Tricostularia. | CXLIII. CYPERACER. 383 
E T: to 1 ft. high. 
Leaves 1 or 2 at the base of the stem much shorter and subulate or all 
er the fruit, Nut ovoid, obtuse, prominently 3-ribbed to the top 
and sometimes slightly pubescent. — Lepidosperma pauciflorum, 
Muell. Fragm. ix. 23. 
Victoria. Near Mount Abrupt, F. Mueller ; near Mount William, Sullivan. 
The specimens were inadvertently referred by Hooker, Fl. Tasm. ii. 93, to pu 
sperma filiforme, the hypogy t precisely those of Tricostularia compressa, an 
do not enlarge into scales as in Lepidosperma, and the style and nut are entirely 
those of Tricostularia. 
to li ft. high, leafless except a close sheath at the base oblique at the 
orifice and tapering into a short erect point. Spike terminal, almo 
simple, pale brown, y above 4 in. long. Involucral bracts very 
un 
er 
em $ 
together, the lower one sterileor male. Hypogynous bristles exceed- 
pW. Australia, Drummond, n. 328 (348 in herb. Hook.); Konkoberup Hills, 
7655, n. 1800; Stirling Range, F. Mueller. 
hi 4. T. Neesii, Zehm. PI. Preiss. ii. 83.—Stems slender, 1 to 15 ft. 
igh, leafless except a rather long close sheath at the base oblique at 
* orifice and tapering into an erect point of 1 to 3 lines. Spike 
a almost simple, sometimes oblong and under } in. long, some- 
€ elongated to 1 or even 2 in. Involueral bracts erect, acute, 
