372 CXLIII. CYPERACEX. [ Schoenus. 
with very ole i ree Spikelets not numerous, all deca a 
erect, dark brown, very narrow, slightly compressed, 4 arly 5 line 
long, with ies 3 flowers. Glum es acutely acu dicii ; iakaat or 
fringed with a few hai bout 3 outer ones empty and gradually 
shorter. No hypogynous ‘bristles. Stamens 3. Young nut obovoid, 
angled. 
ion Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller 
N. S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart ; Beroa, Bunya district, Leichhardt. 
3. S. falcatus, R. Br. Prod. 232.—Stems 2 to 3 ft. pec dee 
Pu more or less flattened. Leaves at the base of the wit 
leaves but gradually smaller. Spi ri irae all pedicellate, - 
rown, linear-lanceolate, faleate or rarely st ight, flat, Maior Aum h 
to 6 lines long with 3 to 6 or even m cute or the 
3. Nut Figen Sat eo roc 3-ribbed, sag striate or a 
l 
the iir: given). 
W. Australia. oo. e the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; PR 
eset Rivers, F. Mue 
Burd 
Queen ci River Armitage; Bowen Downs, Birch (wi — 
ably largo Dm ; Mount Wheeler, Thozet (spikelets young with only 2 | lowers 
y 
ts ig R. Br. Prod. 232.—Stems 2 ft. high or n 
eafy. Lower a v very long, floral bracts gradually shore d 
wabiduce ita almost from the sheath.  Panicle 6 MAT i 1 ft, long» 
an o Spikelets very n 
lanceolate, slightly falcate, ae or less fla pened, wt scarcely 2 lines Ie 
rather pale brown, with 2 flowers. mbran ns 
obtuse, 2 outer em pty ones shorter. No hypogynous bristles. egt 
3. Nut ovoid-oblong, obtusely 3-angled, marked with impr ressed 
(R. Brown), not ripe in the spikelets examined. 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
der 
. SERIES. IX. — Spikelets under j in. long, few, on slen 
. pase e of 
pedicels. Hypogynous bristles amy pre present. Leaves at the 
the stem very narrow or subulate 
ti 
45. S. indutus, F. bom 2 —S der, attaining abou 
PE “eer first clothed with lon Sid he "s qe older ones often 
hairs, b 3 
rous, Leaves few at the teas of the wae potefi bulate, ui 
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