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deis plurifloris solitariis vel lineari-spicatis ; staminodiis 3 vel pluri- 
bus ; stylis 2. — Kunth Enum. 8, p. 415; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 255; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Tasman. 2, p. 70 tab. 135 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. 7. 
ined. R. oligocephalus F. Muell. Fragment 8, p. 68. 
2% Rhizoma repens lanuginosum. Culmi 12-30 cent. simplices vel 
superne parce ramosi, ramique erecti teretes vel compressiusculi te- 
nuissime striati flavidi. Vaginæ culmeæ dissitæ singulæ circa 1 cent. 
long. coriaceæ superne obtusæ sub horizontaliter patentes. Spiculæ in 
apice culmi vel ramorum plerumque solitariæ vel binæ, quandoque au- 
tem in eymas lineares pluristachyas (25-27) disposite, singulæ 6-8 
mill. long: oblongæ obtusæ plurifloræ, basi spathâ breviore oblonga, 
breviter obtusequeque mucronata suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ 
oblongæ acutæ vel obtusæ coriaceæ castaneæ, infimæ vacuæ, ceteræ 
flores lanceolatos compressos vix superantes. Perianthii segmenta 6 
lineari-oblonga ; lateralia externa complicata anguste carinata glabra ; 
segmenta interiora paulo breviora spatulato-oblonga. Antheræ lineari- 
oblonga. Plantæ femineæ culmi vaginæ inflorescentiaque omnino ut in 
mare. Spiculæ plurifloræ. Perianthii segmenta ut in mare sed ciliolata. 
Staminodia 3 (quandoque 5-6?). Ovarium ovoideo-subglobosum bilo- 
culare stylisque duobus exsertis demum liberis superatum, Capsula 
bilocularis 
Fe numeroque spicularum variat, In icone cl. Fitch. pre- 
parato et in Hook. F1. Tasm. edito, staminodia in flore femineo 6, quo- 
rum unum anthera gaudens, representantur. Plusquam 3 autem nun- 
quam inveni.Teste cl. Bentham staminodia valde in:equalia et variabilia 
evadunt. 
In Australia austro-orientali (Labillardiére (j^, in insula Tasmaniæ 
ad Derwent River (R. Brown c, Gunn, 1392, Hooker, Stuart aliique). 
32, R ehaumoeoleus (F. Muell. Fragment, 8, p. 64), rhizomate 
lanigero; culmis cæspitosis; vaginis patulis ; spiculis masculis panicu- 
latis; femineis spicatim-cymosis; staminodiis 3; ovario 2-loculari — 
Benth. Fl. Austral. 7. ined. ; Mast. infra, t. 1, fig. 12-19. 
2; Rhizoma squamis albido-lanigeris dense vestitum, Culmi cæspi- 
tosi 2-4 pedales, crassitie pennæ corvinæ erecti rigidi teretes sulcato- 
striati simplices vel parce ramosi. Vaginæ culmeæ 15 mill, long. laxe 
convolutæ, apice patentes, coriaceæ obtusæ ad margines tenuiores Ci- 
liolatæ apice subulato-mucronatæ. Spiculæ masculæ oo in cymam erec- 
tam terminalem spithamæam paniculiformem dispositz sessiles vel 
pedicellatæ, singuli circa 5 mill. long. obovato-oblongæ, basi spathá 
bracteiformi ipsà vix dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ arc 
