390 CXLIH. CYPERACEX. [ Lepidosperma. 
vex and often hollow and the edges t h acute scarcely prominent 
eaves equitant, rather flatter and broader and shorter than the stem 
Panicle erect, compo w, 3 in. long, with dense erect 
lets erowded or clustered, erect, 2 to 3 lines long, with 1 or 2 barren 
flowers besides the perfect one. Glumes obtuse, shortly mucronate or 
the inner ones almost acute, 3 or 4 outer ones empty and gradually 
shorter. gus under the nut narrow, acuminate.—Hook. f. El. 
» il, > 
Victoria. Wilson’s Promontory and Prince Albert River, Gipps’ Land, F. 
Mueller ; French Island, Beveridge ; Queen's Cliff, Green ; Portland, F, Mueller. 
asmania. Common in sandy and wet places near the sea, J. D. Hooker an 
others. 
W. Australia. Gordon, Tone, South Hutt, and Tweed Rivers, Oldfield; 
Busselton, Pries. 
ERTES III. Denstrrorm.—Stems flat or very slightly convex on 
one or both sides, with acute edges, l, 2 or rarely 3 lines broad. 
Panicle compound, short and dense, broadly pyramidal, ovate or 
rarely oblong, the branches or partial spikes sessile or nearly so in the 
clusters, 
9. L. concavum, R. Br. Prod. 234.—Stems 1 to 2 ft. high, quite 
flat or very slightly me on one side, 11 to 21 lines broad, the edges 
very acute, slightly scabrous. Leaves equitant, shorter than the stem 
and about as b i i 
anicle in the typical form erect, co pound, 
dense, oblong or thyrsoid 12 to . lon uter involueral bract 
longer or shorter the panicle. Spikelets densely crowded an 
perfect one, Glumes acute, the inner ones acutely acuminate, the 
nm ly thickened under the nut into lanceolate scales with a seta- 
like poss often wearing awa 
ee iia Vu o 26, but not of Labill. ; L. Sieberi, Kunth, Enum. i 
ys el. in Linnwa, xxxyiii.318; Z. gladiatum, Nees in = 
Agrostoth, n. 10, not of Labill.; L. laterale, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 94, 
t. 147, A. not of R. Br.. 
: m. Rocks, : "hozet (with 
narrower stems). Moreton Island, F. Mueller ; Rockhampton, Thoze ( 
-— Wales. Botany Bay, Banks and Solander; Port Jackson, R. Brown and 
Ph case abo ind, Mi e Queenscliffe, F. Mueller; French r^ 
À ent Ri . P0 unn s 
Southport, C, Stuart. ver, E. Brown; Circular Head and Georgetown, 
5. Australia. Lake Victoria, F. Muciler, 
. Var. pyramidatum. P. 
: anicle looser, often above 6 in. long but very com und, 
the spikelets 3 lines long j dt gl i ] te as in the typi form. 
