Arthrostyles. | CXLIIL CYPERACEA. 423 
determined by er ghee: hirr work up the Indian flora. e Chinese species I 
g the hyp yrogyanik itr sues as Hance. The three 
papi short a =a EDEN very long by the time the flowering is over and loose 
their anthers, but can scarcely have been Br A m for SUAE 
aphylla, R. Br. Prod. 229, not of Backel.—Stems from a 
short thick rhizome erect, more or less tufted, rigid, more or less 
flattened, from very slender to about 1 line broad, 1 to 1; ft. high, the 
owering stems after their own stems have perished. Terminal head 
of spikelets PE globular or eei y 3 to 4 li Ey cin 
Outer bracts lan hà acuminate or almost subulate, 1 or 2 
nearly as lo ong as P ad, the others subtending i spikelets 
gradually passing into the glumes. Spikelets numerous an 
the head, 13 to n nearly 2 lines long. GHütnee about 7, the Mierda 
flowering one oblong-lanceolate, acute, membranous, obscurely 3- or 5- 
nerved, the others gradually shorter and broader, all empty in the 
spikelets examined, but Mord to Boeckeler there is sometimes a 
Second male flower. Auther of the longer stamens when present 
exserted, those of the dator | ones included. Style Lebe recurved 
an very conspicuous from their white pubescence. Nut whitish, 
Smooth or under a dita 3 lens minutely reticulate . — Fimbristylis 
aphylla, F. Muell. Fragm. ix. 9, as to the Australian plant ; F. piens : 
culmis, diem kel. in tine” xxxviii. 3 
x tralia. Croker’s Island, A. Cunningham; near Providence Hill, F. 
wei > Port Essington, sicot aot eid Darwin, Schultz, n. 655. 
Q and. Endeavour Riv 
F m ED found rile six filaments in ten 28 I iar as in Cunningham’s, 
a Mueller's , and Armstrong’s. R. Brown in his ¢ ter does not mention the 
1 umber of stamens. In most cases; by the ti ime the vw brstidhok aré w 
onger filaments are I anthers, but in the bud Ihave generally seen one at 
least, and on. once all three 
28. REEDIA, F. Muell. 
ah Spikelets n numerous, in al ng eylindrieal spik e enclosed in the 
a eaths of long leafy bracts, with 1 hevtosphridia pen 1 or 2 male 
Owers below it. Glumes imbricate all round the chati all empty 
Se Pt the 2 or 3 upper ones. No hypogynous or bristles. 
ag 6 erate 5?). Style terete, with 3 short adii branches. 
art. Stems very tall, from within a dense tuft of long leaves, 
erwise deseas. Spikelets small. 
single species is endemic in 
wt R- spathacea, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 240, t. 10.—Stems from a 
ick iier base terete, slender but rigid, teri 6 ft. high. Leaves 
mu numerous and densely crowded at the base of the stem, often 2 ft. 
ane Oor more, spreading, the outer ones 4 to 5 5 lines ti 
ated int o br rown imbricate bases 3 to 4 in. long and 13 to2 in. 
