 Chamezeros. | | CXXXII. JUNCACEA, 111 
umbel or cluster of numerous flowers, the very numerous scarious 
imbricate bracts and very broad bracteoles forming an obovoid or 
globular head 3 to 4 lines diameter.  Pedicels filiform, 2 or 3 times as 
long as the bracts. Perianth-segments narrow, about ines long. 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, lst coll. and n. 819; Preiss, n. 1539 ; 
Stirling Range, F. Mueller. 
2. C. fimbriata, Benth.— Leaves distichously sheathing on the ver 
short base of the stem, erect, often curved, rigid, terete or slightly 
flattened, 1 to l$ in. long, the younger ones bordered by a narrow 
along the branches, the filiform pedicels usually at least as long as the 
peranth. Perianth-segments oblong, a little more than 1 li 
Anthers small, on filiform filaments. Ovules apparently perfect in the 
owers examined — Xerotes fimbriata, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 211 
Ww, Australia, Drummond, n. 329. 
3. ACANTHOCARPUS, Lehm. 
l 
almost hyaline with a more opaque centre. Stamens 6, 3 attached to the 
ase of the in 
r led, 
: ovule laterally attached in each cell apsule globular, 3-valved, 
muricate. S hi 
genus is li the single Australian species, differing from Xerotes like 
Chameceros chiefly in the Fabi, arr flowers and undivided style. 
Preissii, Lehm. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 274.— Habit nearly of 
sheeting shrub of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves numerous, with. long striate 
aths covering the branches, the blade s ing, linear, rigid, from 
g y preading, linear, rigid, 
Subulate to almost lanceolate, } to nearly 2 in. long, straight or slightly 
