418 CXLTIT. CYPERACER®. [ Gahnia. 
are not so broad and the awns finer, and they are therefore not so conspicuous as in 
the typical ones. F. Mueller refers Drummond's n. 259 to the same species, but the 
specimens are not in a state to be determined satisfactorily. 
3. G. tetragonocarpa, Beckel. in Linnea, xxxviii. 347.—Stature 
and foliage the same as in G. psittacorum, and panicle as large with 
spreading branches and exceedingly numerous spikelets, but the spike- 
of the ovary, but the number of stamens may not be constant. Style- 
branches 8. Nut ovoid, brown or red, at length smooth and sbimng. 
Victoria. Muddy Creek, F. Mueller ; Mount William Creek, Sullivan ; Mount 
Imlay, Lockhart Morton, 
P 14. G. xanthocarpa, Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 306.—Stems 8 
^ to9ft. high. Leaves 5 to 6 ft. Jong, with involute very scabrous 
margins, ending in long subulate points. Panicle large and im 
often above 1 ft. long, the very numerous branches karnert to one side 
i s ofte in. 
and ss drooping, the lower ones o ong OF th 
wer bracts with long subulate leafy points, upper one tly wi 
close sheaths and short points but very variable. Spikelets very 
numerous, sessile but not closely packed, nearly 3 lines long sti 
gl to 8, aristate ; flowering ones shorter, very t ith s eri 
points. Flowe the outer one male inute rudimentary 
pistil, the inner one hermaphrodite and fertile. Stamens 4; filament 
very long. Style-branches 3, undivided. Nut ovoid-oblong, ligne 
coloured or black, smooth and shining when quite ripe.——Cla 
xanthocarpum, F. Muell. Fragm. ix. 13. 
N.S. Wales. Lord Howe's Island, Milne, M'Gillivray, C. Moore, Fullagar- 
Also in New Zealand. 
15. G. psittacorum, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 89, t. 115.—Stems 
Stout, terete below the inflorescence, 4 to 8 ft. high. Leaves ps “4 
