394 CXLIII. CYPERACER. | Lepidosperma. 
mostly shorter. camem usually narrow and loose, 4 to 8 in. long, the 
branches not num ons; the lower = — but erect, the spike- 
than 1 barren flower besides the ORfeSE | one. S nne acute and some- 
: gyn 
time of flowering and hyaline; scales under the nut lanceolate, acuminate, 
tipped with seta-like points which Koaven often wear away.—.L. lineare, 
ees in Sieb. Agrostoth. n. 9 , Kunth, Enum. ii. 318, not of R. Br. 5 
L. concavum, Hook. f, Fl. Tasm. | il. 91, t. 146, B, not of R. Br. 
i X Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Leichhardt, ©. Stuart, Bailey and 
[o ea 
Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown; Macleay River, Beckler ; New Eng- 
Fic Stuart, : i 
oria. Murray River, Wilson's Promontory, F. Mueller; Little Rivet, 
Launceston, Gunn ; South Port, C. Stuart ; Swan Port, Story. 
Var. majus. Stems broad and very flat. Panicle 6 in, to 1 ft. lo Spikelets 
rather longer and not so close. Stamens P754 . able branches frequently 1 
L. tetragynum, R. Br. Prod. 234.—Port Jackso . Brown, A. Cum ungham an 
Var. angustum. Stems 1 to 1} lines broad, often ag rude bari along the e middle 
at least on one side,— L. M R. Br. Prod. 234, of Labill. ; Z. p 
tifolium, Hook. f. Fl. Tas 92, t. 147, B.—Suttor Forest, Mrs. Calvert ; Am 
ai er, Beckler ; New England, C. Stuart ; Macalister’s River, F. Mueller ; Adven 
ure Bay, Neloos in herb, R. Br. ; Launceston, Gunn, 
18. L. congestum, R. Br. Prod, 234.—Stems 4 to 10 in. high, fat 
ue very slightly convex on one or both sides, 1 to 1j lines A the d 
dense compo ka spikes. Bracts sel acuminate, with subulate p 
gent erect points longer than the enclosed spikelets, the jouent 
braet sometimes as long as the inflorescence, the inner bracts all fee 
ne. Glumes acute. 4 or 5 outer empty ones seii ia j 
pd points. Hyp nous scales very minute or scarcely ee 
us at nm - of flowering, but the flowers not fully develo oped in 
Deli 
S. Australia. Memory Cove, R. Brown ; Lake Hamilton, Herb. F. Mueller. 
19. L. globosum, Labill. Pl Nov. Holl. i. 16, t.14.—Stems 105 
ft. high, c: flattened but usually convex on one «d Dd sides, ith. 
obtuse ves often nearly as long and t q elets 
Panicle swat 1 to ‘3 in. long, compact but eee, the cose 
in globular or very short spikes, the lower ones 
