908 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO, 
1-1 1/ pedales crassitie pennæ corvinæ erecti teretes superne remote 
ramosi. Vaginæ culmeæ 2 cent. long. laxe patentes coriace: intus 
albido-nitentes, sub apice obtusiusculo lanigero, breviter subulato- 
mucronatæ. Spiculæ masculæ in glomerulos aggregate, glomeruli 
subglobosi secus ramos distiche remoteque dispositi sessiles vel 
quandoque brevi-pedunculati, Spiculæ singulæ 5-6 mill, long. cylin- 
drato-ovoideæ basi spathà bracteiformi munitæ. Bracteæ oblongæ 
coriaceæ longe acuminatæ quam flores oblongos parum breviores, 
Perianthium biseriale hexamerum, segmenta lineari-oblonga mem- 
branacea; lateralia conduplicata; interiora subæqualia planiuscula. 
Filamenta capillaria exserta. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ. Femina latet. 
n Australia austro-occidentali (Drummond, 341) ; in planitie 
arenosa versus « Upper Kalgan River. (F. Muell) c. 
97. R.? tropieus (R. Br. Prodr. p.246) ; culmis striolatis ; vaginis 
arctis acutis ; inflorescentia panieulatim cymosa; perianthii segmentis 
5 glabris.— Kunth — 3, p. 417 ; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 255; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. 7 ined. 
2 Culmi metrales crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ simplices remote 
vaginati albido-lepidoti striolati. Vaginæ 1 cent. long. arcte convo- 
lutæ acutæ coriaceæ striatæ. Inflorescentia mascula paniculatim- 
cymosa 12-14 cent. long. ramis erecto-patentibus filiformibus. Spi- 
culi? masculæ 5 mill. long. oblongo-turbinatæ plurifloræ basi spathà 
lanceolata acuminata-nervia æquilénga suffultæ. Bracteæ late lanceo- 
latæ acuminatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ ad margines superne hyalino- 
membranaceæ, flores valde superantes. Perianthii segmenta 5 oblonga 
apiculata; lateralia complicata glabra; interna 3 planiuscula, Filamenta 
capillaria. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ. Femina latet. 
In Australia boreali tropica ad sinum Carpentaria (R. Brown g’). 
98. R.? sphacelatus (R. Dr. Prodr. p. 246); culmis glabris 
striatis fasciculatim ramosis; ; vaginis laxis; spiculis masculis solitariis ; 
LX AD segmentis 5 ciliolatis.— Kunth Enum. 3, p. 418; Steud. Sy- 
nops. 2, p. 256; F. Muell. Fragment 8, p. 101 ; Benth. Flor. Aust. 7, 
‘|: edm 
% Culmi 20 cent. alti crassitie pennæ corvinz rigidi fasciculatim 
ramosi ramique stricti seu arcuati compressi sulcato-striati glabri. 
Vaginæ culmeæ 7-8 mill. long. laxe convolutæ obtusæ vel juventute: 
subulato-mucronatæ coriaceæ fuscæ parce ciliatæ. Spiculæ masculi? 
solitariæ 5 mill. long. ovoideo-subglobosæ spathà late ovata subulato- 
mucronata dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ obovato oblongæ acu- 
tiusculæ ferrugineæ, sub apice tenuiori, brevi subulato-mucronatæ. 
Perianthium compressum bractea vix brevius. Segmenta 5, duo 
