54 FLORA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
Calyx-segments very rigid with short 
narrow tips; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late ; stem 2 to 3 ft. ... 
Calyx-segments with coloured obtuse 
glabrous tips ; leaves spathulate, all 
crowded at the base of the short stem 
Spikes 1 in. diameter ; outer calyx-segments 
rather broad, scarcely ribbed; radical 
leaves oblong-spathulate, obtuse or mu- 
cronate ae os 
Spikes ? in. diameter ; stems silky-woolly, 
leaves linear or linear-lanceolate... 
Inner segments of calyx woolly inside; seg- 
ments curved upwards, pink. 
Stems several decumbent or densely tufted; 
leaves linear, acute, glabrous; spikes 
solitary, nearly globular ... ss 
Inner segments of calyx glabrous inside; calyx 
usually yellow. 
Spikes finally long and cylindrical, 1 to 2 in. 
diameter. Stout erect perennials, 1 to 
3 ft. 
Leaves linear or lanceolate, glabrous ; 
but the young shoots and foliage 
sprinkled with short hairs; bracts 
and bracteoles broadly ovate trans- 
parent and shining 
Leaves obovate or oblong, glabrous ; 
bracts ovate or oblong with an 
opaque centre ... 
Spikes ovoid. 
Leaves linear ; spikes 2 in. diameter ; 
bracts transparent; stems erect, 1 to 
2 ft. 
Leaves ovate or spathulate; spikes # in. 
diameter, bracts and bracteoles thin 
and shining acute ; stems prostrate 
Spikes globular. 
Spikes about 1 in. diameter ; stamens 
very unequal, surrounded by a few 
woolly hairs. Glabrous erect; leaves 
linear 
Spikes under 4 in. diameter. 
Minute acuminate scales between 
the filaments; calyx red. Erect; 
leaves narrow-linear i 
exaltatus 
Beckeri 
gomphrenoides: 
helipteroides 
erubescens 
alopecuroideus 
nobilis 
macrocephalus: 
spathulatus 
hemisteirus 
Schwartzii 
