Lepidosperma.] CXLIIL CYPERACER. 387 
, the common rhachis straight . - . . 28. L. leptostachyum, 
ew spik 
on rhachis very muck curved and reflexed. 
rara PLUS, longer than the stem. NW 
- 29. L. leptophyllum, 
Tiva; korig than the stem. Eastern s spe cie . L. tortuosum. — 
Panicle or spike simple or s Ney pyre the spikelets 
narrow Sid distant, the rhachis filifor 
Spike branched, rhachisflexuose ... . . . . . . 9l. De eee 
Spike simple; rhachis straight ornéarlyso . . . . 32. L. filiforme 
or partial s E pup. along the simple rhachis, 
Spikelets about : line ong, : numerous. Barren flowers 
stern prin cie . 33. L. striatum. 
Spikelets about 3 lines bee vetu " Barren flower 
l. rn species . . 94. L. Neesii. 
Spikelets few in the clusters, very narrow, 4 to 5 lines 
long. Eastern s species . . 35. L. carphoides. 
Srrizs I. Frorrsunp2.—Stems usually broad but thick in the 
middle with acute margins or acutely 4-angled. Panicle large, very 
Compound, pyramidal or loose. 
L. gladiatum, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. po t. 12.—Stems rigid, 
attaining several feet, much flattened, but convex on both sides along 
the centre, usually nearly 2 z in. broad, but pth 2 from 3107 lines, the 
acute very flat edges smooth or minutely scabrous. Leaves equitant, 
as broad as or Speer than the stem and often as long. Panicle 
e 
densely elustered and all sessile, or rarely the panicle longer with the 
n 
wr scarcely mucronate, 4 or 5 outer empty oues gradually shorter. 
ra dee scales very small hyaline and ed at the time of 
Re , thickened aid acuminate but not setiferous under the fruit. 
315; Br. Prod, 234; Kunth, Enum. ii. uri Beeckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 
En ers in Pl. Preiss. ii. 89; Hook. f - Fl. Tas m. ii. 90; F. Muell. 
X. 24; L. ensatum, Nees in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. hd vi. 47. 
vios Maritimo san sands, pee gi qs «n s Stuart 
Cites ant nee ommo: coast, goog ot King’s Talend, 
Bay, Tween Memory Cove, R. Brown ; Port Lincoln, S. F. Browne ; Holdfast 
Australia. George's So R. Brown, Oldfield, also Drummond, n. 
274; Swan Rives, Dri n und, Ufield, 
L. effusum, Benti.—Stems many feet high, 3 to 6 lines broad, 
vi broad acute flat margins and a raised centreas in L. mecs 
