184 FLORA OF 
Isolepis. 
Spikelet solitary terminal, stigmas 2, fruit biconvex, 
stamens 3. Usually floating; stems elongated, with 
filiform leaves at the nodes bs 
Spikelet solitary or clustered, terminal. Stigmas 3. 
Stamens 3; bracts prominently keeled. 
Fruit ovoid-globular, 3-ribbed .. 
Fruit obtusely triquetrous, smooth 
Fruit acutely triquetrous, smooth ; bract Bho 
minently ribbed 
Stamen 1, bracts broad scarcely ceeded: fr nit ores 
triquetrous; stems sometimes dwarf, but often 
elongate and proliferous 
Spikelets clustered, lateral, the outer cera ae 
erect and continuous with the stem; stems leafless, 
robust; stigmas 3. 
Spikelets 2 to 6, sessile, aa ; fruit Paaarey 
striate .. 
Spikelets numerous, in a denne eiobaler head ; 
fruit smooth . 
Lipocarpha. 
Dwarf tufted annual, stems very slender, fruit oblong 
flattened.. 
Carex. 
I. Spikelets each with male and female flowers, 
stigmas 2. 
Spikelets several in a short terminal spike, bracts 
pointed greenish. 
Spikelets 3 to 5, male flowers at the base, ovate; 
outer involucral bract exceeding the inflorescence 
Spikelets 6 to 12, male flowers at the top of each 
Spikelets numerous in a long narrow panicle. 
Stems cylindrical; leaves linear, revolute... 
Stems triangular ; leaves badass very long... 
11. Spikelets few or many, the terminal one with 
male flowers. 
Style-branches 2 ; spikelets 3 to 6, erect, sessile 
Style-branches 3, spikelets few, utricles beaked. 
Utricle of corky texture, ovoid, with a short beak, 
¢ in. long 
Utricle of thin texture, sini aac 
Utricle of thin texture, means 3- ne cite tapering 
into a long beak 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
fluitans 
setaceus 
riparius 
cartilagineus 
inundatus 
supinus 
nodosus 
microcephala 
inversa 
chlorantha 
tereticaulis 
paniculata 
caespitosa 
pumila 
breviculmis 
Gunniana 
