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there lineares apiculatæ. Flores hermaphroditi vel pseudo-herma- 
phroditi stamine unico fertili staminodiisque duobus vel antheris 
abortivis 3 gaudent. Capsula abortu 1- locularis latere dehiscens 1-sper- 
ma, stylis 1-3 coronata. In flore femineo adest capsula triquetra 
3- loba, stylis 8 longiusculis superata basique staminodiis 3 circum- 
data. 
In Nova Wallia australi, Port Jackson (R. Brown (f, Sieber, 32, 46, 
Chauvin, Viellard, F. Muell i); 
2. L. gracilis (R. Br. Prodr. p. 247) ; rhizomate repente; vaginis 
arcte tubulatis ; cymis monoicis laxe paniculatis ; perianthii segmentis 
subæqualibus.—Kunth Enum. 8, p. 476; Steud.Synops., 2 p. 248; F. 
Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 73; Benth. FI. Austral 7 ined. L. stricta Nees 
in Sieber Pl. Exsicc. n. 32, nec R. 
% Rhizoma procurrens glabrum. Caules 70-80 cent. alti erecti cras- 
sitie pennæ corvinæ, parce ramosi ramique erecti teretes vel sub- 
compressi fistulosi glabri minutissime albido-lepidoti. Vaginæ cul- 
mec 2 cent. long. arctæ coriaceæ oblongæ. Inflorescentia monoica 
interrupto laxiusculeque paniculatim cymosa 3-10 cent. long. pluris- 
tachya, spathis parvis subcoriaceis acutis striatis apicem versus mem- 
branaceis interstincta. Spiculæ fasciculatæ singulæ 2-3 mill. long. 
1- flore tribracteatæ. Bracteæ 2 mill. ovato-lanceolatæ. Bracteolæ 
2 conformes minores. Flores lanceolati subtrigoni. Perianthii segmenta 
externa vix 2 mill. long. lanceolata concava subcoriacea pallide fusca 
interna vix minora. Filamenta albida. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ muti- 
cæ. Perianthium femineum masculino conforme. Capsula sphæroidca 
3- loba, 3- locularis stylorum deciduorum vestigiis coronata, stami- 
nodiis 3 persistentibus basi inunita. Semina albido- tuberculata. 
In Nova Wallia australi, Port Jackson (R. Brown d, Sieber 32, 46; 
F. Muell. j^). 
/ 3. EK. Amarthria (F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 79, adnot.) ; 
culmis cæspitosis strictis superne enodis; m segmentis sub- 
æqualibus. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 ined. Anarthria gracilis Nees 
in Sieb. Pl. Exsicc. 50; Kunth Enum. 3, p. 478, nec R. Br. 
2% Culmi Ekipos 70-400 cent. alti erecti rigidi fililormes im- 
presso-punctulati olivacei sulcato-striati, nisi ad basin omnino vagi- 
nis destitutæ. Inflorescentia feminea parce paniculatim -cymosa 
terminalis erecta 3-4 cent. long. pluristachya, spathis spathellisque 
- membranaceis lanceolatis acuminatis 1- nerviis interstincta. Spiculæ 
femineæ breve pedicellatæ 4-5 mill. long. 1- floræ. Bracteæ lanceo- 
latæ membranaceæ, infimæ vacuæ. Perianthii segmenta 6 subæqualia 
oblonga acuta, lateralia complicata vix carinata, Staminodia 3. Fructus 
SurrES AU Prodromus. P 
