ICONES PLANTAEUM, 11 



Plate 1212. 



EVANDRA AEISTATA, Tl. Br. 



Ctperace^, Tribe EiiYNCnospoRE^. 



E. aristata, E. Br. Frod. 239, caule foliato, splculis laxe panicu- 

 latij glumis aristatis. 



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Hab. King George*s Sound and adjoining districts, South-west 

 Australia. 



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Caules e rhizomate crasso 2-3-pedales, obtuse triquetri. Folia secns 

 caulem distantia, elongata, angnsta ac plana, margine scabra, vagina 

 clausa nigrieante subpoUicari ; radicalia vagina longa aperta. 

 Panicnla Tonga, semipedalis ad pedalls, laxa, secunda, pedunculis 

 filiformibus ad axillas bractearum fasciculatis, aliis spiculam ^unicam 

 aliis spiculas 2-3-ferentibus. BractecB inferiores foliaceae longiusculaj, 

 superiores parvse glumacese, omnes subulato-acuniinatae v. aristatse- 

 Spicidoe oblongEe, ^-f-pollicares, 2-flor8B* Glumce undique imbricatoe, 

 vacu^ 12-15 V- plures, extlmee minimEe, cseterse gradatim majores, 

 fuscss V. nigi'icantes, rigidse, acutissimoe, plerceque aristatee^ superiores 

 margine scariosee ; summas florifer£e 2, inferior vacuis interioribus 

 conformis nisi margine latins scariosa, superior panllo brevior, mutica, 

 obtusa, tenuis et hyalina. Flos uterque liermapliroditus y. inferior 

 abortu masculus. Stamina 16-20 v. interdum plura; filamenta 

 ^brevia ; basi cum oyarii basi breviter connata ; antlioraB bneares, 

 glumas suba^quantes, appendice lineari. Ovarium basi ctim filamentis 

 confluens, supeme liberum pubescens. Styli rami .stigmatosi' y. stig- 

 mata 8. Nvx matura ad hue ignota. — G. Bextham. 



Fig. 1. Upper hermaphrodite flower and flowering ghune. 2. Anther. 3. Pistil, 

 the adnate base of the fihxments removed. 



Plate 1213. 



EVANDRA PAUCIFLORA, B. Br. 



CYPEEACEa:, Tribe Rhtkchospoeej:. 



E. panciflora, R. Br. Prod. 239, foliis ad basin canlis confertis, 

 spiculis ad apicem caulis 2-3 sessilibus, glamis acutis acummatisve nee 



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aristatis. 



