310 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ, ANARTHRIA, 
tæ tuberculis parvis dense obsitæ demum deciduæ. Inflorescentia 
mascula cymosa densa oblonga erecta 2-3 poll. longa. Pedicelli in 
axillis spatharum deciduarum vaginiformium gemini inæquales. Brac- 
teæ late ovatæ concavæ spadiceæ flores oblongos vix æquantes. Pe- 
rianthii segmenta externa oblongo-acuta cymbiformia spadicea rigi- 
diuscula. Perianthii segmenta interna oblonga obtusiuscula externis 
duplo longiora. Stamina inclusa. Antheræ apiculatæ. Plante femi- 
nex culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Inflorescentia erecta lineari-oblon- 
ga 5-6 poll. longa, spathis magnis convolutis vaginiformibus diu per- 
sistentibus (demum deciduis?) munita. Pedicelli intra spathas recon- 
diti, Perianthii feminei segmenta juvenilia ut in flore masculo. Ovarium 
9-lobum 3-loculare stigmatibus 3 intus villosis revolutis superatum. 
Perianthii fructiferi rigidi accrescentis segmenta mucronata. Capsula 
3-loba 3-locularis angulis eminentibus dehiscens perianthio vix bre- 
vior. Semen in quovis loculo solitarium oblongum; testa undulato- 
plicata. 
Ad Pr, B, Sp. in summitate montis Postberg ( Burchell, 5895 g 
et 9). 
SPECIES EXCLUSA. 
D. binata Steud, = Hypodiseus binatus Mast. 
VIT. ANARTHRIA, R. Br. Prodr. p. 249; Endl. Gen. Plant. 121 ; Kunth 
Enum. 3, p. 471; Meissner Gen. 408 (842); Nees in PI. Preiss. 2, 
p. 61; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 247; F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 81. 
Benth. Fl. Austral. T, ined. ; Mast. t. 2 et 5, infra cit. 
Inflorescentia dioica raro monoica, mascula laxe paniculatim cymosa, 
inflorescentia feminea conformis nisi minus ramosa. Spiculæ masculi 
femine: que 1-floræ. Flores masculi pedunculati 1-bracteati. Perian- 
thii segmenta 6 biserialia subæqualia. Stamina 8. Filamenta basi libe- 
ra seu indiscreta. Antheræ erectæ dorsifixæ biloculares apice basique 
sagittato-bilobæ. Pistillodium nullum. Flores feminei sessiles vel 
pedunculati 4-bracteati. Perianthium fere ut in mare, Staminodia 3 vel 
nulla. Ovarium 3-lobum 3-loculare 3-stylum stylis intus per totam 
fere longitudinem stigmatosi, Fructus durus capsularis 8-lobus 8-lo- 
cularis angulis eminentibus dehiscens. Semina in quovis loculo solita- 
ria pendula magna tuberculata. — 
Herb: perennes Australice austro-occidentalis rhizomate crasso 
donatz. Culmi plerumque complanati simplices vel furcatim fascicula- 
timve ramosi. Folia basi distich ]uitanti cæspitosa basi vaginan- 
tia superne elongata complanata. ! 
