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306 CXLIIL CYPERACEX. [ Fimbristylis. 
15. F. monandra, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 195.—Densely tufted and 
apparently annual. Stems filiform, 4 to 8 in. high, glabrous or here 
d there minutely pubescent. L uch shorter, numerous, 
filiform. Spikelet solitary, erect, ovoid or oblong, brown, 3 to 4 lines 
long, about 2 lines diameter. umes numerous, imbricate all round, 
very deciduous, ovate-oblong, obtuse, membranous almost hyaline, the 
branches or in some flowers abnormally : 
Nut obovoid, prominently 3-ribbed, tuberculate, tapering into a shor 
pes. 
LImnnzsa, xxxviii, 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; South gai 
Island, 4. Cunningham ; Sturt's Creek, Upper Victoria River, F. Mueller ; 
Land, north coast, M‘Kinlay ; Port Darwin, Schultz, ». 790, 812. 
3 
or 
long, brown. umes numerous, closely imbricate all round, b " 
obovate or orbicular, obtuse, membranous almost hyali sho ter 
eiliate, the midrib or keel slightly prominent and in the 1 or ? ost? 
empty glumes produced into a short point. Stamen 1. Style 
a 
