266 OXLIII. CYPERACEX. [ Cyperus. 
3, filiform slightly dilated at the base, the longest attaining ei 
inches. Spikelets flat, oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 3 limes long, rathe west 
1 line broad, of a pale brown or green, with 8 to 12 or rarely wn 
flowers, the rhachis not winged. Glumes rather broad, somewhat act 
side and scarcely any nerveless menn: tamens usuall 
glume.—F. Muell. Fragm. viii 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Rockhampton, Q'Shanesy; Dawson 
mg T Mueller.  Agrostoth. 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Lee caer R. Brown, Sieber, AIr 
n. 23, Woolls and others; Clarence River, Wile 
pei SE d 
Var? rigidella. Leaves not so slender and rather more rigid.—Head of Boy 
River, Leichhardt ; Lake E DS Andrews K 
acilis, 
F. Mueller is disposed to unite the three 90 rd species with C. t 
is also in New Caledonia. It is nearly allied to the common jb sag C. ‘Compr resus shi 
to no other American species in our collections. The C. simp v, H. B. an 
umbrosus, Lindl) is much nearer to C. filipes and C. peduncularis. 
16. C. enervis, R. Br. Prod. 213.—Stems tufted, apie € 
i as 
very 
ade gib 
of the keel, the broad sides otherwise nerveless. Nut as i a C. ' gracili 
not much shorter than the glume. 
bali 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; East Coast, R. Brown; Brisb 
d herb. F. Mii "m 
ales. Mountains, Woolls ; Clarence River, Beckler, go anii 
ederi 0. Sours rim River, C. Moore; Richmond River, Mrs. Ho 
tear Bulli, Ji 
tuart. 
Var. "hg "pe spikelets sometimes pedunculate.—New England, 0. 5 
17? C. debilis, R. Br. P —A slender tufted mes s 
setaceous dE and involue el rat m alied to C. mo pee 
C. enervis, possibly a variety of the latter. Spikelets soli es 
rarely 2 together, sey much like Aun of C. enervis. Glum cn ad A 
wit very rarely 2 nerves on each side of the dor n the 
rather um. Stob margin. Nut broad, much shorter t vi 
sin aeutely or at length gems 3-angled, more or less distin 
marked with fine longitudinal stri ; 
N. S. Wales. peces R. Brown ; Clarence River, Beckler ; also in Le 
hard? s and in Woolls’s collections 
pikel is ar the nuts not 
Nha of io Ti mds. striate only un under a strong peat Bockler s the sae 
are often two together, the ms at least half th e length m the La wed rather 
y striate ; Leichhardt's and Woolls's are t the glumes 
more striate. 
