Fimbristylis.] CXLIII. CYPERACER. 309 
cence. Spikelets erect, ovate-lanceolate, very flat, pale brown, 4 to 5 
lines long, 14 to 2 lines broad, 3- to 19-flowered. Glumes regularly 
distichous, aeute with a short fine point, keeled, the sides rigidly mem- 
branous, 1 or 2 outer empty ones shorter with longer points. Style- 
branches 9. Nut not seen. MAY SEEN LA vaginata, R. Br. Prod. 
9. 
N. Australia. Islands off the N. coast of Arnhem Land, R. Brown. 
24. F. Dallachyi, F Muell. Herb.—A small tufted plant, appa- 
rently annual. Stems slender, 3 to 4 in. high. Leaves much shorter, 
rather numerous, narrow-linear but flat. Umbel simple, of 3 or 4 
to En. Glumes very ag ie um fecal nations lanceo- 
ate, acute, pr ominently keeled, the dn nerveless. Stamens 2 or 3. 
Style slender shortly bulbous at the base, glabrous ; eko ut 
obovoid, 3-ribbed, whitish, op out — Abildgaardia flmbristyleidos, 
F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 273. 
Queensland. Rockingham ga Dallachy. Very near the Indian ttem mir 
fusca, Nees (A. fulvescens, Thw.), of which it may bea variety, differin 
^ flatter and more regularly distichous spikelets ; the specimens are very few iim 
t satisfactory, 
- F. velata, R. Br. Prod. 227.—Small densely tufted pas 
oa annual. Stems 3 to 6 in. high. Leaves oan shorte 
inear or setaceous, usually pubescent at least on the shea 8, rarely 
entirely glabrous. Umbel u sually compound and tether eek with 
b : 
f. Fl. N. Zel. i 272; P. d dichotoma, Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 303, 
not of Vahl ; cues ipee R. Br. Prod. 227. 
m Land, F. Mueller, including from South 
Alligator Rens ae much shorter hairs at i base of the style. 
N. Enun Era River vers, R. Brown ; Severn River, Leichhardt ; 
