368 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. HYPOLÆNA. 
** Spiculæ masculæ solitariæ (Desmocladus). 
6. H. fasciculata, culmis erectis verticillatim seu fascicula- 
tim ramosis, ramis erectis brevibus strictis villosis spinoso-apiculatis ; 
spiculis masculis solitariis; perianthii masculi segmentis linearibus. 
—R. fasciculatus, R. Br. Prodr. p. 241 ; Kunth Enum. 3, p. 419. Des- 
-mocladus Brunonianus Nees in Pl. Preiss. 2 p. 56 ; Steud. Synops 2, 
p. 249. F. Mueller Fragment. 8, p. 98. Loxocarya fasciculata, Benth. 
Fl. Austral. 7 ined. 
2% Rhizoma procurrens villosum. Culmi 15-20 cent. erecti teretes 
quandoque fistulosi, crassitie pennæ corvinæ a medio ad vaginas sub- 
verticillatim seu fasciculatim ramosiramique erecto-patentes 2-3 cent. 
long. filiformes striolati albido-pilosi, foliiferi. apice corneo-mu- 
crouati. Vaginæ caudicales approximate papyraceæ brunneæ ner- 
voso-striatæ glabrescentes sursum increscentes. Vaginæ culme:e circa 
15 mill. long. late aperte PRODR obtusæ pallide. ferrugineæ coriaceæ 
villosæ, sub apice bilobo concolori, subulato-mucronatæ. Vaginæ ramu- 
lales minores arcte tubulatæ, sub apice membranaceo, valide subulato- 
mucronatæ, mucrone recurvo foliaceo.Spiculæ masculæ solitariæ, 2-4- 
floræ inter folia erumpentes pedunculo gracili 8-10 mill. lóngo impo- 
sitæ 5 mill. longæ. Bracteæ oblongæ acutæ mucronatæ nitide ferru- 
ginem. Perianthii masculi æqualiter 6-meri (5-meri, Muell.) segmenta 
lineari-lanceolata. Filamenta 3. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ. Pistillo- 
dium minutum vel nullum. Spicæ femine: solitariæ sessiles vel brevi- 
pedunculatæ, ex axillis ramulorum progredientes circa 5 mill. long. 
cuneato-turbinatæ 1-floræ. Bracteæ cymbiformes ovato-lanceolatæ 
longe acuminatæ ferrugineæ extus villosæ, bracteæ intimæ, unica ex- 
cepta, steriles lanceolatæ acutatæ glabræ, bracteá fertili florem 2-plo 
superans. Flos unicus stipiti crassiusculo impositus. Perianthium 
biseriale hexamerum; segmenta sub-orbicularia imbricata ovario 
ovoideo obtuso 1-loculare arcte appressa. Stylus 1 filiformis intus 
villoso-stigmatotus exsertus deciduus. Fructus indehiscens 1-spermus 
apice in stylopodium dilatatus. 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad Swan River (R. Brown, Preiss, 
1723, 1730. Perongorup et King Georges Sound (F. Muell.), Black- 
wood River (Oldfield, Drummond, 956). 
