106 CXXXII. JUNCACES. [ Xerotes. 
divided to near the middle into 6 equal lobes. Stamens all inserted on 
the lobes below the middle. No rudimentary ovary. Female heads 
much larger, closely sessile or very shortly pedunculate amongst the 
upper leaves. Perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, 14 to near 2 lines 
long. Capsule scarcely exceeding the perianth, slightly marked with | 
ok, 
transverse wrinkles,—Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 63 ; ; X. mucronata, Sieb. Pl. 
Exs. not of R. Br. 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brow n, Sieber, n. 433 or 
488 and Sd en. Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 
S dga tori Wendu Va i Robertson ; Wimmera, Dalak hy. 
Paar yest be in gravelly soil near Penguite, Norfolk Plains, ete, 
Gunn = nes 
tralia. St. Vincent’ r soe F. Mueller, Behr. and others; Venus Bay, 
oiu Rivoli Bay, F. Muel 
Var. occidentalis, Leafy base of the stem not on aq vue densely filamentose, 
bed a inflorescence more branched than in the on X. glauca ; females 
not se 
a Australia. Cape Paisley and Esperance Bay, Maxwell. Possibly a distinct 
species, 
21. X. elongata, Benth. —Leafy base of the stem very short. 
Leaves 1 to 1} ft. long, very neon, indi sheathing bases rather a 
e 
prominent, with long points exceeding the flowers. Perianth stipitate 
within the braet, divided nearly to the base into petal-like segmen 
above 1 line long. 
Moreton Island, F. Mueller 
Queensland. 
Jute. S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart ; "My River and Mount Murchison, 
ach 
s. ia. Lake Bonney, Herb. F. Mueller (female specimens with leaves 
under 1 ft.). 
2. X. rupestris, Endl. in Ir Preiss. ii. 50. —Evidently nearly 
Ege to X. collina, but the leafy stems do not appear to elongate below 
the sheathing bases of the actual ces though the rhizome or stot 
may be sometimes slightly elongated. Le eaves very fine, linear-subu- 
late, mostly above 1 ft. long, the broad sheathing bases ‘not splitting 
into filaments. Male inflo orescence like that a X. collina, but only 
seen in very young ipfe in dies 8 specimens; the females dues 
] specimens ave the oyoid.globul rominen 
us bracts of that t species, TUM pular head me 
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