230 MONOCOTYLEDONEX. LEPYRODIA. 
oicis interrupte paniculatis ; perianthii masculi D net internis ex- 
teriora paulo superantibus. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 7. ine 
% hhizoma procurrens crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ squamis delap- 
sis vestitum. Culmi 50-100 cent. alti filiformes erecti teretes fistulosi 
tenuissime sulcato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ !/5- pollicares arcte convo- 
lutæ coriaceæ striatæ interdum petiolo foliaceo præditæ. Inflorescentia 
mascula paniculatim cymosa, cymis interruptis. Bracteæ ovatæ lan- 
ceolatæ apiculatæ floribus breviores. Perianthii segmenta exteriora 
oblonga acuta rigida, interiora conformia paulo longiora. Antheræ 
oblongæ. Pistillodium minutum. Inflorescentia feminea paniculatim 
cymosa, cymis erectis appressis pluristachyis. Spiculæ oblongo-ovoi- 
dez 2 mill. long. basi spathá bracteiformi breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ 
oblongæ concavæ acutae, infimæ vacuæ. Perianthii segmenta oblonga 
acuta subcoriacea, interiora subæquilonga tenuiora. Staminodia 3 ligu- 
liformia. Fructus trigono-subglobosus. Semen magnum castaneum. 
In Australia austro-occidentali, ad Swan River (Drummond, 106 /;; 
107 9); ad King George's Sound (F. Muell. g’); ad lacum Muir 
Busselton (Pries). 
12, L. strieta (R. Br. Prodr., p. 248); culmis cæspitosis ; vagi- 
nis arctis subulato-mucronatis demum deciduis; cymis dioicis laxe 
panieulatis; perianthii masculi segmentis internis exteriora superan- 
tibus, — Kunth Enum. 3, p. 476; Benth. Flor. Austral, 7 ined. L: 
succedanea, Nees in PI. Preiss. 2, p. 60; Steudel Synops. 2, p. 248; 
F. Muell. Fragment. 8. p. 74. 
Z Culmi cæspitosi erecti circa 50 cent. alti, crassitie pennæ galli- 
nace:s, simplices vel parum ramosi, ramique elongati ascendentes 
straminei minutissime impresso-punctulati, Vagins infima 15 mill. 
long. arcte tubulatæ obtuse coriaceæ, sub apice breviter subulato-mi- 
cronat:e, mucrone demum deciduo. Vaginæ rameales conformes sed 
mucrone foliaceo appresso elongato munitæ. Inflorescentia dioica ter- 
ininalis laxe paniculatim cymosa, spathis ad 2 cent.longis apertis lan- 
 eeolatis membranaceis interstinetis. Spiculæ 1- florc. Bracteæ flores 
vixæquantes. Flores trigoni. Perianthiisee menta exteriora navicularia 
lanceolata. Segmenta interna conformia duplo longiora rigidiuscula. 
Stamina segmentis internis subæquilonga. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ 
apiculatæ. Perianthii feminei segmenta latiora ovata acutà concava, 
interiora longiora. Staminodia 3. Ovarium trigorium apice truncatum 
ad angulos stylis deciduis coronatum. Capsula depresso-subglobosa 
3-loba 3- locularis. 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad Swan River [Diamond 68, 72 4, 
prope Albany (Preiss "n Q), King Georges Sound, (R. Brown, F. 
Muell. ï et 9). 
