Fimbristylis.] CXLIII. CYPERACER. 311 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
ueensland. Tarampa Creek, F. Mue ote Rockingham Bay,  Dailachy ; 
Herbert's Creek, Bowman ; iria n Bay, C. 
N. S. Wales. Richmond Riv ver, €. bon; -Goli Leichhardt. 
Extends over the warmer regions of both the New and the Old World. 
28. F. depauperata, R. Br. Prod. 227.—A small slender annual. 
Stems 4 to 6 in. high. Leaves numerous, very narrow but flat, the 
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ceolate, 2 lines long or rather more. Glumes iitibricate all round but 
not very numerous, broadly ‘ideas acute, membranous, the keel slightly 
prominent, the sides nerveles tamen l. Style ciliate except at 
e base; branches 2. Nut roadly M Ai marked with 
raised striæ and transversely cancella 
N. Australia. Arnhem Land, north coast, R. Brown. 
Sen F. "xay gy. F. Muell. Herb.—Tufted and i 4 ins per- 
. s 1 to 14 ft. high, rather slender, striate aves much 
shorter, jaan but fla t, the long sheaths usually hairy. Umbel com- ' 
D the rays numerous and slender, but the longest only 1 to 13 
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lines long, about 2 lines broad. umes numerous, imbricate all 
round but the spiral arrangement usually very conspicuous, broad, thin 
but rather rigid and opaque, obtuse or very shortly mucronate, some- 
times minutely powdery-pubescent, the keel prominent towards the 
top, the sides smooth or minutely striate. Stamens 3. Style flat, 
ciliate ; branches 2. ut obovate, biconvex, with rather thickened 
margins, longitudinally striate and transversely cancellate. 
p Australia. Upper Victoria River, F, Mueller. Allied to the East Indian 
P. schenoides, Vahl, which, however, has only 1 to 3 spikelets to each stem. 
,7,90. F. diphylla, Vahl, Enum. ii. 289.—Stems from a perennial 
/ rhizome tufted, rather slender, often dés rasan i to lj ft. high, 
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most "ipi dra with the longer rays 1 to 3 in., or crowded. In- 
leafy, 1 or 2 often exceeding the inflorescence. pike- 
lets few or aie ean ovoid or oblong, usually brown and about 3 lines 
and 13 lines broad. Glumes closely imbricate all round, broad, 
rather rigid, shortly mucronate, the keel 1- or 3-nerved, a sides 
Smooth. Stamen in the typical form 1, in some varieties 3. ee 
flattened, ciliate; branches 2. Nut obovate, much com 
bieonvex, whiti , distinctly stri F. va riabilis, R. Br. 
