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6 ICONES PLANTARtTM. 



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Glumm nndiqne imtricate, infimce plurima? vacn^B. Mores compressi. 

 Squam(B hypogynae 2 exterlores (bracteolae ?) laterales suboppositse 

 complicate carinatas, 2 interiores planae v. concavce, glumw parallelte. 

 Stamina 3. Stylus basi dilatatus, ramis stigmatosis (stioraatibus) 2 

 filiformibns.^ I^ttx e glnmis exserta, styli basi dura continua coronata. 

 ^ Caulis foliatus.^ Inflorescentia fere FimlrysiijUs, hmctei^ 2-3 extc- 

 rioribus longis foliaceis. 



E. scleroides, Benth,, species imica. — Cladium scleroides, F. MiielL 



Fragm, ix. 12. 



Hab. New South Wales, northern districts, and adjoinincr districts 

 of Queensland, Leic JihanU^ G. Moore, Wilcox. "^ 



Caules e rhizomate rcpente 2-pedales, tennes, triquetri, tindique 

 foliati. Folia graminea, longa, plana, 1-2 lineas lata, in acumen longe 

 suLulatum attennata, vagina dausa. Pamcula laxa, decomposita, sub- 

 umbellata, ramis valde ina^qualibus, longioribus 4-6 pollicaribus ' in- 

 terioribus abbreviatis, omnibus pedicellisquefiliformibus, primariis'basi 

 confertisv- parum distantibus. Bracteje involucrantes'exteriores 2-3 

 longe foliaceje, inflorescentiam tamen raro superantes, interiores parv^, 

 setaceffi. ^ Spiculm pedicellat^e, oblongae, fusccc, 1-^11 Hn. longre. Ghtmce 

 obtusse, mferiores vacu^ ad 6, gradatim minores. Flares sffipius ad 3, 

 inferiores masculi, 1 v. 2 superiores hermapliroditi, omnes cceterum 

 similes, squamis bypogynis gluma parum brevioribus. Nux ovoidco- 



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cidis stipata; styli basis mcrassata m ovario distinctissima in nuce 

 matura continua fere obliterata. ^ 



It was probably on account of the general resemblance of tbe nnt 

 to that of Cladium that F, Mueller referred this plant to the latter 

 genus, although the structure of the flower, which he had overlooked 

 IS so different. In technical characters it approaches very nearly to 

 Mapania (PandanoplnjUum) and is, as it were, intermediate between 

 that and Hypohjtrum, differing from the former in the interior flat 

 ^JPOgynotis scales being 2 only, not 4, and from the latter in the pre- 

 sence of those two ; but the elegant slender habit, the inflorescence 

 the minute spikelets and exserted nuts give it a reiy different aspect 

 irom either genus. — Or. Bextham. 



Fig. 1. Two spikelets, one in front. 2. Ilypogynous scales. 3. Floorer one livno- 



fTtZ ''^^^^^""^rf ^^^.t^^'^^T- '^\^'''^ •'"? '^'"""'- *• Ovary, l^gitudinal 

 .ec ,on. 5. Fruit, longitudinal section showing the seed. 6. Albumen longitudinal 

 section showing the basal embryo. ' *""&'*'""*"''* 



