Lepidosperma.) CXLIII. CYPERACER. 393 
or shortly setiferous under the nut. — Macherina Fond osa, Nees in PI. 
owe: li. 82; Boeckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 252 ; Lepidosperma "Sieben, 
s in Pl. Prei Iss. ll. 90, not of Lus h. 
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, 1st coll. also s 34, 110, 803 (or 863), 
883; Yo c district, Probe, n. 1759, 1 1767; Be aufort River, Oldfield, 
The original specimens described by Sine as a Macherina are m. flower only, when 
the characteristic scales of Lepidosperma ca e recognised. Drummond’s n. 883 
vith half-grown nu nuts, and Oldfield’s ui fit have all the appearance of belonging 
to the same species and confirm the tinis ios of the plant to Lepidosperma 
Z 15. L. vi viscidum, R. Br. Prod. 234.—Stems 1 to 2 feet high, very 
flat or slightly convex on one side, usually about 2 lines broad as well 
as the leaves, the edges scabrous with minute brown asperities or resi- - 
nous exsudations, the leaf sheaths more or less viscid. Panicle narrow, 
rather dense, 0 in. long, the spikelets in compound partial 
cales scarcely conspicuous at the time of flowering, thickened under 
the nut and ae ute or acuminate but not setiferous.—N ees in Pl. Preiss. 
i.91; 7, AMuelleri, Boeckel. in Linnea, xxxviii, 320. 
N. S. Wales. Mudgee, Taylor. 
8. deir Port Lincoln, R. Brown, J. S. Browne; Lofty and Barossa 
Ranges, F. Mueller 
unt Clarena, King George’ s Sound, Preiss, n. 1766, sppe 
ustr 
rently the same species > hae wi 
very long, ye ar L. resinosum, and L, tuberculatum, but the glumes not so praen 
and the barren Miseni ti more numerous in — spikelets examined, besides the differ- 
ce in the margins of the stem and leave 
24. W rather acute cages not resinous e narrow, r 
to 4 in. long, the hes and spik erec owest outer 
brae rarely above 1 in. long. Spikelets in little spikes or clusters. 
ely 2 lines long, with 1 barren fi rfi ne 
Glumes acute 
or very shortly mucrouate, about 3 outer empty ones 
eie - Scales ender the nut not setiferous. —Beeckel. in Linneza, 
one 324. 
Australia, Drummond, n. 43, 884; York district, eg n, 1798, 1799; 
dem Churchman, E, Mue lier. The inflo orescence is that of L. Brunonia anum, but 
stems are narrower and convex with the mar, margins not all resinous. 
Ais L. laterale, £ . Br. Prod. 234.—Stems often above 2 ft. high, 
to3 Wn broad, very flat or slightly convex on one side with very 
edges. Leaves as broad and sometimes as long, but 
