214 CXLII. RESTIACER. [ Anarthria. 
W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Collie, Preiss, n. 1721, F. 
Mueller and others; common in the sands, Oldfield ; Swan River, Miss Lukin. 
A. pauciflora, R. Br. Prod, 249, is founded on a single fragm 
o; , 
ent from King 
George's Sound, which appears to me to be a branch from a slender specimen of 4. 
prolifera, 
terete or slightly flattened, branching and almost bushy and leafy 
throughout, 6 to 8 in. high. Lea 
ceeding the flowers, the glumes or bracts under each flower still shorter. 
Outer perianth-segments narrow-lanceolate, acute, nearly 3 lines long; 
the inner ones rather shorter and m use. Filaments nearly a8 
long as the segments and anthers about as long.—F. Muell. Fragm. 
viii. 83. 
W. Australia, Drummond ; near Gordon River, Preiss, n. 1691. 
and very acute. 
4. LEPYRODIA, R. Br. 
ihe perianths. Perianth-segments 6, glume-like or thin and almost 
i efl : § 
abortive anther. Ovary 3-angled, 3-celled ; styles 3, either distinct oF 
mo ; : iddle oT 
e 
Male and female inflorescences not very different. Bracteole 
each flower within the glume usually 2, deficient however in two specie 
The genus is limited to extratropical Australia. 
dm ints M. HIT eT . 1. L. seariosa. 
appressed. Floral 
bracts shortly acuminate ... . 2. L. Muelleri 
Stems very slender, apparently without sheathing 
= iple sed LI Lens E 3. ab. anarthria. 
