Fimbristylis. | CXLIIL CYPERACER. 319 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Prince of Wales’ Islands, 
R. Brown; Escape Cliffs, Hulse. 
Some of Hulse’s specimens, apparently of the same'species, phi ^ rhachis of the 
old kalos much lengthened, but all the lower glumes fallen 
F. multifolia, Bæckel. in Linnea, xxxvii. 397.—Rhizome 
slender but rigid, triquetrous or flattened, 1 to 13 ft. high. Leaves 
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Scarious margins. Stamens Style scarcely pubescent, very “lightly 
bulbous at the base; branches 3 (or 2 ?), short. Nut ovoid-globular, 
obtusely : angled whitish, minutely granular. 
2 YE tun Oygnet Bay, N. W. coast, A. Cunningham ; Port Darwin, Schultz, 
ger closely allied to th Indian F. juncifolia, Kunth, Selby se d Shea 
which Bæckeler correctly includes F. chetorhiza, Nees, o ur plan ant differin 
^ its longer “pel smaller spikelets, shorter glumes, etc, 
50. F. sericea, R. Br. Prod. 228.—Rhizome or stock thick and 
covered pra the remains of old leaf-sheaths. Stems 6 in. to 1 ft. high, 
r, striate, silky-pubescent or at length glabrous. — 
much vere erowded at the base of the Men linear thick, 1 to 2 
ito JEN E obtuse ilk: Léon on the underside and Skene 
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- in little iei Mi of 3 Involueral bracts lanceolate: acumi- 
si y-hairy, much rcl, than the rays. Spikelets about 2 lines 
kg, with 2 or 3 perfect flowers. Glumes lanceolate or tag rela 
pen Pree keeled, the sides nerveless, 2 outer ones 
or 2 upper ones also empty. aioe: 3. 
zu le very shortly stars ; branches 8 (or 2). Nut not seen.—Beckel. 
in Linnea, xxxvii, 22. 
N. il tg ju of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Upper Victoria River, F. 
Mueller ; Port Darwin, Seats n. 602. m 
s. reap refers to this spec e F. decora, Nees, Kunth, Enum. ii. 240, from 
rally but d Java, in which es is t eed right. The Australian wo "Y: 
Qe T aiey always 3 style-branches as described by Brown, whilst in th : 
Beck: dd found only 2 inthe spikele ute examined, as described by Nees, Kunth, and 
n macrostachya, Bæckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 386.— Perennial, 
ihe but glaucous. ‘tenes slightly ree or flattened, rigid, 
: tlft. high. Leaves shorter or nearly as long, narrow, rigid, flat 
* concave, with broad scarious sheaths truncate at the orifice. Spike- 
