490 CXLITI. CYPERACES. [ Caustis. 
erect and s tor numerous eurved flexuose or revolute, the sho 
sterile branchlets and po clustered within each sheath. Spike- 
lets. sometimes uni ortion, the ndis —_ females on 
The genus is endem ralia. Some specimens assume so much t d —— 
of some A anms of Hs SN t (Restiaces) as to be occasionally confoun 
them in herbaria. 
cee eerie ?) hermaphrodite and e cup Beak 
dage to the nut large ind dis 
Flower g branch hes erect and straight Spi kelets — dr 
y pedunculate. Stamens usually 5 ( 4 to 6), 1. C. pentandra. 
Podiocls slender , solitary or few W topit her in clusters o 
uose or mirage branchlets. Stamens 3. 2. C. flexuosa. 
Bylkilete u unieexnal by abortion, the atin and females on 
separate ste: ppendage to the nut small o: 
cal and quite 
ontinuo 
Sheathing ecd zit ciliate, tapering to a point. Eastern 
speci 
Female pedicels rigid, recurved, in a of flexuose dà 
or Rotes branchlets. Stamens 5 3. C. recurval’. 
Female sR : cs on Mendes Go or scarcely : 
flexuose am. Stamens usuall 4. C. restacet. 
Sheathing ponies mg eee eimi: me ciliate, with 
RE or leaflike pum or laminz. Sta- bic 
> . 5. C. dioica. 
^ 1. C. pentandra, R. Br. Prod. 240. Stems 2 je high or yt 
terete below the branches, but the branches when 2 or more n gu 
ter flattened or excavate along the inner side with p ang'es © 
in 
minutely pubescent, si long mebulee points or awns. Stamens de 
the traps h 
sistent no -base oblon ow d p Se nt, larger than the nut. 
Hook. f. e ; F. Muell. tara. i 10: o eri 
Uri Mae I "Gun. ii. 265. 
in the 
JM n SU. Jt de ies, dan ge Su pe 
r. a Gli Rives” Ro uus: bak fle Wile ees Gipps 
LE We 
story: 
Sandy heaths, northern part of f the island, Gunn ; Swanport, 5a, 
Lucky Bay, R. Brown. Some specimens of Drummond, 
$44, in a bad state, » May possibly also belong to this species. 
