186 FLORA OF 
Leaves radical ; rather dwarf tufted perennials ; panicle 
narrow erect ; ; spikelets small ; leaf- sheaths woolly 
at orifice. 
Leaves smooth, subulate, tong mons ; spikelets 
distinct 
Leaves with scabrous hie fens edie t in 
long subulate erect points ; spikelets clustered.. 
Lepidosperma. 
1. Stems hollow, compressed, several feet high. 
Leaves blunt-edged, rather flaccid, panicle contracted 
Leaves rather acute-edged and rigid, panicle spreading 
m1. Stems solid. 
Stems broad, tall, flattened but convex on both sides; 
panicle large, very compound. 
Panicle dense, short; leaves about 4 in. wide, with 
a broad acute edge. Sandy sea-shores ... a 
Panicle elongate and spreading ; leaves narrower.. 
Stems narrow, compressed, slightly convex or flat. 
Stems flat, sharp-edged, from 14 to 3 lines wide. 
Panicle elongated and narrow, much exceeding 
the lowest involucral bract 
Panicle short and somewhat spreading 
Stems flat, rough-edged, about 2 lines wide, mar- 
gins resinous; panicle narrow, rather dense 
Stems flat, blunt-edged, 1 to 14 lines wide; panicle 
spike-like or interrupted. 
Spikelets in sessile clusters, bracts ey 
acuminate 
Spikelets in globose chactous, eee Beene 
Stems convexly flattened, under 1] line broad. 
Stems almost semicylindrical, panicle spike- 
like, spikelets narrow and pointed ... 
Stems flat; panicle slender but quite short, 
often exceeded by the lowest involucral bract 
Stems filiform or cylindrical. 
Panicle compound, contracted; stems filiform, 
smooth ; leaves somewhat compressed and chan- 
nelled . 
Spikelets scattered in a a spike- like ‘panicle ; ; stems 
filiform-cylindrical; leaves almost undeveloped 
Spikelets crowded; stems terete grooved on one 
side, leaves similar but shorter 
Chorizandra. 
Stems rigid; leaves few, terete; fruit ovoid, 8-ribbed 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
lanigerum 
deustum 
longitudinale 
exaltatum 
gladiatum 
elatius 
laterale 
concauum 
uviscidum 
congestum 
globosum 
semiteres 
lineare 
canescens 
filiforme 
carphoides 
enodis 
