230 CXLII. RESTIACEJ. [ Restvo. 
The inflorescence and general pos Beans resemble those of Leptocarpus aristatus, 
but the female flowers are very diffe 
Var. ? monostachya, F. Muell, icem smaller and the female stems always 
ending in a single spikelet.—Stirling Range, F. Mueller 
LR. amblycoleus, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. Ps — Rhizome ap- 
parently shortly creeping, the woolly hairs not very copious. Stems erect, 
rigid, terete, simple, 1 to 2 ft. high. Sheathing fare rigid, es 
appressed, obtuse. Floral bracts shorter and looser at the end. 
spikelets few in the upper part of the stem, on short slender di 
either solitary or 2 or 3 on the lowest t peduncle, all narrow-ovate, 4 to 
6 lines long. Glume n nest with fine slightly spreading points. 
nator ie -segments 6. all linear, 2 outer ones concave, the 3rd and 3 
inner ones flat. Anthers dhóstly exserted. Female spikelets ien 
many as uci males, but larger, erect, and sessile or on short r! 
pedicels. Glumes rigid with s spreading points. Capsules a flat 
and 2-celled (F. Mueller), all fallen away from our specimen 
W. Australia, Drummond, n. (66 or 99). 
. R. tremulus, R. Br. Prod. 245.— Stems flattened, Hiec flower- 
ing ones erect, rigid, simple, 2 to 3 ft. high, barren ones hort d 
slender, with flexuose branches. Sheathing scales closely appressed 
rigid, striate, the lower ones usually shortly Plumo se-ciliate at the ent, 
and often bearing a short obtuse erect lamina. Floral bracts short 
and closely appressed, distant from each ured Male spikelets - 
capillary pedicels of i to 1 in., clustered several together from eac? 
ract, all broa um ovate or almost globular, about 3 lines diameter, 
G 
es ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse e 
scarcely acute, sini li lines long, very numerous with mal 
outer on pty- Perianth-segments 6, all narrow and A 
rather hard, opening on spé Ted —F. Muell. Peki viii. 70; P. 
brizoides, Steud. Syn. Glum 
w. Trier "og psc s Sound or adjoining districts, R. Brown, gets 
Mazwell and o 
ngerup, F. Mueller; Swan River, Miss Lukin; also 
and, n. 342 (d) and 869 (3. 
6. LEPTOCARPUS, R. Br. 
Flowers dicecious, both sexes hin spikelets with imbricate, glumes 
without bracteoles, or the fem spike 
teoles. Perianth-segments 6 or ee wer by Non. variously shaped: 
Male flowers: Stamens 3 or rely 2; filaments filiform, free, usually 
very short; anthers 1-celle "s Kudimentary ovary anal or none 
