CYl'KRACEiK DKSVAUXlACEiK RKSTI ACE.F.. 729 



Roxb.) Peninsula of India. — C. canescens, Vahl. excl. syn. Rheed. Pe- 

 ninsula of India. — Papyrus elatus, Nees. Ceylon. — Remirea Wighti- 

 ana. Wall. Peninsula of India. — Hemicarpha Isolepis, Nees. Penin- 

 sula of India. — Lipocarpha lavigaia, Nees. Peninsula of India. — L. 

 triceps, Nees. Coromandel. — Hypolytrum giganteum. Wall. Both 

 Peninsulas of India. — Fuirena ciliaris, Roxb. Coromandel, &c. — 

 F. pentagona, W. and A. Peninsula of India. — Dichostylis Miche. 

 liana, Nees. Nepal. Asia Minor. South Europe. — Abildgaardia 

 tristachya, Vahl. Peninsula of India. — Cheetocyperus Linmocharis, 

 Nees. Coromandel. — Echinolytrum dipsaceum, Desv. Peninsula of 

 India. — Fimbristylis argentea, Vahl. Peninsula of India. — Isolepis 

 barbata, R. Br. Peninsula of India. Nepal, &c. — Eleogiton curvulus, 



Nees. Peninsula of India Malacochcete pectinata, Nees. Peninsula 



of India. — Eriophorum arundinaceum. Wall. Penang. — E. comosum. 

 Wall. Nepal Rhynchospora chinensis, Nees. and Meyen. China. Ne- 

 pal. — Morisia Wallichii, Nees. Nepal. — Haplostylis Meyenii, Nees. 

 China. Ceylon. — Cephaloschoenus articulatus, Nees. Peninsula of 

 India. — Hypoportim pergracile, Nees. Silhet. — Corbesia laxa, Nees. 

 Nepal. — Trilepis Royleana, Nees. Himalayas. — Carex indica, Willd. 

 Nepal. — Uncinia Nepalensis, Nees. Himalayas. — U. Jamaicensis, Pers. 

 Jamaica. 



ORDER CCLVIII.— DESVAUXIACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 386. 



Small herbs, by Lindl. referred to 2 genera of 12 species, all natives 

 of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Properties unknown. 



* Desvauxa exserta, R. Br. Tropical New Holland. — D. Banksii, R. Br. 

 Tropical New Holland.— L>. pusilla, R. Br. Tropical New Holland. 



ORDER CCLIX.— RESTIACE^., R. Br.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 386. 



Herbs or undershrubs, by Nees von Essenbeck referred to 18, by Lindl. 

 to 19 genera. Of these, according to R. Br., Harvey and Spreng., 60 

 species are natives of S. Africa; 47 of New Holland and Van Diemen's 

 Land ; 1 of S. America, (Lyginia montividensis, Spreng.) ; and 1 of Tran- 

 quebar. (Restio articulatus, Retz. Spreng.) The latter is not mentioned 

 by either Roxb., Wall, or Royle. " Properties none, except that the 

 tough wiry stems of some species are manufactured into baskets and 

 brooms." {Lindl.) Restio tcctorum, Thunb. is employed at the C. G. H., 

 both in town and country, for thatching, and sometimes whole huts are 



