291 MONOCOTYLEDONE.E. LEPYRODIA. 
TRIBUS 1. RESTIOIDEÆ, 
Ovarium 3-2- vel (abortu) 1- loculare. Fructus capsularis. 
. LEPYRODIA R. Br. Prodr., p. 241; Endl. Gen. Plant., p.122, n. 1018; 
Meissn. Gen. p. 408; Palis. in Ann. Se. Nat. 13, t.3, f. 3; Kunth. Enum. 
Plant. 3, p. 415; Steud. Synops. Glum. 2, p. 248 ; F. Muell. Fragment. 
8, p. 18; Benth. Fl. Austral. Tined. 
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Spiculæ mascule femineæque conformes paucifloræ spieatim seu 
paniculatim dispositæ quandoque fasciculatæ, spathis vaginiformibus 
ape:tis interstinctæ raro spathis carentes Flores discreti dioici, mo- 
noici, vel raro hermaphroditi 1-bracteati 2-bracteolati. Bracteæ laxe im- 
bricatæ. Perianthii segmenta sex biserialia subæqualia vel interiora 
quam exteriora longiora (presertim in fl. masc.), glabra ecarinata. Sta- 
mina 3. Filamenta libera. Antheræ 1-loculares dorsifixæ. Staminodia 8 
clavata quandoque antheras plus minus perfectas gerentes. Ovarium 
3- lobum 3- loculare. Styli 3 distincti vel basi plus minus indiscreti, 
intus fere ad basin stigmatosi, Capsula 3- loba ad angulos eminentes 
dehiscens. Semina in quovis loculo solitaria majuscula pendula tu- 
berculata. — Rhizoma repens vel contractum. Culmi segregati seu 
ciPspitosi, simplices vel plus minus ramosi, vaginali, vaginis persis. 
tentibus seu deciduis, raro enodes. — Species omnes Australasicæ. 
1. L. seariosa (R. Dr. Prodr. p. 248); rhizomate repente ; vaginis 
laxis subulato-mucronatis; eymis paniculatis; floribus hermaphroditis 
vel monoicis ; perianthii segmentis internis quam externis vix brevio- 
ribus. — Steud. Synops. Glum. 2, p. 248, F. Muell., Fragment. 8, 
p. 72. L. hermaphrodita Nees Sieb. Pl, Exsice. 32 nec R. Br. 
x Rhizoma repens teres crassitie pennæ anserinæ squamis ovatis 
castaneis obsitum. Culmi 90-40 cent. erecti simplices solidi olivacei 
obsolete impresso-punctulati. Vaginæ culmeæ 3-6 cent. long. laxe 
tubulatæ coriaceæ extus brunneæ intus albido-nitentes ad margines 
membranaceæ, apice longiuscule, subulato-mucronalæ vel enim folia- 
ceæ, mucrone appresso. Inflorescentia terminalis paniculatim-cymosa 
4-6 cent. long. pluristachya, polygama v. monoica spathis lanceo- 
latis apertis interstincta. Spiculæ 1-floræ. Bracteæ lanceolatæ flores 
masculos ovato-lanceolatos 4- mill. longos supérantes. Bracteolæ 
2 conformes minores. Perianthii segmenta omnia conformia lanceo- 
lata concava, interiora tenuiora externis vix breviora, Stamina 9. An- 
