LEPYRODIA. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 990 
culis remotis spicatim disposilis; perianthii segmentis internis exte- 
riora duplo superantibus. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 ined. 
2 Culmi 15-30 cent. crassitie penna corvinæ, simplices vel parce ra- 
mosi teretes straminei albido-puncticulati. Vaginæ, nisi ad ramifica- 
tiones, arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ circa 16 mill. long. mucrone foliaceo 
patenti-reflexo terminate. Spiculæ monoicæ fasciculatæ, fasciculis 
secus ramulos spicatim interrupteque dispositæ. Spathæ 8-10 cent. 
long. ad basim fasciculorum dispositæ, ovatæ acutæ pallide fuscæ 
subcoriaceæ. Spathellæ conformes minores. Bracteæ ovato-lanceolatæ 
acuminatæ flores trigonos vix æquantes. Perianthii masculi segmenta 
3 externa navienlaria acuminata, interna externis duplo longiora 
obtusiuscula, ad margines superne involutæ. Antheræ lineares apicu- 
late. Pistilli rudimentum minutum. Perianthii feminei segmenta rigi- 
da acuta omnia subæqualia. Stamimodia 3. Ovarium 3-lobum. 
In Australia orientali tropica in Queensland et in insula Moreton. 
(F. Muell.). In Nova Wallia australi ad Port Jackson, et ad montes 
Grampians (F. Muell.). 
10. L. hermaphrodita (R. Br. Prodr. p. 248); culmis cæspito- 
sis; vaginis laxiuscule convolutis demum deciduis ; spiculis interrupte 
Spicatim cymosis; floribus hermaphroditis; perianthii segmentis in- 
ternis exteriora duplo superantibus. — Desv. in Aun. Sc. Nat. ser. 1 
(1828) p. 43, t. 3, f. 2; Kunth Enum. 8, p. 477; Steud. Synops. 2, 
P. 248; F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 75; Benth. Fl. Austr. 7. ined.; Mast. 
infra, t. 4, fig. 1-11. 
(2?. x Planta pusilla glabra. Culmi cæspitosi 8-12 cent. alti erecti 
filiformes teretes straminei rugulosi impresso punctulati, simplices 
vel parce ramosi. Vaginæ culmeæ 4 cent. long. laxiuscule convolutæ 
membranaceæ mucronatæ, mucrone longiuscule appresso quandoque 
deciduo; Spiculæ co in cymam linearem spiciformem terminalem inter- 
rupte dispositæ, singulæ 2 mill. long. 1-floræ 1- bracteatæ 2-bracteo- 
lat. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ membranaceæ  oblongo-acuminatæ 
sursum decrescentes. Perianthium biseriale hexamerum. Segmenta 
externa 3 æqualia coriacea oblonga acuta navicularia mucronata glabra; 
segmenta interna duplo longiora conformia planiuscula. Stamina 
3 perianthii segmentis internis superposita; filamenta gracilia. An- 
theræ exsertæ. Capsula depresso-globosa latior quam alta triloba 
stylorum vestigiis coronata. Semina ovato-globosa e cinereo-cærules- 
centia, tuberculis margaritaceis parvis seriatis obsita. 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad King George's Sound (R. Br.), 
Juxta urbem Albany (F. Muell.). - 
11. L. Muirii (F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 78.); rhizomate pro- 
currente ; culmis sulcato-striatis ; vaginis arcte convolutis ; cymis di- 
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