310 CXLIII. CYPERACER. ( Fimbristylis. 
Clarence River, Wilcox ; Richmond River, Mrs. Hodgkinson ; Havt Woilh ; 
pick River, Dallachy y and iret ,Barcoo River, Howitt's Expedition 
oria. Avon River, F. Mue 
i unites ihe Anata ian pla nt with the East indi an F. squarrosa, ‘Val, w ide 
vnde to me to be constantly 3 coe pe tapering into m 
curved point, giving the spikelet a peculiar aspect. Boeckeler in Linn 
xxxvii. 
13, seems to haye inadvertently refiteed M Mitchell's specimens to a variety ol 
F, dichotoma. 
stivalis, Vahl; Kunth, Enum. . 226. — Densely tufted 
or9 in. Leaves much ie: rather numerous, filiform, the eus 
and often the whole leaf pubescent or hirsute. Umbel nearly sinh Y 
compound, with filiform rays and pedicels. Involucral bracts i 
form, slightly dilated at the base, 1 or 2 — than the infi E 
or all shorter. Spikelets solitary on the rays or pedicels, of a "E 
? 
into a short point, 1 or 2 outer ones empty. Stamen 1 I (rely 23 »). 
Style glabrous or slightly ciliate near the end; branche » pr 
ovate, biconvex, smooth or under a strong lens aa reticula 
—Dockel. in Linnea, xxxvii. 11; F. Muell. dde 
lescens, Nees; Hook. f. Fl Tasm. Pref. 4 
N. Aus . Near M'Adam Range, F.M eller. jy; Bock- 
Queensland. Cape York k, MGillivray ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy > 
hampton and neighbourhood, Bowman, 0’ oes 
. S. Wal New England, C. Stua 
Victoria, Ovens and Goulburn sae: F. Mueller. 
lines 
Var. ? macrostachya. Spikelets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 3 pog iii: Hu 
broad.—Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Russell River, Herd. F. Mue 
ecies ranges over purer and subtropical Asia and the same or. a vay 
aiii allied one is in Ameri 
Hii ua annual. Praed To, a few ak to ‘pearly 1 
aves shorter, rather numerous, very narrow linear but flat, us 
glabrous or the sheaths slightly x ER Umbel nearly simple vol seat 
pen but usually large, the longest rays $ tol in. Invo 
; e 
d 
ong. Glumes imbricate all 
very numerous, ovate, membranous, with a ve suu keel p^. 
duced into a short erect point. Stamen 1. [^ 
xxxvi. 12; Reichb. Ie. Fl. Germ fasts F 
Muell. rus. i F. parviflora, R. Br. Prod. 22 
