Cyperus.) OXLIII. CYPERACER. 271 
imbrieate, narrow, euim or with the ahidniben keel produce into a 
:9,1. 25; Boeckel. in Linnea, xxxv. 574 E, Mueil. Fragm. v ii. 260; 
es autumnalis, Rottb. Descr. et Te. Pi. 58, t. 17, f. 3, not of yin 
raw pulcherrimus, Willd.; Kunth, Enum. ii. 35 ; Bockel. in 
Dnza, xxxv. 573; C. platyculnis R. Br. Prod. 214, altered to C. 
Gii Spreng. Syst. 1. 
=: Australia. Brunswick E -4. Cunningham ; Upper Victoria River and 
Adam Range, F. Mueller; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 310 ; islands of the Gulf of 
Carpentaria, R. Brown, 
p Queensland. Cape York, Daemel, M*Gillivray ; Lizard Island, M‘Gillivray ; 
then gham Bay, Dallachy ; Rockham mpton and ne my RE Bowman and 
others; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, C. omt and other 
` es ales. Tweed River, ' Eav 
s n the tropical regions o F the iei and the Old World, replaced in 8. 
= iuh tho. dieto ely allied but evidently distinct C. MM, Linn., but extending 
rthwards i rica to Florida, New Orleans and Mexi 
6. C. c 
aei ft ete i ft. his hi aia narrow but sometimes as ong a as 
the stem. Spi kelete in clusters of 3 or 4,in a compound umbel of 
numerous slender but rather short rays. Tuvohucrel braets 3 or 4, very 
rid l or 2 of them longer than the inflorescence. Spikelets ny 
i of a rich brown but asia: by the light-coloured tips of t 
fumes, date She | or at length oblong- bud 2 to 3 or rarely 4 linea 
ong, usually above 1 line broad, with 12 to 20 or rarely more flowers, 
rhachis prominently notched but not winged. Glumes n neatly 
mbricate, obtuse or almost acute, with prominent almost hyaline keels 
x Ping through." Stamens 3 with short filaments. Style 3-cleft. 
F. broadly Saguetan much less than half the length of the glume.— 
Muell. Fragm. viii. 261 
d. Broad Sound and Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown; Port Curtis, 
khampton and various localities in South Queensland, Dallachy, Bow- 
Beckler = Roc 
man, ihren a and others 
Pool Phi Northern interior near Mount Aiton, 4. Cunningham ; Liver- 
xd c Hore; New En gland, €. Stuart. 
Victoria. Mount Hope, ream River and Creswick Creek, F, Mueller. 
