. 
Carex.) OXLIII. CYPERACER. 449 
Victoria. Wannon River, Robertson; Portland, Ait; Ballarat, Day; Mount 
Baw-Baw, Goulburn Ranges, Hume River, ete., F. Mueller. 
Ie Port Dalrymple, R. Brown; common in marshy situations, J, D. 
booker, 
S. Australia. Spencer's Gulf, R. Brown ; Mount Torrens and Lofty Ranges, 
F. Mueller, 
W. Australia, Drummond, 1st coll. and n. 924; Karri Dale, Walcot. 
. Widely spread over the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. In umit- 
ing the Australian with the European species I have followed F. Mueller as I can 
find no constant character to separate them. He also adds to the synonyms the 
New Zealand €. Forsteri, Wahlenb., which has usually much smaller utricles but 
might well be regarded as a variety only. 
Orper CXLIV. GRAMINEJZE. 
palea (supposed to represent the 2 bracteoles of Hypolytres or the 
perigynium of Caricez), and the perianth probably represented by 2 or 
rarely 3 small usually very thin and hyaline scales called /odicules, the 
3, occasionally reduced to 2 or 1, in a few genera 6 or more ; filaments 
free, iform; anthers usually exserted from the spikelet, versatile, 
vate oblong or linear, with 2 parallel cells opening longitudinally 
Without any prominent connective. vary entire, l-celled, with 1 
erect anatropousovule, Styles 2 or rarely 3, free or united at the base 
to a 2- or 3-branched style, the upper stigmatic portion or stigmas 
ong and narrow, sheathing the stem at their base, but the 
usually l 
nnt open from the base opposite the blade and ofte 
e blade in 
Shbeaths 
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