376 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. HYPOLÆNA 
culatim cymosa ; pedunculis floccosis patenti-recurvis.— Hook Fl. Tas- 
man. 2, p. 74, t. 137 ; F. Muell. Fragm. 8, p. 84. R. clavatus R. Br. 
Prod. p. 246. Restio vacillans, Steud. Synops. 2, 255. 
% Rhizoma ascendens squamis laceris nervoso-striatis parum remo- 
tis demum deciduisobtectum. Culmi 30-60 cent. erecti teretes, crassitie 
penne corvinæ, simplices vel versus medium furcillatim ramosi, rami- 
que graciles erecto-patentes albido-tomentosi leviter longitudinaliter- 
que suleato-striati. Adsunt quoque interdum culmi steriles dimidio bre- 
viores magis ramosi ramis flexuosis. Vaginæ culmeæ 4-5 mill. et ultra 
arctæ coriaceæ apice profunde laceratæ membranaceæ longiuscule acu- 
minatæ vel aristatæ. Inflorescentia mascula terminalis paniculatim 
cymosa pluristachya. Spiculæ pedunculatæ (pedunculis gracilibus 
patenti-recurvis seu pendulis floccoso-tomentosis), singulæ 3-4 mill. 
longe imprimis cylindratæ demum obovoideæ vel subglobosæ. Bracteæ 
arcte imbricatæ oblongæ castaneæ sensim a basi ad apicem increscen- 
tes, infimæ ad apices rotundatæ vel emarginatæ brevissime mucrona- 
tæ, superiores lanceolatæ. Flores compressi. Perianthii segmenta late- 
ralia externa naviculari-conduplicata anguste alato-carinata, reliqua 
oblonga interiora tenuioria. Antheræ oblongæ muticæ fere basifixæ 
inclusæ. Inflorescentia feminea paucistachya. Spiculæ solitariæ vel 2-3 
ad apicem rami aggregatæ erectæ 10-12 mill. longæ imprimis cylindra- 
tæ, demum oblongæ py normae basi spatha parvå on een 
tæ. Bracteæ oblongo-lan tatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ ad 
margines hyalinæ apice aristatæ, intimæ muticæ. a tee stipite 
crassiusculo brevi impositum ; segmenta biserialia æqualia late ovata 
vel subrotunda membranacea. Fructus cylindrato-oblongus basi peri- 
anthio persistente cinctus superne in stylopodium suborbiculare cor- 
neum dilatatus. Stylus deciduus infra medium in ramos stigmatosos 3 
divisus. Semen pendulum 
In Australia austro- orientali ad Port Jackson (R. Brown., Vieillard, 
Armstrong, Adanson), in Australia meridionali (Vietoria). (Preiss; 
Glenelg River (Robertson), Port Philip. (Latrobe, F.Mueller aliique); 
ad montes Grampians (Sullivan); in Guichen Bay et in Encounter Bay (F. 
Muell.). In ins. Tasmaniæ (R.Brown.), locis arenosis hieme humidis 
(J. D. Hooker, C. Stuart, Gunn. 599,965, Archer 963 et Q). 
18. H. exsulea (R. Br. Prodr. p. 251); rhizomate procurrente ; 
culmis cinereis peduneulisque demum glabratis ; bracteis ovatis longe 
acuminatis; perianthii masculi segmentis mucronulatis. — Benth. 
Flor. Austral. 1, ps Nees in Pl. Preiss, 2, 69 Q. H. fastigiata, Nees 
c. d" nec R. Br. H. grandiuscula F. Muell. Fragm. 8, p. 
pa 
H. Esenbeckii F. ic l. c. 86. Restio clavatus? Neesl. e. 58 nec R. Br. 
% Rhizoma procurrens squamis lanuginosis dense vestitum. Culmi 
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