318 CXLIH. CYPERACER. [ Fimbristylis. 
F. cinnamometorum, Kunth, Enum. ii. 229 ; (Beeckel. in Linnea, XXXVI. 
35;) Abildgaardia cinnamometor Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 347; 
} . 278, not of Nees; Fimbri- 
stylis biflora, Boeckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 393. 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Providence Hill, 
F. Mueller ; Port Darwin, Schultz, n, 658. 
Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
N. Wales. New England, €. Stuart ; Clarence River, Beckler. 
Also in the East Indian Peninsula and in Ceylon. It was by some mistake, a 
bably from misnamed specimens, as are frequent among our Indian Cy: T 
Thwaites referred the Abildgaardia fusca, Nees, to A. cinnamometorum, inste: vari 
the A. fulvescens, 'Thw. The F. cyperoides is anomalous in the genus rs i 
flowers and the proportional number of empty glumes nearer that of Zehynehosporty 
but the style and other characters are quite those of Fimbristylis. 
Serms III. GLomeraT®Æ.—Spikelets more or less clustered on gi 
rays of the umbel and always a central sessile cluster of 2 or eu 
lieu of the ordinary single sessile central spikelet. Leaves usually 
numerous. Style-branches usually 3, but sometimes 2. 
7. F, farva, R. Br. Prod. 998.— Probably perennial, west 
and not glaucous. Stems tufted, 4 to S in. high, slightly go 
Leaves shorter, numerous, more or less spreading, linear, flat, 0 ü 
flaccid, 1 to 14 lines broad. Umbel small and dense but ome 
with few short rays, the spikelets mostly in clusters of 2 or 3 but so 
^ : : ; in the 
pornos into a point very short in the inner glumes, longer ! udi 
ower ones with frequently a nerve on each side, the broad ME t 
d smooth. Stamens 2 or 3. Style slender, ciliate 
48. F. cymosa, R. Br. Prod. 228.—Perennial and QE. 
Stems slender but rigid, 4 to 11 ft. high. Leaves much shorter, scii 
rous at the base, narrow, erect, rigid and shining. Umbel comp fine 
ts or laminz much shorter than the rays san 
clusters of 2 or 3 with solitary ones intermixed, ovoid, 1 to 1i d 
long, pale brown. Gl ot numerous, loosely imbricate 
th ute or ac , t 
obtuse. Stamens nsually 3. Style slender, not ciliate ; branches 
Nut very small, acutely 3-angled, smooth or min utely granular. 
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