Fimbristylis.] CXLIII. CYPERACEA. 317 
slender, irregular, - very BUE - rays and "e ua filiform, 
the longest r San to 2 arely 3 in. lon ng.  Involucral bracts 
sometimes slightly spreading, the keel very prominent and sometimes 
slightly ciliate, especially in the outer ones, one only empty. Stamen 1. 
«d nearly glabrous, rne 9. ut obovoid, whitish, with 3 pro- 
n minent cei usually tuberculate.—F. Pie TF. Muell. Fragm. ix 
» hot Br. 
Que d. Port Desin, — "Boyd River and Dry-Beef Creek, Leich 
hardt ; “Herbert's Creek, Bow: Rockham ampton and neighbourhood, Thozet, 
O'Shanesy ; Springsure, Wuth 
F. quinquangularis, , Enum. ii. 229.—Stems tufted, 
nie slender, more or less dations 4- or 5:sglsd lft. high or more 
smooth or ius hrous. Leaves sometimes near y as long, narrow, fla 
flowered. Glumes lóóeely Ede all round, song mies or kati 
mucronate, the broad keel prominent and usually with a = line on 
each side, the sides ee wagers and the margins sometimes scarious. 
Stamens 1 or 2 ( 3?). Style slender, nearly glabrous : beanie 
a Nut A rA aa obtusely triquetrous, tuberculate.—Bæckel. 
n Linnea, xx m 42; Trichelostyles quinquangularis, Nees; Hook. f. 
Fl. Tasm. Pref. 4 
N. Australia. = apa River, F. Mueller. 
Common in East India ending to the Mascarene Islands. The 
Specimens have paler mide than the Indian ones, but I can perceive no ide 
difference, 
ubul 
Spikelets n. not clustere od, narrow, acu ute, proa: 2 to3 us Toe + to 2 3 
broad, with 2 to 4 flowers. Glum imbricate all ro 
lanceolate, acute, membranous, keeled, the ci ones a 2 lines 
long, 2 or 3 outer empty ones Maren and 1 or 2 small empty on: 
above the flowers. Stamens 3. S labrous or nearly so, the 
bulbous base continuous and falling o vin asin the normal species ; 
