348 CXLII, CYPERACES. 
16, RHYNCHOSPORA, Vahl. 
(Cephaloschoenus and Morisia, Nees.) 
Spikelets pou or paniculate, with 1 or 2 hermaphrodite flowers 
and often 1 o blong, Ads or less acuminate. Glumes 
imbricate all dd the rhachis ; 3, 4 or more outer ones shorter fe 
The genus is widely ore Sams the tropical and temperate dee of the d 
m UM Old World. Of th e Australian species thr m Lose vary GENE 
range, two at ew i iot the third being common in America as nas 
the oia World. The two others have not yet been identiñed with extra-Aus 
Spikelets erm in a compound panicle, the partial 
Spices corymbose or cymose 
neste a ay: 4 nor lo ong, very numerous, the terminal 
4 in. Beak of the nut hei 
poke, irati na 1. R. aurea. 
spin T te ’3 lines long, in loose corymbs ‘of i to lin. 
Man M r. Beak M ss nut not ager than the nut 
2. R. glauca. 
Sun te a TE e di 1 head 
xistlos pine rter than the] nut. Nut smooth, 
di eng obovoid, with a very short beak. Stem LE 
usually above ^ ft.. 3, R. Wallichiana. 
Bac is least of the bristles much longer than the nut. 
t oblong. Stem ually under 1 ft. 
Spiele 4 to 5 lines bn N _ hes ana or hispid, 
sessile and often as long as the uas 
" than EXP prs ste 4, R. longisetis. 
Spikelets about 3 lines. Nut smooth or nearly s so, the 
beak short and ose a at the base. Leaves 
cm as long as the ste ; ; . 5. R. tenuifolia. 
R. tener Nees in Ter ae Cur. Post. 26, qp referred to UP 
R: setao, Ba T D - joa aceus, Rottb. Dichromena, Kunth), was M. s e 
e aul eber'a anani 6, C. 
pase ra ority of ieber’ I , Agrostoth, n. 116, w. 
1. R. aurea, Vail; Kunth, Enum. ii. 293.—Stems 2 to 8 ft. high 
3-angled, leafy throughout. Leaf -sheaths terminating in a short broad 
enone ligula, the blade long, pointed, with scabrous edg 
snos numerous, clustered in more or less corymbose pat 
ap kasd. into eM. umbels, 
in. diameter and 1 3 smaller axillary ones lower down p 
A Po Fun or inch gpi longer — the inflorescen 
Spikelets 3 to 4 lines long, with 1 perfect flower and 1 or 2 males 
