302 CXLIIT. CYPERACER. [ Fimbristylis. 
F. nuda, Beckel. in Flora, 1875, 110, from Port Denison, Amalia Dieci with 
aite spikelets would seem to be nearer "the typical form of F. acuminata 
F, punc ren R. Br. Prod. 226. V CAPpArentT A santa or the 
longer points. Stamens 2 or 3. Style venies ‘ciliate in the upper 
part; branches 3, short. Nut broadly obovate, biconvex, whitish with 
a few raised transverse ridges or wrinkles and minutely pitted all over. 
Queensland. East een R. Brown. 
the specimens examined there certainly were 3 M as describéd by 
Brown, although the nut showed no trace of a third angle o 
F, rhyticarya, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 215.—Stems from 8 or 9 in 
: pM 1 ft. high, leafless except short rather loose sheathing scales 
bas i 
t 
Stamens 3. Style flattened, ciliate ; branches 2. Nut ond hs 
little compressed, marked with several raised transverse wrinkles. 
F. acuminata, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 274, not of Vahl. 
W. Australia. Victoria River and near Providence Hill, F. Mue 
Queensland. Burdekin River, F. Miele: Rockingham am Bay, Dailey. lin 
It is most probably this — that was referred to as F. schanotdes, Vahl, 
Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. Pref. 4 
imbricate all round pey very deciduous, white or tipped with bro and 
nerveless or showing a short central nerve at the tip, od br 
obtuse in the remi ed oblong and gee ae in the narr e 
about 4 outer ones shorter and em s3. Style flat, cilis : 
branches 2. Nut slightly compressed, iie haked with trans" 
raised wrinkles and minutely pitted. 
In 
V. Australia. Pcrt Darwin, Schultz, n. 320, the two forms sent together. bó 
the typical ono the spikelets assume almost the shape of those of P. pterygosperm 
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