Lepidosperma.] CXLIII. CYPERACE X, 397 
qe Near Portland, between Queenscliff and Geelong, and Genoa River, F. 
uetter, 
tralia. Gawler River, Behr; Mount Lofty Ranges and Lake Alexan- 
drina, Py Mueller 
F. Mueller's specimens come very near to L. semiteres, but the leaves are not flat- 
tened. Behr's Specimens are eerte stouter, with rather larger spikelets, but one 
of them is quite like F. Mueller's 
6. L. scabrum, Nees in Pl. Preiss. ii. 92.—Stems 1 to 1} ft. high, 
terete, prominently striate and in the typical form very ‘scabrous. 
long, with 1 barren flower besides the perfect one. Flowering fois 
acuminate, almost acute, 3 or 4 oute mpty ones shorter and more 
obtuse, ue under the nut acuminate, not setiferous.—F. Muell. 
gm. 1x. 2 
w. Australia, Drummond, n. 105, 114, 871; Swan River, Preiss, n. 1787, 1788 
‘ids effusum. Stems not so scabrous and sometimes quite sm ooth apes at the 
» but always promi inently striate. Panicle not so dense, 2 
Sines branches. Si yy ts not so crowded and reo args curved. mie River, 
Ifield. 
27. L. t tenue, Benth—Stems 1 to 14 ft. es wid slender, 
E Smooth and terete but slightly furrowed on one side. Leaves filiform, 
rpg! angular or terete, shorter than the stem. Panic. pain 
to 3 in. long, broad or rather narrow, with spreading or slightly re- 
curved branches. Spikelets clustered or singly sessile along, the branches, 
acuminate, straight or faleate, 2 lines long or rather more, with 1 bar- 
ren flower besides the perfect one. Glumes obtuse or the i inner ones 
WE about 3 outer empty ones gradually shorter. Scales under the 
Piu 
a i à 121, 868, 869, 885, 886, 895; Murchison 
Te Dicit d, Pun Qa uio chiar Ind QUT ése Deis Mole 
much le co with short branches and crowded 
tety, or ipten with e Bg hes jiro Mis a spikelets rather distant. m 
28. L. leptostachyum, Benth—Stems 1 to 12 ft. high, very 
cese » terete and smooth or slightly angular and furrowed on one side. 
es few, much shorter than the stem, angular or nearly tere 
