366 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. HYPOLÆNA . 
laxam dispositæ, singulæ circa 4 mill. longæ oblongæ plurifloræ. 
Bracteæ omnes fertiles arcte imbricatæ suborbiculares subcoriaceæ 
ferragineæ subulato-mucronatæ vel muticæ flores oblongos duplo 
superantes. Perianthii segmenta oblonga obtusa; lateralia naviculari- 
conduplicata anguste alato-carinata glabra; tertium intermedium an- 
ticum conforme planiusculum; interiora 9-conformia minora tenuiora. 
Filamenta brevia. Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Plante femineæ culmus 
vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ solitariæ circa 8 mill. longae ovoideæ 
acutæ 1-floræ. Bracteæ, unicâ excepta, steriles arcte imbricata infimæ 
minores oblongæ longe acuminatæ tubulatæ, mediæ castaneæ oblongæ 
longe acuminatæ, superiores ovatæ acute vix acuminatæ. Perian- 
thium stipitulatum æqualiter 6-merum. Segmenta membranacea subor- 
bicularia minuta ovario breviora. Fructus eylindrato-oblongus obtusus 
coriaceus styli decidui vestigiis coronatus. Semen unicum ex apice 
loculi pendulum.— Quoad indumentum valde variat nunc fere glabrum 
nunc villosissimum . ) 
In Australia Occidentali ad King George's Sound (R. Brown, 
F. Muell; Preiss. 1720, Busselton Pries) 4 et 9 
3. M. densa, culmis tubereulatis suleato-striatis glabris parce 
ramosis ; spiculis masculis spicatim approximatis ; perianthii masculi 
ob oblongo-obovoideis muticis. gs ioc ges densus, Nees in 
lant. Preiss. 2, p. 67; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 265. Loxocarya densa, 
Benth. Fl. Austral. T-inéd: 
% Rhizoma ut videtur verticale crassitie pennæ anserinæ squamis 
remotiusculis delapsis villosis annulatum. Culmi 30-40 cent. erecti 
rigidi sparse furcatimramosiramique flexuosi ascendentes rigidi teretes 
aspero-tuberculati. Vaginæ culme: ad 2 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ, 
mucronatæ mucrone appresso. Spiculæ spicatim approximate, sin- 
sulæ plurifloræ cylindrato-oblongæ acutæ 6-7 mill. long. spathà vagi- 
niformi aristata longitudine subæquali suffultæ. Bracteæ oblongæ 
obtusæ coriaceæ breviter mucronatæ. Flores masculi oblongi com- 
pressi. Perianthii segmenta oblongo-obovoidea glabra concava; late- 
ralia interiora superne involventia; omnia nisi ad margines hyalinos 
subcoriacea pallide ferruginea. Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Spiculæ 
femineæ (teste cl. Bentham), solitariæ vel paucæ angustissimæ 
6-7 mill. long. Bracteæ extimæ longe mucronatæ intimæ mucronibus 
brevioribus præditæ. Perianthii segmenta duo exteriora lata obtusa te- 
nuissima Kev — interiora minora latioraque hyalina. Stylus 
elongatu 
In Atistrili Austro-occidentali ad Swan River (Drummond 4). 
King George's Sound (F. Muell. 9), 
