LEPYROBIA RESTIACEJE (AUCTORE MASTERS). 297 
lata aeuminata eymbea glabra rigidiuscula fusca, interiora eonformia 
pallidiora basi macula purpurascente villosula notata. Filamenta 
lineari-ligulata, Antheræ demum exsertæ oblongæ apiculatæ. Pistilli 
rudimentum minutum. Inflorescentia feminea quam in mare magis 
ramosa. Spiculæ femineæ 1- floræ, 3- bracteatæ., Flores circa 4 mill. 
long. trianguli. Perianthii segmenta cartilaginea concava lanceolata 
acuta, interiora latiora. Staminodia 3. Capsula 3- loba perianthio per- 
sistente dimidio brevior. Styli 3. 
In Australia austro-oceidentali, ad Swan River (Drummond, 395 7, 
et 347 9). 
6. L. glauca (F. Muell. Fragm. 8, p. 77); rhizomate procur- 
rente; culmis fistulosis; vaginis laxis subulato-mucronatis; cymis in- 
terrupte paniculatis; perianthii segmentis subæqualibus acuminato- 
aristatis. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 ined, Leptocarpus glaucus Nees 
in Pl. Preiss. 2, p. 64. 
% Rhizoma procurrens crassitie pennæ olorinæ squamis vestitum. 
Culmi metrales teretes fistulosi crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ, parce ra- 
mosi ramique pallide olivaceo-virides tenuissime longitudinaliter 
striati. Vaginæ culmeæ 5-8 cent. laxæ aperte» oblongæ coriaceæ, sub 
apice rotundato mucronato-subulatæ. Inflorescentia mascula femi- 
neaque terminalis laxiuscule interrupteque paniculatim eymosa pluris- 
tachya. Spiculæ masculae femineæque 1-floræ fasciculatæ, basi spatha 
ovata acuminata suffultæ. Bracteæ ovalo-acuminate. Perianthii mas- 
culi segmenta 6 exteriora ovata aristata internis dimidio breviora. Fi- 
lamenta gracilia. Antheræ exsertæ oblongæ apiculatæ demum tortæ. 
Perianthii femineæ segmenta externa oblonga acuminato-aristata, : 
lateralia naviculari-conduplicata. Segmenta interiora planiüseula ex- 
ternis fere æquilonga. Ovarium triquetrum trilobum, stylo unico 
brevi in ramos 3 stigmatosos diviso superatum. 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad Swan River (Drummond 120); ad 
montes Darling (Preiss 1698); Blackwood et Gordon Rivers (Old- 
lield, 728); Busselton (Pries). 
1. L, tasmaniea (Hook. fil. Flor. Tasm. 2, p. 72 tab. 185); 
rhizomate repente; vaginis arctis; cymis monoico- polygamis; 
perianthii masculi segmentis externis quam internis brevioribus; 
perianthii feminei segmentis subæqualibus. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 
ined, 
% Rhizoma procurrens. Culmi 60-70 cent. alti erecti teretes solidi 
rigidi superne sparse dichotome ramosi, ramique ascendentes oliva- 
cei rugulosi impresso-punctulati. Vaginæ eulme:e 2-8 cent. arctæ, 
tubulatæ coriaceæ superne membranaces, quandoque mucrone fo- 
