Lepidosperma.| CXLIII, CYPERACER. 391 
pd on Bay, F. Mueller ; Paramatia, Woolls ; Twofold Bay, F: been 
i m»: Sullivan, Ballarat E Mueller ; Swanport, Story;  Onkapari 
ue 
The Tasmanian rather smaller forms, ys qe Mor on account of the dense in- 
florescence been supposed by R. Brown as well as by F. Mueller to be the L. squa- 
a è i 
ère en seen by Br 
or by ped hoe peo d and the narrow leaves and obtuse glumes figured a 
quite at variance with our plant. Ty seem rather to represent the L. anii iatis, 
which heaven 5 is oci Western 
Jah s angustatum, A. Br. Prod. 235.—Stems | to 2 ft. high, 1 to 
25 te 3 lines broad, very flat or at length convex on both sides, the 
edges acute and slightly scabrous or smooth. Leaves e eguren about 
the same breadth but usually shorter. Panicle very, compact and com- 
pound, usually black, ovoid or pyramidal, 1j to 21 in. long and some- 
W Asse. King Geog Sound and ai districts, E. Brown, F, 
mongole un adjoining Y VP 
ee am nd other d thence to Swan Bie ms n. 1186, 1804, Oldfield and 
others, also bcd n. 41, 161, 276, 382, 880. 
Var. ustulatum. Panicle small, ovoid, very d ith rather 1 ale-coloured 
ry — rather larger pale-colour: 
spikelets,— Z,. ustulatum, "n Syn. Glum. ii. 157 — Drummond, n 345. 
Var. ranch 
curvispicula. Spikelets mostly curved, very s preading as well as the b 
of the paniclo.— King George's » Souni d and neighbouring districts, F, Mueller, Oid- 
was Muir and fog Drummond, n. 37, 38, 53, 277, 874, 884; Busselton, 
rt ag specimen I have seen of L. Drs: Nees in Pl Preiss. ii, 91, Preiss 
fare cios Liat ey ated mods: appears to be this species, the description however "e 
o 
SERIES I SrENOsTACHYJS.—Stems either broad and very flat and 
eoi or when very narrow slightly convex on one or both sides or 
Pani le narrow, loose or elongated. 
ie i, Benth.—Stems 2 to 3 ft. high, 3 to 6 lines 
road, very nd or vnd slightly convex on one side, ’prominentl 
striate, the s acute, bordered by a brown line entire or slightly 
ad, usuall 
es ys 
ni sometimes UR Lover Ch distant. Lowest 
lamina short or long. Spikelets in little spikes or clusters, scarce 
