994 CXLIL RESTIACEZX. [ Restio. 
styles at first connate at the base at length free or nearly so. Ca sule 
opening at the edges.—Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 70. t. 135 ; R. oligocephalus 
ii. 68 
Tasmania. Derwent River, R. Brown ; not uncommon in various parts of the 
Colony, J. D. Hooker, and others. A specimen of Labillardiére’s in herb. DC. is 
also probably from Tasmania. 
: dimorphus, R. Br. Prod. 246.—Rhizome creeping, but the 
woolly hairs not abundant. Stems slender, 1 to 2 ft. long, divided into 
weak branches all floriferous, often from near the base. Sheathing 
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inner glu euminate, li lines long, with rather long am 
Perianth-segments 5 (or 6 ?), oblong, obtuse, nearly equal. om 
nens examined 2-celled, or according to Brown 3-ce e 
Styles united at the base. Capsule hard, broad, opening at the S! il 
and frequently 1-celled by abortion and then very oblique.—F. Muet. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 40 and 44, C. Moore and ier 
Queensland? Th imens from Moreton Island referred by F. Muet" 
this species have similar slender stems and open sheaths, but the branches te pui 
in single male spikelets much longer than in the ordinary R. dimorphus. They 
however in a very imperfect state. 
t : . ith short 
densely tufted, scarcely creeping. Stems erect, simple ih 
flowering branches clustered in the , fro der to 
lj ft. high, tomentose and shortly villous or at length gabii 
Sheathing scales loose and o m the base, spreading up 
pen i 
e with or without a small point, usually cottony-ciliate 0D e 
margin. Floral bracts broad, all except the lowest shorter than 
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