1740 CLII. CYPERACEiSl. (Cypefus. 



to Sin. long, secondary i to lin. long, bearing heads of stellately spreading 

 nainute spikelets. Bracts 2 to 3, 1 or 2 attaining the length of 6in. Spikelets 

 about IJ line long, less than | line broad ; rhachis stout not winged. Glumes 

 loosely imbricate, orbicular, hyaline with a broad green triangular, obscurely 

 3-veined central area. Stamen 1 rarely 2, anther linear, muticous. Nut minute, 

 not J the length of the glume, shortly and stoutly stipitate, globosely obovoid, 

 trigonous, white or marbled with white. Style as long as the nut. Stigmas 3, 

 capillary. 



Hab.: Inland, near the border of N.S.W., F. v. Mueller. 

 Found in warmer regions of the Old World. 



26. C. concinnus (neat), R. Br. Prod. 214; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 271. 

 Stems rather slender, from under 1ft. to If ft. high. Leaves narrow but 

 sometimes as long as the stem. Spikelets in clusters of 3 or 4, in a compound 

 umbel of numerous slender but rather short rays. Involucral bracts 3 or 4, very 

 narrow, 1 or 2 of them longer than the inflorescence. Spikelets very flat, of a 

 rich brown but bordered by the light-coloured tips of the glumes, ovate-oblong or 

 at length oblong-linear, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long, usually above 1 line broad, 

 Avith 12 to 20 or rarely more flowers, the rhachia- prominently notched but not 

 winged. Glumes neatly imbricate, obtuse or almost acute, with prominent 

 almost hyaline keels and margins, the sides otherwise dark brown with 

 inconspicuous nerves, or rarely wholly hyaline and only appearing brown from 

 the anthers showing through. Stamens 3 with short filaments. Style 3-cleft. 

 Nut broadly triquetrous much less than half the length of the glume.— F. v. M. 

 Fragm: viii. 261. 



Hab.: Broadsound and Shoalwater Bay, B. Brown; Port Cmlis, Beckler ; Eoekhanipton and 

 Brisbane Eiver and various other localities. ^^ 



26. C. filipes (stalklefcs thread-like), Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 271. Stems 

 triquetrous, rigid, 1 to 3ft. high, leafless in the specimens seen except a single 

 sheath at the base with a flat erect obtuse lamina of about 2in. Spikelets single 

 on the filiform rays of a compound umbel, the primary rays numerous mostly 4 

 to 8m. long, 1 or 2 spikelets sessile or nearly so in the centre of the umbel. 

 Involucral bracts about 8, mostly about as long as the rays and 2 or 3 lines broad, 

 1 or 2 short and narrow. Spikelets linear, flat, 8 to 5 lines long and scarcely 

 1 hne broad brown, 20 to 30-flowered, the rhachis prominently notched but not 

 winged. Glumes rather broad, obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, the 

 keel not very prominent, the sides 3 or 4-nerved without nerveless margins, 4 or 

 more of the lower ones usually smaller and empty. Stamens 8, on short 



SitS'"«,l ^ ^"¥*' 1"' ovoid-oblong, obtusely 3-angled or dorsally 

 flattened, as long as or longer than the glume. ■> a j 



Hab.: Towards Wallangarra. 

 iS."'*''"''"'^'"^ ^^' '°"^ ""' ""'' '^'""' 'PP'^^'^ *° ^^ '"°^' "^'"•ly ^"i^-i t° tte following.- 



l<7^!;«S-^vf"?7?^T^ (peduncles long), F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 2G6 ; Benth. 

 hith 1:J / 1 ^'"^l!™'^f «to"t. triquetrous, from about 6in. to lift, 

 high. Leaves few, longer than the stem, flat, 3 to 4 lines broad Smkelefcs in 



tKnm°^«' V' '" V'^f' ''' ^"Shti; compound iimbel of 6 to 12 rays" 



asorbroadei than the stem-leaves, and 1 to 3 of them much longer than the 

 nflorescence. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, flat, green or Iight-brown,^4 to 9" 

 ong, 11 hne broad with about 20 to 80 flowers, the rhachis promhientiy notched 



but not winged. Glumes lanceolate, incurved, loosely but '^^egularirhX cate. 



