Cyperiis.] OLII. OYPERACEiE. 1747 



Spikelets numerous, in dense clusters or heads in a rather large compound 

 umbel of 10 to 12 or more rigid rays the longest 3 or 4m. long, the partial 

 umbels dense. Involucral bracts few, 1 or 2 often 1 to 2ft. long, and 2 to 8 lines 

 broad, with very scabrous edges, the bracts under the partial umbels small and 

 scarious. Spikelets spreading, usually light brown, linear, not very flat, rather 

 acute, 4 to 6 lines long, scarcely f line broad, 10 to 20-ilowered, the rhachis 

 bordered by narrow hyaline wings. Glumes loosely imbricate but not spreading, 

 rather narrow, obtuse or the keel produced into a very short point, the sides 

 faintly nerved,, brown with a pale margin. Style 3-cleft. Nut very narrow, 

 triquetrous, as long as the glume or nearly so. 



Hab,: Eockingham Bay, 7)(i??«o/ij/ ; Roclshampton, Tliozet. 



49. C. Gunnii (after Bonald Campbell Gunn), Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 80, t. 

 140 ; Benth Fl. Amtr. vii. 283. Stems usually rigid but not very stout, 

 obtusely triquetrous, from under 1ft. to 2 or sometimes 3ft. high. Leaves 

 few, sometimes as long as the stem, much narrower than in C. Ivddus. 

 Spikelets from 8 or 10 to twice that number, in dense globular clusters or heads 

 in a simple or compound umbel of 6 to 10 rays,, the longest 1 to 2 or rarely Sin. 

 long. Inv.olucral bracts few and narrow, 1 or 2 from 6in. to above 1ft. long. 

 Spikelets lanceolate, acute, flat, of a rich brown, 2 to 4 lines long and above 1 

 line sometimes nearly 2 lines broad at the base, 8 to 12-flowered, the rhachis 

 bordered by narrow hyaline wings. Glumes loosely imbricate or at length 

 spreading, rather acute, keeled, with 2 or 3 prominent nerves on each side. 

 Style 8-eleft. Nut narrow, prominently 8-angled, not much shorter than the 

 glume. — G. cowposittis, Eosckel. in Linntea, xxxvi. 883, not of R. Br. ; ('. 

 nodidosus, F. v. M. in herb. plur. 



Hab.: Towards Wallangarra. 



50. C. lucidus (shining), Ii. Br. Pro,h 218; Benth. Fl. Austi: vii. 288. 

 Stems stout, from 1 to 3 or even 4ft. high, prominently 3-angled. Leaves 

 often longer than the stem and J to fin. broad. Spikelets in spikes occupying 

 the whole or the upper part of the secondary rays of a large and compound 

 umbel of many rays, the longer ones sometimes 8 or 9in. long, the spikes 

 sometimes rather loose and 1| to 2in. long, sometimes shorter and dense, the 

 rays of the inflorescence both general and partial often not closely umbellate, 

 the common rhachis more or less produced. Involucral bracts 8, 4 or more, the 

 outer ones often very broad and above 1ft. long. Spikelets very spreading, of a 

 rich brown, linear, flattened, acute, 4 to 6 or at length 7 or even 8 lines long, 

 with 3 to 8 or rarely more flowers ; the rhachis bordered by narrow hyaline 

 wings. Glumes erect but not closely imbricate and sometimes at length distant, 

 rather narrow, obtuse, the keel usually but not always pale coloured, the sides 2 

 or 3-nerved. Style 3-cleft. Nut oblong, prominently 3-angled, acuminate, 

 rather shorter than the glume. — Boeckel. in Linnse, xxxvi. 355 ; F. v. M. 

 Fragm. viii. 270, partly ; V. amiguineufiints, Nees in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. I, 

 vi, 46, as to the Tasmanian plant ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 80, t. 139. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, F. v. Mveller, LeiclilmriH and others ; Boyne Eiver, JJortmann. 



51. C> pennatus (winged), I.am. ; Ktmth. Emtm. ii. 80, Int not of Baih'ler. 

 Benth. Fl. Auntr. vii. 284. Stems Ii to 2|-ft. high, obscurely triquetrous or 

 almost terete. Leaves complicate at ihe base with rather long sheaths, ending 

 in long slender points often exceeding the stem. Spikelets in dense spikes of 

 ■J to lin. in a compound umbel of many rays, the outer ones often 3 to 6in. long. 

 Involucral bracts 3 to 6, rather rigid, very scabrous on the edges, the outer ones 

 often IJft. long. Spikelets very .spreading, oblong-lanceolate, thick but more or 

 less flattened, 3 to 5 lines long, IJ to 2 lines broad, pale-coloured, 4 toS-flowered, 

 the rhachis bordered by broad hyaline wings. Glujnes closely imbricate, broad, 



