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32. F. denudata, Br. Prod. 227.—Perennial and glabrous 
Stems ome tufted, je. but rigid, 6 in. to nearly 1 ft. high, leaf. 
less except short sheathing scales or very rarely intermixed with a ve 
few long setaceous leaves. Umbels eaa of 3 to 6 s reek or one 
of the lateral rays bearing 2 spikelets distant from other, the 
branches or rays as well as the spikelets erect. Involuc oa ies short 
and glumelike or rarely produced into a short point. Spikelets brown, 
at first ovate-oblong and about 2 lines long, at length nearly cylindrical 
and 3 to 5 lines, scarcely 1 line diameter. Glumes numerous, 
imbricate all roun nd, ovate or oblong, obtuse or shortly mucro- 
nate, the keel very prominent, the sides membranous. Stamens 
or 3. Style flattened, ciliate; branches 2. Nut minute, obovate, 
penar, smooth or under a strong lens slightly rugose —F. Muell. 
IC 1X. 9. 
tralia. Arnhem Land, N. coast, R. Brown ; Victoria River, F. Mueller ; 
entm p peie and Gilbert Rivers, Gulliver. 
- F. elata, R. Br. Prod. 227.— Perennial, glabrous. Stems slender, 
l to 1i ft. high, leafless except sheathing scales. Umbels slightly 
compound, i rays not numerous, spreading, almost filiform, the lon 
lto 2 in Involueral bracts small and glume-like. Spikele bis 
Seu Men or at length oblong, 3 to 4 or even 5 lines long, pale 
bro m. umes imbricate all round, ovate, obtuse, membranous, the 
k very prominent but often 3-nerved. "Stamens 3. Style slender, 
shortly rad branches 2. Nut minute, obovoid-globular, smooth, 
ed. 
N. Australia, que Land, North Coast, R. Brown. 
. 94. F. ezespitosa, R. Br. Prod. 228.—Perennial. Stems 6 to 10 
m. high, slender. Leaves very much shorter, rather numerous, 
setaceous, Umbel l simple or slightly compound, the rays slender, 3 to 
žin. long. Involueral bracts very short and glume-like. Spikelets 
Ging or at length ovate-oblong, 2 to 3 lines long, nearly 1j lines broad. 
ro 
‘ie, on each side in the lower glumes. Stameus 
ar r, scarcely ciliate; branches 2. Nut minute, biconvex, pale or 
coloured, smooth or under a strong lens minutely striate and 
cancellate.— P. brachylena, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 199. 
N. Austr rown; U 
Victoria ie P Land and dut ot x Carpentaria, R. B pper 
Queensland. H erbert River, enc rig 
F. Mueller, F. denudata nih nri ien 
s Uem o icd Na sam recti le w. 
shaped Spikelets, and some other characters appear sufficiently to distinguish it. 
Section IV. TRICHELOSTYLIS. pere few or ge ina c 
°F compound umbel cluster or head rarely (in F. spiralis and F. lepto- 
