34 ICONES PliANTARUM. 



Plates 1243, 1244. 



SPINIFEX PABADOXUS, Bentli. 



Grajiine^, Tribe Panice^. 



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S. paradoxus, Benth, FL Austral, vil. ined. Spicis Tmi-pfiuci-splcu- 

 latis globoso-capitatis, rbacliibus in aristam brevissimam productis, 

 marliitn bracteis capitulo brevioribns foeminearum demum acutla 

 obliquis heteromorphis. Neiirachne paradoxa^ B. Br. App, SturtExped. 

 26; Panicum pseudoneurachne^ F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 199. 



Hab. Desert interior of estratropical Australia; from the Darlino- 

 to Cooper's Creek and Lake Eyre, Dallachj, Giles^ Andrews^ and 

 others. 



Plantm juniores et mascul« laxe ramosaB, foliis nonnullis lono-Jg 

 planis flaccidis; foemineas fructiferte divaricato-v. fasciculato-ramosse, 

 rigidge, fragiles. Capihda mascida in vagina brevi folii floralis sessilia' 

 quasi lateralia, globosa ^f poll, diametro, e spiculis seu spicis 2-3- 

 spiculatis plurimis subsessilibus composita, rhaclii spicaramy- pedicello 

 brevissimo spicularum in aristam spicula ipsa breviorem producto. 

 Bradem sub spicis spiculisFO lanceolata3, 1-2 exteriores spicula vix 

 breviores, ca)ter€B parvw angnstje. Spiculce ad 3 lin. lono-ge exteriores 

 sa^pias in pedicello brevissimo solitarii, inf 

 elongatis ssepe 2. Ghimcei^ herbaceee, 3-5 

 pauHo minores, 2 interiores paleam sequilongam 2-costatani et stamina 

 3 foventes. Capihda fceminea raasculis latiora, irregnlaria, bracteis per 

 anthesin lato lanceolatis spiculas seqnantes stipata. /Spi^^Zce in capitulo 

 pleraeque sessiles. Glumm 4, 2 exteriores vacuEe herbace?© 7-9.nerves 

 3a. pauUo longior, tenuior, pariter nervosa et vacua v, paleam parvam 

 angustani fovens; terminalis florida vix brevior, tenuis nervis vix 

 conspicuis. Paha tenuis, tenuiter 2-nervis. Shjli a basi distincti, 

 stigmatibus longis plumosis. In capitulo fructifero bracteee exteriores 

 3-5 varie auetse rigidule membranacese patentes ^1-pollicares alia) 

 lato-lanceolatse v. ovata? sequales, alise valde obliquse latae irreo-ulariter 

 yenosas et saspe hinc unidentatee. Caryopsis gluma terminali paleaque 

 induratis brevibus inclasa. 



snores in pedicelhs parum 

 nerves. 2 exfprlnrf^Q TrQonjw 



When Brown su^ct 



lous ISeiirachne he had only seen fragments of female specimens, which 

 had nothing to indicate that they might not have been hermaphrodite 



