Scheenus. | CXLIIL. CYPERACER. 367 
9. S. Moorei, Benth.—Nearly allied to 8. org but the in- 
ed not so dense and quite glabrous, and t lumes fewer. 
arrow, 
cave, not ribbed, the sheaths am bearded. Panicle narrow, Mision 
spikelike, the Vari rey few in each sheath and nearly sessile, or 
in the lower sheath a ct peduncle or branch with 2 or three spike - 
lets. Sheathing. bod Aiuti with long subulate lamine. CSE REA 
at first about 4 lines long, but fully 5 when in fruit, wit 
dun. Glumes almost obtuse, only 1 or 2 outer ones empt zm. vicine 
e acute. No hypogynous bristles. Stamens 3. ovoid, 
faintly 3-ribbed. 
N. Port Jackson, €. Moore, Vicary, The latter sposi Lise com- 
ing Into flower have the glume 8 rather rigid and the outer ones almo ack, In 
8 
hyaline, but both appear to elon to the same species. Ina specimen from Herb. 
Mus. Par, in herb. DC. the inflorescence is almost contracted into a head, but it 
Appears also to belong to the same species 
0. S. villosus, R. Br. Pis 231.—Stems V ded tufted, rigid, 
slighty angular, about 1 ft. high. Leaves at the base of the stem 
much shorter, very w but flat, rig gid, Lec agg tl p or 3-neryed 
let Pri 4 to 5 lines long, with 2 or 3 flowers. Glumes nceo- 
late, acute, densely bearded on the margin, 3 or 4 outer ones empty, 
shorter:and more acuminate. No hpo adul “bristles. Stamens 3, 
28. hot seen.— Beeckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 285 ; F. Muell, Fragm. ix. 
Chetospora villosa, Nees in Sieb. Agrostoth. n. 26.- 
dan Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Woolls and 
en S. grandiflorus » F. Muell. vide ix. 30.— Stems ioc a short 
almost bulbous base, stout, leafy, 2 ft. high or more. Leaves much 
orter, often 4 to 5 line s broad, tapering to a point, the rita ones 
23 short sheaths open see to the base, those on the stem with 
i sed sheaths ending in a short broad vdd o r ligula, the floral 
often above 1 ft. long, with rather anes axillary clusters or 
In Tt partial panicles. Spikelets narrow-lanceolate, flat, brown, 8 to 9 
es long, with 2 to 4 ME Glumes very acute, not fringed, 8 to 
rad ones empty a adually shorter. No hypogynous bristles. 
Bri 3. Nut Bag lens obtuse, nearly 2 lines long, mend 
quite smooth .— Elynanthus grandifforus, Nees in Pl. Preiss 
ii, 78. 
W. Australia, Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll., Preiss,n. 1781; Point Henry 
