96 FLORA OF TASMANIA. — | Cyperacee. 
tetraquetris compressis, caulino lamina brevi ensiformi, panicula subcoarctata composita, spiculis congestis, 
squamis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis, nuce turgida subtrigona rugosa mamilla conica terminata. 
(Gunn, 1396, 1399.) (Tas. CXLIX.) 
Has. Common in moist places throughout the Island.— (Fl. Dec.) (v. v.) 
DrsrRrB. New South Wales and Victoria. 
Culms 18 inches to 2 feet high, robust, terete, compressed, and obscurely four-angled. Radical leaves nume- 
rous, stout, curved, rigid, acutely tetraquetrous, with striated faces. Panicle contracted, 2-3 inches long, of nume- 
rous, congested, dark red-brown, shining spikelets. Scales ciliated. Nut rugose.—PrATE CXLIX. Fig. 1, spikelet ; 
2, scale and flower; 3, pistil; 4, nut :—all magnified. 
b. Culms flattened. | 
6. Cladium scheenoides (Br. Prodr. 237); culmis aphyllis foliisque equitantibus plano-compressis 
levibus, vaginis imberbibus, spica subcomposita, spiculis 1-floris fasciculatis lanceolatis, squamis anguste 
lanceolatis glaberrimis, nuce obovoidea trigona apice truncata.—Kunth, En. i. 305. Schomus acutus, 
Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 18. t. 18. (Gunn, 1397.) 
Has. Dry heathy places: Circular Head, Gunn; Cheshunt, Archer; New Norfolk, Oldfield.— (Fl. 
Nov.) 
Disrgis. New South Wales, Victoria, and Swan River. 
Much the smallest Tasmanian species, about a span high; very similar to Lepidosperma globosa and linearis.— 
Rhizome stout, creeping, scaly. Leaves equitant, all radical, compressed, almost flat, longer than the culm, which 
is also compressed, and of about equal breadth (2; inch). Panicle simple, 1 inch long; the branches, being few, 
short, and bearing fascicles of sessile spikelets, give it almost the appearance of a spike. 
c. Culms terete. Leaves plane or involute. 
7. Cladium Filum (Br. Prodr. 237); culmis teretibus foliosis, foliis involutis apice filiferis culmum 
superantibus, panicula elongata coarctata foliosa, bracteis longissime aristatis foliosisve, spiculis dense glo- 
meratis, glomerulis alternis, squamis ovato-acuminatis exterioribus aristatis triandris v. tetrandris, nuce 
lineari trigona apice simplici acuta.—Kunth, En. ii. 305; an Nees in Plant. Preiss. ii. 87? Schenus 
Filum, Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 18. t. 19. 
Has. Abundant in clay-soil about Hobarton and elsewhere.—(Fl. Nov.) (v. v.) 
DisrnrB. South-eastern Australia. 
Culms terete, leafy, 2—4 feet high. Leaves very long, slender, involute, slightly scabrous at the margins, with 
long, black sheaths. Panicle 3-8 inches long, slender, of alternate glomeruli an inch long, consisting of numerous 
crowded spikelets. Scales ovate-lanceolate; outer aristate; inner acuminate. Stamens three (four according to 
Brown). Nut pale, linear, trigonous, mucronate. 
8. Cladium Mariscus (Br. Prodr. 236); culmo elato tereti levi folioso, foliis planiusculis carina 
marginibusque asperis, panicula decomposita foliosa, spiculis capitato-glomeratis, floribus 3-andris, nuce 
elliptico-ovoidea mucronata.— Eng. Bot. t. 950; Kunth, En. ii. 303. ; 
Has. Tasmania, Brown. 
Disrrı. Australia, Polynesia, India, Europe, America, Africa? (A native of England.) 
I have sedi 20 Tasmanian specimens of this very widely-diffused species. It may be readily known by its 
very leafy Wë scabrous keel and margins of leaves, much widely branched panicle, with divaricating branches, 
and the subcapitate, pale-brown spikelets.— Nuts pale-brown, with an acuminate apex. 
