756 CENTROLEPIDEZ. [Trithuria. 
1. T. (?) inconspicua, Cheesem. n. sp.—A very minute slender 
perfectly glabrous annual herb, forming dense moss-like tufts 4-1 in. 
high. Leaves numerous, all radical, linear-filiform, strict, erect, 
terete, tapering gradually to an acute point. Scapes very short in 
the flowering stage, lengthening to one-half or three-quarters the 
length of the leaves when in fruit. Bracts 3-4, erect or erecto- 
patent, linear-lanceolate, acute, thin and membranous, ;,—in. 
long. Stamens not seen. Ovaries 6-12 or more, densely crowded, 
bright-red, stipitate, ovoid or oblong-ovoid, smooth, not angled nor 
compressed. Styles numerous, very delicate, forming a spreading 
brush at the tip of the ovary and much ionger than it. Ripe fruit 
elliptic-ovoid, quite smooth, pale yellow-brown with a dark spot at 
each end. 
NortH Is~uanp: Auckland—Sandy shores of Lake Ngatu, near Ahipara, 
H. Carse and R. H. Matthews ! 
A curious little plant, of which I only possess imperfect material. It differs 
in several respects from Trithwria, and may form the type of a new genus. All 
the flowers I have examined are without stamens, so that the stamens are either 
very fugitive, or the flowers are dicecious. 
2, CENTROLEPIS, Labill. 
Small tufted annual or perennial herbs. Leaves all radical or 
imbricating along the stems, linear or filiform. Scape slender, 
terminating in 2 floral bracts which are either subopposite or one a 
little above the other. Flowers hermaphrodite, sessile, from 1 to 5 
within each bract; each flower with 1-3 hyaline scales, or rarely 
the scales altogether wanting. Stamen 1; filament very long, fili- 
form; anther linear-oblong, 1-celled. Carpels from 3-8 (sometimes 
reduced to 1), connate and superposed in 2 rows; styles as many as 
the carpels, filiform, free or connate at the base. Fruiting carpels. 
with a membranous pericarp, longitudinally dehiscent. 
A small genus of about 20 species, all natives of Australia except 3 of those: 
described herein, and one found in Cambodia. 
Slender, annual, not pulvinate. Leaves scapes and bracts 
hispid. Flowers 3-8 within each bract : 
_ «. LL. Cosimgesa. 
Perennial, densely pulvinate. Stems very short, }-3in. 
Flowers 1 to each bract; carpels 3-5 to each flower .. 2. C. minima. 
Perennial, densely pulvinate. Stems soft, 4-Jlin., 
glabrous. Flowers 1 to each bract; carpels 1-3 to each 
flower As 3. C. pallida. 
Perennial, densely pulvinate. ‘Stems soft, 4-2 in. ; sheaths 
densely hairy. Flowers 1 or rarely 2 to each bract; 
carpels seldom more than 1 .. a4 = .. 4. C. viridis. 
1. C. strigosa, Roem and Schult. Syst. i. 43.—A slender tufted 
annual herb 1-2in. high. Leaves all radical, much shorter than 
the scapes, expanded into a broad membranous sheathing base 
below, above very narrow-linear or filiform, hispid throughout with 
