260 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
Brown, F. Muell. j^), (Stuart, Q); ad Tweed River (Guilfoyle), Rich- 
mond River (Dom: Hodgkinson ,Verreaux ). 
In ins. Tasmaniæ, ad Recherche Bay (C. Stuart). 
40. R. deformis (R. Brown, Prodr. p.245); culmis glabris sul- 
catis; vaginis arctis mucronatis ; spiculis solitariis vel paucis aggre- 
gatis; bracteis acuminatis ; perianthii segmentis linearibus acutis ; 
staminodiis 3. — Kunth Enum. 3, p. 415 ; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 295; 
Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, ined. (pro parte). 
Culmi 10 cent. alti simplices seu parum ramosi, crassitie penne cor- 
vinæ sulcato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ 1 cent. long. arcte convolutæ 
coriaceæ fuscæ subulato-mucronatæ mucrone appresso. Spiculæ femi- 
nec solitariæ vel 2-3 in apice culmi aggregatæ circa 1 cent. long. 
ovoideo-subglobosæ plurifloræ, spathá lata oblonga obtusa brevi subu- 
lato-mucronata ipsáà dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbri- 
catæ oblongæ subulato-acuminatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ. Flores 
3-4 mill. long. compressi bracteis breviores. Perianthium stipitatum 
compressum 5-merum. Segmenta externa 2 lineari-lanceolata com- 
plicata aristulata ferruginea glabra; segmenta interna paullo minora 
tenuiora planiuscula. Staminodia 3. Capsula compressa orbicularis 
bilocularis stylo brevi cito bifido stigmatoso superata. 
In Australia occidentali ad Lucky Bay (R. Brown 9). 
41. R. nitens (Nees in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. 2, p. 59); rhizomate 
repente ; culmis albido-pubescentibus demum glabris ; vaginis arctis 
subulato-mucronatis ; spiculis femineis spicatim dispositis ; stylis 2.— 
F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 70; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 256; Benth. Flor. 
Aust. 1, ined, 
% Culmi spitharazi e rhizomate procurrente squamisque glabris 
rigidis ferrugineis nitidis obtecto enascentes, superne teretes crassilie 
penn:e corvinæ albido-lanuginosi, lanugine delapso, calvi tenuissime 
suleato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ 6-7 mill. long. arcte tubulatæ co- 
riaceæ obtusæ breviter subulato-mucronatæ apice lanigeræ. Spiculæ 
femineæ in cymas spiciformes dispositæ raro solitariæ, singulæ circa 
9 mill. long. ovoideæ vel subglobosæ. Bracteæ ovato-oblongæ. Pe- 
ranthii segmenta 4 vel 6 ovata acuta ; lateralia conduplicata. Ovarium 
ut videtur distylum. 
ores omnes a me examinati ab Uredine restionis, Nees, deformati. 
In Australia austro-occidentali (Drummond), Cape Riche (Preiss, 
1696 9). DAE cr eid 
42. E. amblycoleus (F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 65); culmis 
