Lepidosperma. | CXLIII. CYPERACE X. 395 
Lowest outer bract sometimes erect rigid and 1 in. long, sometimes all 
short, not aristate, Spikelets about 2 lines long, with 1 barren flower 
besides the perfect one. lumes acute, about 3 outer ones gradually 
shorter dia longer points. Scales under the nut diro ue with fine 
235 
Victoria. Port Phillip, R. coil Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff, F. Mueller ; 
heath near Fiztroy River, Roberts 
Tasmania. Brown’s River, Oldfield. 
The species requires further examination from better specimens, most of ours have 
the inside of the spikelets diras by a black fungus, I have not seen Labil- 
lardiére’s. Brown's have sa s flatter than the others, all may prove to be 
varieties of Z. laterale or of L.l 
0. L. lineare, A. Br. Prod. 235.—Stems from under 
Et l ft. high, about 1 line broad, compressed but both sides convex, 
the edges s slightly prominent, acute, scabrous or nearly smooth. 
Leaves as long or sometimes longer and of the same breadth. Pani icle 
narrow, from under 1 in. to 14 in. long, with few short branches, the 
lower ones often spr Sealing, the pune not numerous us though some- 
ered. 
florescence, the upper gn oc Spikelets ZatPON; 2 to 23 lines long, 
^us onl r sometimes no barren flower below the perfect one. 
m aeutely acuminate, about 8 outer empty ones gradually shorter. 
YPogynous scales minute at the time of seg lanceolate and 
acuminate under the nut.—Hook. f. asm. ii, 92; F. Muell. 
Tagm. ix. 26; L. Guanii, Beeckel. in Linnga, xxxviii 325. 
N. a. 
Ad Amet Port Jackson, €. Moore; the specimens in bud only and 
users. Wendu Vale, — ee ger Range up to 5000 ft., F. Mueller. 
Ri a. Derwent River, R. Brown; near Launceston, gre South Esk 
ver, C, Stuart; Brown River, Oldfield (dw "af specimens scarcely 2 h) 
i Is ? depauperatum. Stems and leaves more slender. Panicle reduced to 3 or 4 
pikelets, —New England, C. Stuart. 
ens of n eve closely resemble Paes Cladium more be in ou 
Some specim tward 
aspect, but, ba 
heat] ^ Pies the Mes eneric character, they may be distinguished by the leaf- 
? aphyllum, Z. Br. Prod. 235.—Stems above 1ft. long and 
dou broad, very flat, without auy leaves except some short 
sheathing um at the ies Old inflorescence narro lj 
Os! 
marked 
eite 
W. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brown. 
L. gracile, R. Br. Prod. 235, Stems slender, 1 to 13 $ ft. high, 
guiar o) ttened, with rather acute edges, under 1 
