Cyperus. ] CXLIII. CYPERACER. 269 
variable in p. Spikelets narrow-linear, flat, 13 to 2 lines long, 
kable the nu 
t.46; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 984 ; Beóekel.-: in Linnea, XXrv. 586; 
R. Br. Prod. 215; F, Muell. Fragm. idis 262. 
Queensland, Keppel Bay, R feda Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Rockhamp- 
ton, rk Thozet, O'Shanesy and o hers; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, Leichhardt 
d others ; beyond Mo unt Murchison, Bonie y. 
. S. Wal e River, R. Brown ; in the interior 4, Cunningham ; New 
England, C. Stuart ; Clarence dum Wiles: 
Victoria ? Murray River, F. 
South or Central Phd ig “Chadtotio Waters, Giles. 
idely spread over me Ex ae and rip i regions of the Old World, extend- 
Ing northwards to the region, where however it is rare and generally 
replaced by the city ‘allied C. fuscus. 
3. C. tetraphyllus, R. Br. Prod. 214.—Stems tufted or from a 
creeping rhizome, rather slender but usually rigid, triquetrous, 1 to 12 
ft. high. Leaves shorter or lon nger, flat, obtuse or acute, but less con- 
tracted into a point than in most species. Spikelets in clusters of 3 to 6, 
in an umbel of 
rarely reduced to a single cluster. Involucral bracts narrow and taper- 
s do 
iran as wa as the glume and at iun protruding on each 
Mi sunt ; Enum. ii. 27; Sieb. Agrostoth. n. 22; F. Muell. Fragm. 
€ *ensland, = Brishane River, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, Leichhardt, C. Stuart 
Many ssa 
ia S. W; ge iH ters and Pate qoe River, R. Brown; e ein Eee 
t; New and, Hastings, Tw Clarence, and Richmon vers, 
C. Moore, Beckler, Q. Stuart DELE dos d i 
um monocephalus. Inflorescence reduced to a single se — or compound 
T of spi E and Macleay Rivers, C. Moor 
Es 4. C. trinervis rvis, R. Br. Prod. 213.—A perennial or sometimes 
tems weak Md slender, from under 6 i in. to 1 ft. long below 
Ex vin as ithe as the stem, but sometimes all reduced to sheathing 
