnc L. flexuoso et 

 striato ? 



21. L. SiEBERl. Panicula ramosa, patula; ramis solitariis; 

 inferioribus remotis; spicis sessilibus, lanccolatis, tcretiusculis ; 

 squamulis in sctulam capillarem apice puberulam productis; 

 culmo compresso-ancipiti, hinc plano, inde convexiusculo foliis- 

 quc niargine scabris, lineari-cnsiformibus. L. gladiatum Nees 

 ub Esenb. in Sieb. jigrost. n. 10 el in Linnaea 9. 302. {excl. 

 synon.) — Nova Hollandia. 2^ — Culmus compresso-anceps, 

 liinc planus, inde convexuisculus, basi foliosus, striatus, glaber, 

 marginibus scabriusculus. Folia disticha, cquitantia, lineari-ensi- 

 formia, acutata, rigida, striata, marginibus scabra, basi viscida?, 

 cuhno brcviora. Panicula terminalis, ramosa, patula; ramis soli- 

 tariis, folio spathaeformi suflultis ; inferioribus remotis. Spicae 

 subsessiles, lanceolatae, teretiusculae, triflorae; flos tcrminalis 

 minutus, abortiens, squama tcrminali brcviore involutus ; intcr- 

 medius fertilis ; infcrior masculus , pistillo effeto? Squamae 

 septcm, naviculari-carinatac, acutac, castaneo-fuscac, carina sca- 

 briusculac; infcriores subdistichae, vacuac. Squamulae 5?, ova- 

 to-lanceolatae, induratae, in setulam capillarcm hyalino-albidam 

 apice puberulam desinentes, ima basi connatae, stramineo-flavi- 

 dae. Stamina 3. Filamenta persistentia, clongata, hyalino-fus- 

 cescentia. Antherae lineares, fcrrugineae; appendicc clongata, 

 concolori. Ovarium foecundatum supra niedium incrassato-in- 

 duratum (nonnisi in statu sicco?). Stjlus trifidus, pubcscens, 

 ferrugineus, elongatus. Fructus mihi adhuc ignotus. L. viscido 

 Srown. affine? 



22. L. CHINENSE Nees ah Esenh. el Meijen in Linnaea 9. 

 302. Spica composita et dccomposita, oblonga, disticha; spi- 

 culis imbricatis; culmo terctiusculo, sursum uniangulato, striato, 

 basi folioso; foliis subtrigonis, apice sphacelatis, corncis; brac- 

 teis ovalibus, lineari-mucronatis, pruinosis. Nees ah Esenb. in 

 Meyen 7nss. — China. — Flores nondum explicati. Species 

 valdc dubia, eadcm ac Cladium chinensc Nees. ? 



SCLEROCHAETIUM nees ab esenb. 



Spicae hiflorac ; florc supcriore bcrmaphrodito ; iufcrlorc 

 inasculo, pistillo cireto. Squamae umlique iinbricatac, cari- 



nato- 



