ue Ape I-A CE REM 
Leptocarpus.) CXLII. RESTIACER. 237 
narrow and not much brauched, the small spikelets numerous and 
clustered along the branches. Males in the specimens seen too im- 
rfect for examination. Female s ikelets ovoid, about 1 "ine long. 
Glumes acutely acuminate, rather spreading. Perianth-segmen nts 6, 
narrow-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, all glabrous. iy^ branehes 2 
or3. Periearp thin.— ZL. desertus, E. Mue IL Fragm. viii. 93. 
N. Australia. Gulf o f Carpentaria, R. Brown ; sources of the Roper 2 F. 
Mueller, The majority of specimens in both instances diseased with the fungu 
11? L. Schultzii, Benth.—Rhizome shortly — densely woolly, 
ram numerous slender almost filiform much branched barren stems 
under 1 ft. high, es Sd erect simple or slightly parte ched flowering 
with scarious margins.  Perianth-segm xia reside rift 
dod and acuminate, the inner bro xa aie and almost obtuse. 
tamens 3. Females unknow 
N. Australia, Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 809. 
7. HYPOLZANA, R. Br. 
(Calorophus, Labill. Calostrophus, F. Muell.) 
Py iip dicecious, the males several together or rarely solitary, the 
Mal itary, in spikelets with imbricate glumes and no bracteoles. 
Ste xd flowers erianth-segments 6, narrow, glumelike or thin. 
nens 3, filaments filiform; anthers 1-celled. Female flowers: 
oe 1 pendulous ovule ; styles or style branches 2 or 3, filiform, stig- 
Taai below tonite iddle, Fruit a small — or obovoid i 
eere oe vean species of which one is also in New Zealand, there are 
uth Africa, 
pong Calorophus. Male avra v»; daft together, 1 sessile, the other shortly 
e, within distant ‘floral bract. 
Male Spikelets 
l-flowered . s SU QUY ie spa 
Male Spikelets several-flowered. d 
emale spikelets xac raid or sessile, 2 to 3 lines long. 
Female le spikelets “Pedicle, 1 line ' dong. "Western 
