954 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO 
catæ oblongæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ, infimæ vacuæ lanceolatæ longe 
sensimque acuminatæ, ceteræ fertiles sub spatulatæ breviter acuminatæ 
flores breve-stipitatos vix superantes. Perianthii segmenta 5-6 linearia 
acuta ; lateralia complicata vix alato-carinata glabra ; tertium anticum 
planiusculum vel nullum; interiora 3 fere dimidio minora tenuiora. 
Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Spicule feminæ 2-9 in cymam linearem 
disticham dissite dispositæ, sessiles vel pedunculatæ, singulæ circa 
1 cent. long. plurifloræ oblongæ obtusæ. Bracteæ oblongæ coriaceæ 
fuscæ longiuscule subulato-acuminal:e, acumine patenti-reflexo, in- 
fimæ vacuæ. Perianthii stipitati segmenta lanceolata rigidiuscula ; 
lateralia conduplicata villosa-carinata ; intermedium anticum planius- 
culum nervo medio prominente notarui s ; segmenta interiora confor- 
mia minora. Ovarium oblongum. Styli duo infra medium indiscreti. 
Staminodia ovario longiora. Capsula plana emarginata. 
In Australia austro-occidentali (Drummond, 948 ;j', 949 ©). 
23. B. australis. (R. Dr. Prod. 245); rhizomate repente lanugi- 
noso ; vaginis summis laxiusculis obtusis muticis; spiculis utriusque 
sexus ad apicem culmi paniculatim cymosis ; bracteis longe acumina- 
tis ; staminodiis 3; stylis 2. — Kunth Enum, 3. p. 415; Steud. Synops. 
2, p. 255; Hook. f. Flor. Tasman. 2, p. 11; F. Muell. ‘Fagin, 8, p. 69; 
Benth. Fl. mi 1 ined. 
X. Rhizoma repens squamis lanuginosis dense obtectum. Culmi 
circa 90 cent. erecti teretes simplices fistulosi crassitie pennæ gal- 
linaceæ olivaceo-brunnei dense punctulati. Vaginæ culmeæ remo- 
tiusculæ 2 1/, cent. long. laxiuscule convolutæ coriaceæ, superne 
nervoso-striatæ ad apicem tenuiorem obtusiusculæ ciliolatæ haud mu- 
cronatæ. Spiculæ masculæ et femineæ circa 6, fere conformes incymam 
paniculiformem erectam linearem, spathis lanceolatis interstinctis, 
remotiuscule disposita, singula circa 1cent. long. oblongæ acute 
plurifloræ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ ad margines ciliolatæ, 
apice longe acuminatæ flores oblongos compressos stipitatos duplo su- 
perantes, Perianthii sezmenta lineari-oblonga; externa lateralia alato- 
carinata glabra; intermedium conforme planiusculum ; interiora 8 te- 
nuiora ovato-oblonga. Antheræ apiculatæ lineari-oblongæ incluses. 
Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæ inflorescentia bracteæque fere ut in 
mare. Perianthii segmenta lineari-oblonga quam in mare angustiora. 
Staminodia 3, Ovariuin turbinatum sub compressum. Styli 2 lon- 
gissime exserti. Fructum haud vidi. 
. gracili arcte affinis, differt tamen culmis erassioribus vaginis 
laxis inflorescentia minus ramosa spiculis majoribus staminodiisque 
3. Perianthium femineum quandoque segmenta 4-5 tantum ostendit. 
In Australia austro-orientali ad Port Jackson (Sieber, Gaudichaud) 9 
