970 . MONOCOTYLEDONE.E. RESTIO, 
long. 1-floræ. Bracteæ undique arcte imbricata» oblongæ, sub apice ` 
obtuso membranaceo, subulato-acuminatæ. Bracteæ intima oblongo- 
lanceolatæ acutæ. Peranthium nullum vel masculino conforme. 
Staminodia 3 parva. Ovarium clavatum stylo unico terminatum. Stig- 
mata duo 
Teste ill. Bentham perianthium femineum masculinum refert, seg- 
mentis internis autem ovarium obvolventibus. 
In Australia austro-orientali, in Nova Wallia Australi, Port-Jack- 
son, (R.Brown, C. Moore, 42 ;', Q, Armstrong, Sieber, n. 425 jy). 
56.R. Megalotheena (Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 ined.); rhizomate re- 
pente; culmis cano-tomentosis; vaginis arctis subulato-mucronatis ; 
inflorescentia mascula terminali laxe paniculatim cymosa ; staminodiis 
nullis; capsulà perianthium persistentem longiore, — Megalotheca 
stricta F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 99) 
% Rhizoma procurrens crassitie penne anserinæ squamis villosis 
dense obtectum. Culmi cæspitosi, vel dissiti circa 60 cent. crass. 
penne corvinæ, erecti teretes cinereo-tomentosi, simplices vel parum 
ramosi. Vaginæ 8 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ fusce, sub 
apice obtuso, subulato-mucronatæ, mucrone appresso. Inflorescentia 
mascula terminalis laxe paniculatim cymosa, cymis longe pedunculatis 
pluristachyis. Spiculæ sessiles vel pedunculatæ ovoideæ plurifloræ, 
basi spathà bracteiformi 2-3-plo breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte im- 
bricatæ oblongæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ longe subulato-acuminatæ 
flores oblongos superantes. Perianthii segmenta chartacea ferruginea 
lineari-oblonga; lateralia externa naviculari-conduplicata . anguste 
alato-carinata; intermedium tertium, nec non interiora 3, planiuscula 
breviora. Filamenta albida. Antheræ breves oblongæ apiculatæ. 
Plantæ femine: culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spicæ femineæ ter- 
minales solitariæ erectae. 7-8-mill. long. cylindrato-lanceolatæ ; fruc- 
tiferæ turbinatæ 1-flore, hasi spathá coriaceñ nervoso-striata subu- 
lato-mucronata dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ plurimæ sursum 
increscentes, unica excepta, steriles, oblongæ subulato-mucronatæ. 
Perianthii feminei segmenta 4-6 oblonga apiculata ; interiora tenui- 
ora ad margines involuta mutica. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium ovoideum 
stylo tereti, infra medium in ramos stigmatosos diviso, superatum. 
Capsula compressa ultra bracteas perianthiumque protrusa pyriformis 
bilocularis styli longiuscule exserti vestigiis superata. 
n Australia austro-occidentali, ad Swan River RARE 103; 
cf et Q ; 950 ; Suppl. 186), 
07. K. dimorphus (R. Br. Prod.. p. 246.); Miei ea 
culmis striolatis glabris; vaginis laxiuseulis; spiculis masculis femi- 
