344. CXLIIL CYPERACE E. [ Chorisandra. 
as above siren seems mary in accordance with analogy. The two sections are 
tainly very closely connected, and posa gradually through Lepironia, Seirpodandron, 
To and ot tete sid, inia Hypolytru 
. 1. Eu dra.—Spikelet globular, sessile, the base of the irt al bract 
not at all or eun d dilated. Two. Ms hypogynous scales complicate and keeled. 
Stems transversely septate. Shera acuminate-acute 
almost aristate. Eastern species , - 1. C. spherocephala. 
Stems continuous, slender. chinos acute. Southern : 
Species east and wes 2. C. enodis. 
Stems Senay septate, lames ‘obtuse. Western 
. 8. C, multiarticulata. 
Sec aye a ae em _ Spike let tomid iota, Pa caesar es in the dilated base of 
the Sai at bract. Hypogynous scales a ll oblong-spa thulate and slightly concave. 
ms transversely septate. Glumesobtuse . . 4. C. eymbaria. 
SECTION I. as su —Spikelets globular, sessile, the base «i 
the involueral bract not at all or scarcely dilated. Two outer flora 
scales complicate and keeled. 
C. sphzroce cephala, R. Br. Prod. 221.—Stems from a short 
iind 1i to 2 ft. high or more, marked inside by ica st sep 
eav id and 8 
globose, sessile, 4 to 5 lines diameter when fully out, almost black. 
Glumes very numerous, a few outer em mpty ones short broad and Men 
the flowering ones lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute and most 
aspect. Flowers flat. ypogynous scales nearly as long a5 - 
glumes, 2 outer ones complieate with acute ciliate keels, ae other 1 
to 16 somewhat spathulate at the base, very dark at the end, acuminate 
almost pine not keeled but the margins slightly ciliate. “Stamens 
few in the flowers examined, alternating with the inner scales. ^ 
rug ovate, Salas with about 8 very prominent longitudinal ribs. 
ckel. in Linnea, xxxvii. ret F. Muell. Fragm. ix. 18. 
Moreton Bay, C. S. 
Queensland. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson ds "et "Blue Mountains, R. Brown, F. Mueller, © 
Moore and others ; Haines Hives ver, Beckler, 
l. Preiss. ii. 73. ms from a creepine 
rhizome usually about 1 ft high, rigid but tg more slender than s 
C. sph ala and without any transverse septa. Leaves few, bm 
and stem-like, some s as long as the stem, the lower ones : Je 
or .O00se open sheathing scales. Spikelet globular, rae j 
about j:in. diameter when grown, dar wn almos diens 
terminating the sn not at all or scare dite 
y d 
umes broadly ovate , acut a short point an 
slightly toothed at the end. Flo Md "e. vos Aeae es as long 
as the glumes, 2 outer ones broa roadly spathulate, complicate, the kee 
ciliate, pally" 3-toothed a the central tooth mucronate or ' aristate j j 
iner scales obovate-spathulate toothed and ciliate, the i 
