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acuminatae, membranaceae; inferior sub 3-nervis, nervis laterali- 
bus fere obsoletis, 1-5 cm. longa; superior manifeste 5-nervis, 
1-2-1-4 em. longa. Valva cylindrica, 8 mm. _— pilosula 
valvam aequans. 8. flavescens, Benth. FL. Austral, vii. 566 p-p- 
non Labill. 
S. AustraLia. Swanport, Story. 
Victoria. Murray River, Dallachy. 
TasMANIA. Kent’s Group, Brown 6202 p.p.* 
38. §. crinita, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 407. (Fig. 38, p. 27.) 
RALIA. Shark’s Bay, Gaudichaud*; and without 
precise locality, Caley. 
39. §. compressa, R. Br. Prod. 174. (Figs. 39 & 39a, 
pp. 27 & 29.) 
: W. AvustratiA. Swan River, Drummond, and no. 134; 
Claremont, near Perth, in sand, Cecil Andrews, 1st coll. 1204; 
King George’ s Sound, Menzies*, ver aE: and without precise 
locality, Collie. 
40. §. lachnocolea, Hughes, nov. sp. (Figs. 40 & 40a, 
pp. 27 & 29.) Annua, sed aliquando basi fasciculis foliorum 
omnium laminigerorum densis adjectis, 20-30 em. alta. Culmi 
erecti, molliusculi, plerumque robusti, 1-nodi, nodis glabris non 
exsertis. Foliorum vaginae fasciculorum brevissimae, ad 1-5 cm. 
tantes; ligulae elongatae ad 1 cm. longae, glabrae; laminae 
fasciculorum setaceo-convolutae, usque 3 em. longae, glabrae, 
foliorum culmorum laxe convolutae, in acumen attenuatae, 
5-11 cm. longae, leviter scabriusculae. Panicula densa, contracta, 
ad 20 cm. longa, 1-2-5 cm. lata; axis primarius scaber vel 
scaberulus; rami fasciculati, scaberuli, ad 8 cm. longi; pedicelli 
2-8 mm. longi. Spiculae nitidae, subhiantes, luteae. Glwmae 
valde inaequales, membranaceae, acuminatae, ad apicem scaberu- 
lae; inferior 3-nervis, 2-2 cm. longa; superior 5-nervis, 1-4 cm. 
longa. Valva cylindrica, cum callo 7 mm. longa, breviter 
pubescens pilis luteis, subintegra; arista ad 12 cm. longa, 
columna valde torta usque 4-5 cm. longa praeter margines 
spirarum scaberulos laevi, seta subrecta tenuiter scaberula; 
valvula valvam aequans, dorso pubescens. S. compressa, var. 
lachnocolea, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 567 
RALIA. Swan River, eh eas 132*; Kauring on 
the York- Geom Line, Stoward 4 6 p.p. 
VictortA. Melbourne, common, — 191. 
