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117. Lipocarpha miorocephala R. Br. 



Fortescue River (J. Forrest) ; Lemiard, Isdell and King Rivers 



(W.V.F.). 

 In sandy loam. 



118. Fuirena glomerata Lamarck. 

 Isdell and Charnley Rivers (W.V.F. ). 

 In wet spots. 



119. Bhynchospora affinis (W.V.F.) n. sp. 



An annual, stems J-3 together, rather stout, trigonous and 

 striate ; leaves nearly all basal, narrow, with loose open, 

 glabrous or scarcely ciliate sheaths, the inner with a 

 closed sheath, the laminae often longer than the stem ; 

 spikelets ntimerous, capitate, involucral bracts spreading, 

 narrow, all with dilated ciliate bases ; spikelets very 

 narrow and almost acute, 2-3 outer glumes much shorter 

 and powerless ; hypogynous bristles six, three nearly 

 equalling the glume and three somewhat shorter, aU much 

 longer than the nut, soabrid with upward pointing teeth ; 

 nut narrow-oblong, biconvex, beak half the length of the 

 nut, narrow-conical, the broad base not contracted nor 

 decurrent along the margins of the nut. 



Base of IngKs' Gap, King Leopold Ranges. (W.V.F.). 



Stems 4-8in.=i. high. Heads of spikelets fin. diameter. In- 

 volucral bracts Sin. or less in length. Spikelets 5 hnes 

 long, pale-shining brown. 



In moist grassy spots. 



Affinity. -B. longisetis R. Br. 



120. Schoenus falcatus R. Br. 



IsdeU, Sprigg and Charnley Rivers (W.V.F.). 



In sandy soil among sandstone and quartzite rocks. 



121. S. punctatus, R. Br. 



Isdell and Charnley Rivers. (W.V.F.). 

 In sandy sail. 



122. Scleria rugosa R. Br. 



Packhorse Range ; Isdell River (W.V.F.). 

 In dry sandy spots. 



123. S. Brownii Kunth. 



Artesian and Edkins Ranges ; Isdell, Charnley and Calder 



Rivers. (W.V.F.). 

 In sandy soil and in the clefts of sandstone and quartzite rocks. 



