Schenus.] OXLIII. CYPERACEX. 373 
in. long, the outer one with a short open sheath, the inner sheath close 
i s ‘al : 
and slightly membranous at the orifice. Panicle very loose, with few 
slender dark brown sheathing bracts. Spikelets dark brown, lanceo- 
late, flattened, about 3 lines long, with 2 or 3 flowers. Glumes very 
acute or the inner ones obtuse, 4 to 6 outer empty ones gradually 
shorter with the points sometimes slightly spreading. Hypogynous 
bristles 6 or fewer, very irregular, l or 2 longer than the young nut, 
the others often very small. Stamens 3. Nut not seen ripe. 
W. Australia, Drummond, n. 207, 382, 
46. S, bifidus, Beckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 282.— Stems slender, 6 
to 9 in. high. Leaves rather numerous at the base of the stem and 
much shorter, subulate, flexuose, dilated at the base into narrow open 
sheaths. Panicle loose with few spikelets, the pedicels long and 
Phe Australia, Drummond, 1st coll. also n. 342 and 900; King George's Sound, 
wr. 
ache end of the rhachis of the spikelet and terminal glume are often enlarged and 
ensely villous as in S. brevisetis, 
Serius X. MicRocARPA.—Spikelets small, in a terminal loose cluster 
Or regular umbel or clustered in the axils of distant leafy bracts. 
Nuts, except in S. fluitans, very small and white. Small or slender and 
weak plants with flaccid leaves, the sheaths not bearded. 
S.B ii . £ Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 298.—Stems tufted, 
rownii, Hook. f. Handb. 4 irap pe 
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slender, often filiform, from 2 or 3 in. to near 1 ft. 
"APTOW-linear or filiform, a few at the base of the stem with short 
clusters sessile or pedunculate, several from each sheath, the lower ones 
distant, the whole forming a narrow panicle or small irregular umbe 
9r reduced to 2 or 3 rather dense clusters. Bracts with brown sheaths 
and leafy points. Spikelets linear or linear-lanceolate, brown or black, 
i ith 
uer ones obtuse, 3 or 4 outer ones empty of which the 2 outermost 
2. much shorter, the keel often minutely ciliate. Hypogynous 
Ste tles 6, yery slender, from a little to very much longer than the nut. 
