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4. Mi. vestita, culmis cinereo-tomentosis fasciculatim ramo- 
sis; spiculis masculis spicatim approximatis ; perianthii segmentisobo- 
vatis obtusis. — Loxocarya vestita, Benth. Fl. Austr. 7 ined. 
2: Culmi spithamæi crassitie penne corvinæ erecti flexuosi medio 
fasciculatim flabellatimque ramosi, rami teretes albido-tomentosi. 
Vaginæ nisi ad ramificationes arctæ tubulatæ 7-10 mill. longæ subu- 
lato-mucronatæ. Spiculæ mascule secus ramulos spicatim approxi- 
malc erecta singulæ 5 mill. long. basi spathà bracteiformi breviore 
suffultæ. Bracteæ oblongæ obtusæ longiuscule acuminatæ coriaceæ 
pallide ferrugine:e. Perianthii segmenta externa oblonga obovata ob- 
tusa conduplicata membranacea, medio ferruginea glabra ; inte- 
riora 3 conformia dimidio minora ad margines involuta. Filamenta 
tenuia liguliformia. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ  apiculate. Femina 
latet 
In Australia austro-occidentali, ad Swan Hiver (Drummond, 388). 
5. H. Benthami; monoica, culmis erectis parce ciliatis fasci- 
eulatim ramosis, ramis brevibus curvatis; vaginis subulato-mucro- 
nalis ; perianthii masculi segmentis oblongis apiculatis. — Loxocarya 
virgata Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 ined. 
2 Rhizoma contractum. Culmierecti 55-70 cent. alti teretes crassitie 
pennæ corvinæ ciliati supra medium ad vaginas fasciculatim ramosi, 
ramique flexuosi curvati ascendentes. Vaginæ culmeæ coriaceæ late 
apertæ subulato-mucronatæ. Spiculæ mascule secus apices ramulo- 
rum remotiuscule dispositæ nec non in axillas ramificationum sessiles, 
singule circa 5 mill. long. oblongæ obtusæ plurifloræ basi spathà 
apertà vaginiformi ipsà breviore suffullæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ 
oblongæ subulato-mucronatæ flores oblongos parum superantes. 
Perianthii segmenta oblonga apiculata; lateralia externa membranacea 
pallide ferruginea naviculari-conduplicata; interna 3 minora hyalina 
planiuseula. Filamenta capillaria. Antherz lineares apiculatæ. Spieu- 
læ femine: (teste cl. Bentham) solitariæ parvæ. Bracteæ paucæ, exti- 
me I hrovioros oblong acuminatæ, acumipibus parum patentibus, in- 
æ omnes Flos terminalis solitarius. 
Papia segmenta € angustissima hyalina. Ovarium ut in congene- 
ribus, 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad Swan River (Drummond, 
14, 113 pro parte) cf et 
Floresfemineos haud vidi. Florem masculum unicum perianthio seg- . 
mentis 12, 4-seriatis staminibusque sex donatum inveni. 
