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103. F. sphaerocephala Benth. 



Camden Harbour (J. Martin) ; Isdell River, Packhorse Range 

 (W.V.F.) 



In moist sandy loam. 



104. F. capitata R. Br. 



Isdell River, Packhorse Range, east base of Bold Bluff (W.V.F.). 

 Besides typical specimens, there are some with 1-3 pro- 

 liferous branches. 



In moist sandy loam. 



105. F. oligooephala (W.V.F.) n. sp. 



An annual with hardly any rhizome ; stems tufted, somewhat 

 compressed, striate, or obtusely angular, slender, glabrous 

 or slightly scabrid upwards ; radical leaves linear, flaccid, 

 glabrous, with short open sheaths, those on the lower 

 portion of the stems reduced to obtuse sheathing scales, 

 naore or less barbellate at the orifices ; heads of spikelets 

 depressed- globose, usually terminal, but the inflorescence 

 often proliferous and emitting 1-2 short branches, each 

 bearing heads similar to the primary one ; spikelets 5—10, 

 5-7 flowered, ovate, the subtending bract solitary, shorter 

 than or equalling the spikelets, bordered upwards by 

 membranous wings which terminate in divaricate obtuse 

 lobes, the apex of the bract ending in a rigid obtuse point 

 equalling the lobes ; glumes loosely imbricated, 1—2 of 

 the lower ones flowerless, carinate, the keel green, and 

 very prominent and terminating in a short rigid mucro, 

 the sides of a rich brown, nerveless, and terminating in 

 2 obtuse lobes beyond the mucro, hispid on the keel and 

 sides, the raargins ciliate with short white spreading hairs ; 

 stamens 3, the anthers tipped with white globular appen- 

 dages ; style terete or slightly flattened, glabrous, 

 3-branohed, the branches as long as the entire portion ; 

 nut small, broadly- obovate, obtusely triangular, tubercu- 

 late. Packhorse Range (W.V.F. ). 



Stems 6-9in. high. Leaves 9in. long or less. Head of spike- 

 lets Jin. diam. Proliferous branches J-lin. long. 

 Spikelets 2 Hnes long, IJ line broad. Nuts greyish and 

 shining. 



In moist sandy loam along the banks of creeks. 

 Affinity to F. capitata, R. Br. 



106. F. quinquangularis Kunth. 



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

 In wet sandy spots. 



