Lepidosperma.] OXLIIL. CYPERACE X. 385 
cushion-like hardened apex ^f base of the style?). Nut ovoid or 
oblong, obtusely 3-angled except the continuous obtuse apex.—Rhizome 
perennial. Stems flat, angular or terete. Leaves few at the base of 
the stem, equitant and keen brine or angular or terete like the 
y vo 
ones more or less adis ke. 
iae sides the curo b ou which are perhaps all Mv there are two in 
: ew Zealand of whic e however ma be identical with an Australian one, and 
ne in South China, © t resembling one of the South- wid — ones. 
: tractors the p ypogynous scales, can rca d e dust ur tpa under the 
AN or far advanced nut. At the time of flowering ristles are often those of 
clarus or of desde as th grows the peculiar ape 
e s, respects as well as in the position of the 
grown 
aes, t the inflorescence, the position n of the flowers, the terminal one hermap 
, " fertile, t the others when present male or barren, the structure of the flowers and 
vreta there is no variation in the genus, an e species can only be distin- 
em 
mores L ela ae broad, but thick in the middle with acute 
argins, or acutely Cen Panicle à large, very compou nds P ws 
usually 3 to 6 E broad, with broad acute ed 
and a eo argh cen 
Panicle. dense, the paii spikes piger and sessile. ` 
Pani Spikelets’ mi Ioe Glumes mostly obtuse 1. L. gladiatum. 
: und, the e partial spikes at least 
in the e oe aw hrpe pedunculate. Spikelets 
P E: umes acute or mucronate . . L. effusum. 
anicle es rt "erus sote branches. Spike- 
Ste lets Ay lines 3. L. rupestre. 
ms 2 to 3 ie “oad. wi th narrow acute edges an and 
Convex sides, Turc loose, usually secund, 
st Spikelets we nuts small ` 4. L. elatius. 
thick, ind acutely tangled. Panicle 
erec . 5. L. tetraquetrum, 
et ry conver on both sides. Panicle 
Spik and ias ih or with "eit irl in wakes 
elets d mA htly s nine ee acumi- 
g, ato with cong die : . 6. L. Oidfieldii. 
very erect v ct with ere glum 
spans ENT 3 lines broad. j: 9 6 in. long 
St . 7, L. exaltatum. 
misa ERBEN, Panicle under 6in. T 
(Ue eta cor a mmi -EL cucomm 
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