338 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. LEPTOCARPUS, 
alatis incurvo-mucronulatis. — F. Muell. Fragment, 8, p. 91. Benth. 
Flor. Austr. 7 ined. L. simplex R. Br. Prodr. 250 (excel. syn. 
Forst. et Willd.); Nees in Pl. Preiss, 2, p. 63. Schæwnodum simplex 
Kunth Enum. 3, p. 446 ex parte (excl. pl. Novæ Zelandiæ). 
% Rhizoma procurrens squamis lanuginosis obtectum. Culmi 40- 
100 cent. et ultra erecti teretes simplices, crassitie pennæ corvinæ 
tenuissime striolati albido-lepidoti. Vaginæ culmeæ 5-6 mill. long. 
arcte convolutæ coriaceæ striatæ apice parte membranacea profun- 
CE acutâ — —€— ipe b aes mascuke 8-12 in 
itæ. Pedunculi paten- 
tes albido- lanuginosi. Spiculæ singulæ circa 6 mill. long. cylindrato- 
lanceolatæ plurifloræ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ ovato-lanceolatæ acutæ 
muéronate coriaceæ castaneæ nitidæ ad margines parum membra- 
naceæ. Perianthii segmenta 5-6 oblonga obtusiuscula ; lateralia externa 
naviculari-conduplicata apice incurvo-mucronata ; interiora tenuiora. 
Antheræ lineares obtus:e. Inflorescentia feminea terminalis 3-6 cent. 
long. dense paniculatim cymosa quandoque interrupta. Pedunculi ca- 
no-tomentosi. Spiculæ 6-7 mill. long: cylindrato-lanceolatæ plurifloræ. 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ ovatae lanceolatæ mucronuiatæ coriaceæ 
nitide ferruginec ad margines tenuiores. Perianthii segmenta 5 quan- 
doque 6? oblonga, duo exteriora majora crassiora conduplicata in- 
curvoaristulata; segmenta interiora 3 basi indiscreta. Ovarium 3-abortu 
2-1 lobum stylo simplici terminatum. Stigmata 3 linearia. 
In Australia australi, in colon. Victoria; a Port Philip. ad RPM 
River, Gipps land (F. Mueller, Wimmera, (Dallachy 4 et Q9). 
Australia meridionali colon. South Australia, ad Guichen et Fe 
Bays, St. Vineent's Gulf, (F. Muell. j et 9) Port. Lincoln (Brown), 
. Boston Point (Wilhelm). In ins. Tasmaniæ ad flumen Derwent (R. 
Brown), in locis uliginosis frequens (Hook. fil., Gunn, 338 £ et 718, 
964, 1444 ©; Archer). : 
A 11. L. eanus (Nces in Ann. et Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. 6, p. 50 
et in Pl. Preiss. 2, p. 64 ; rhizomate repente; culmis cinereis striolatis; 
vaginis aretis PEET spiculis masculis laxe interrupteque pani- 
culatim eymosis ; pedunculis albido-tomentellis ; bracteis ovato-lanceo- 
latis aristatis; perianthii segmentis obtusis; stylis 9 distinctis. — 
F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p, 95; Benth. FI. Austral. 7 ined. Leptocarpus 
ciliaris, Nees in PI. Preiss, 2, p. 64, quoad marem. 
% Rhizoma procurrens crassato-nodosum albido-lanatum. Culmi 
meträles crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ cinerei fistulosi sulcato-striati 
simplices vel parum ramosi rami elongati. Vaginæ 4 1/,-2 cent. laxius- 
cule convolutæ sensim acuminatæ. Inilorescentia 30-40 cent. long. 
laxeiterrupteque paniculatim cymosa, mascula e spiculis umbella- 
