393960 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. LEPTOCARPUS, 
lineari-oblongum stylo longo gracili superatum. Stigmata 2-3 linea- 
ria. Fructus trigono-ellipsoideus. Periearpium membranaceum. Semina 
fulvida. 
Variat statura, colore eulmi, magnitudine spieular um, perianthioque 
4- vel 6-mero. 
An H. laxus R. Br. n. 12 (—R. diffusus Spreng) omnino eadem ac* 
Leptocarpus tenax sit haud certus sum. In speciminibus Brownianis 
habitus robustior spiculæque majores evadunt. Florum structura 
tamen omnino cum L. tenace quadrat nisi forte magnitudiné majore. 
In Australia orientali a Port Jackson ad Blue Mountains, (R. 
Brown g 9), (Sieber 41 7, 47 48 9, ad Newcastle (Leichhardt); 
ad Two-fold Bay (F. Muell.) I In Australia meridionali, Victoria ad 
Wendu Vale, (Robertson ¿/), Paramatta, (Woolls,; et Q), Gipps Land 
(F. Muell. f), Mount William, (Sullivan). In Australia austro- 
occidentali, ad King George's Sound, ( RH. Brown 4); Preiss, 
n. 1707, Drummond, 107, 9; 391); Oldfield ; F: Muell., aliique. Black- 
wood River (Forrest). In ins. Tasmaniæ Derwent River (h. Brown), 
Hook. fil; Gunn. 971 f, 768 9, aliique ad Recherche bay ( Archer 9, 
Gunn. 768 9). 
8. L. seariosus (R. Br. Prodr. p. 250); culmis glabris striolatis ; 
vaginis arctis brevi-mucronatis ; spiculis masculis femineisque panicu- 
latim eymosis ; bracteis periantbilque segmentis externis acuminato- 
aristatis. — F. Mueil. Fragment. 8, p. 94; Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, ined. 
Schoeenodum scariosum, Kunth Enum. 3, p. 447; Steud. Synops 2, 
p 
X Rhizoma lanuginosum. Culmi metrales fistulosi erecti simplices 
teretes sulcato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ 15-20 mill. arcte tubulatæ co- 
riaceæ fuscæ superne acutæ brevi-mucronatæ ad margines tenuiores, 
tandem ad apicem lacerato-destructæ vel, parte apicali delapsa, trun- 
catæ. Spiculæ masculæ œ in cymam paniculiformem laxam 10-12 cent. 
altam.dispositæ. Pedunculi graciles. Spiculæ singulæ circa 3 mill. 
ovoideæ plurifloræ. Bracteæ ovato-oblongæ acuminatæ coriaceæ 
ferrugineæ flores parum superantes. Perianthii masculi segmenta 
5 oblonga acuminato-aristata; 2 lateralia naviculari-conduplicata 
glabra; intermedium anticum deest; segmenta interiora 3 minora con- 
formia planiuscula. Antheræ inclusæ oblongæ apiculatæ albidæ dorso 
medio ferrugineæ. Spiculæ femineæ in cymam paniculiformem ma- 
gis compactam 10-12 cent. long. aggregatæ; singulæ 7-8 mill. long. 
oblong. obtusæ. Bracteæ ovato-oblongæ acuminato-aristatæ coriacec 
brunneæ, ad margines late albido-membranacéæ. Flores minuti 
1-2 mill. long. Perianthii feminei segmenta sex biserialia ; segmentis 
lineari oblongis subæqualibus ad margines ciliatis. Fructus oblongo- 
