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metro. Glumac late oblongo-ovatae, apice rotundatae, apicu- 

 latae 2-5 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, margiiie membranaceae, 

 ciholatoe. Stamina 3, filamentis 3-5 mm. longis, antheris lineari- 

 Inis 1-75 mm. lonsris. Ovarium (<UnMo\f^(\f^r,.c-^A\. ' ' 



driciim 



mm 



hispidus. Nux obovoidea, indistincte trigona, 0-7 mm. alta, 

 usque ad 0-5 mm. diametro, nigro-glaucescens. 



Australia. J^oitheru Territoiy; near Darwin, wet land, 

 C. E. F. Allen 170. 



850. Fimbristylis (Trichostylis) compacta, TuttUI (Cyper- 



aceae-bcirpeae) ; F. capiUitae, E.Br., aflinis, sed foliis latioribus 

 longioribus margme ciliatis, inflorescentiis amplioribus, nucibus' 

 majonbus distinguenda. 



Flanta erecta, culmis usque ad 6-5 dm. altis striatis inferue 

 giabns superne scabndulis et leviter pubescentibus basem versus 

 vaginis aphylhs tectis. Folia omnia basalia, linearia, apice 

 acuta, usque ad 2-8 dm. longa et 3 mm. lata, margino valde 

 cartUagmea ciliata. Infiorescentia e spiculis in capitula aggre- 

 gatis constituta, capitulis usque ad 9 plus minusve laxe dis- 

 positis; spiculae brcTiter ovoideae, 5 mm. longae, 3-5 mm. dia- 

 metro. (^lumae late oblongae, apice rotundatae, apiculatae vel 

 mlenores arista 1 mm. longa e dorso oriento instructae, 3 mm. 

 longae, ^'O mm. latae, ciliatae, superne brunneo-maculatae. 

 •^tamma 6, tlamentis 4 mm. longis, antheris linearibus 1-5 mm. 

 longis apice breviter coronatis ciliatisque. Ovarium cylindrico- 

 obovoideum; stylus ramis tribus 2-5 mm. longis iuclusis 4 mm. 

 longus, mferne liispidus. Nnx late obovoidea, inconspicue tri- 



a guians 0-*o mm. longa, 0-75 mm. diametro, supeificie tota 

 minute tuberculata, fere alba. ^ - 



AUSTRALIA. NoTthern Temtory; in swamp near Darwin, 

 AJUn 103 '"^ ^°'^^^ ^''''' ^'"^'^' ^^^^ rfarwin, C. E. F. 



XVI.-MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Secoml ^ i xt^'^-''^ .t''^J^\ ^' ^- Cotton, F.L.S.-, Assistants, 



moml^t ;i """ ^^? ^;y'^ ^^t^^i« <^^rdens, Kew liave been 

 piomoted to the grade of Assistant, First Class, with effect from 



thf IrXv .^''' Y\ ^' P^^TTiGREW, formerly a member of 



rUief Offio.? f p 1 *^^^ F^y^-^l ^«*^^i« G-^^^^ens, and lately 



appo nte? sL • M'' ^^^ ^P^^ Spaces, Cardiff, has been 



STon nS^rfv?^ ""l ^^^-^^ "^^^1^^ the Manchester Cor- 



eTof the 5,:V •^^- ,^- ^- P^TTiGEEw, also formerly a mem- 



M.^.:el':rMlvl ^VV"^- Massee.-By the retirement of Mr. G. 



on Mai ph 31st, under the age limit, the Herbarium loses 



