1756 CLII. CYPEEACE^. [_KyUinga.\ 



,8. H. (E.) atricha'Cno bvistles.), U. Br. Prod. 225; Benth. Fl. Avstr. vii/ 



295. Stems slender, tufted, ^ttiate, under 1ft. liigh.- Sheathing scale long, 

 rather loose,, oblique at the orifice. Spikelet linear, CTlindric9,l, -I to Jin. long;. 

 Glumes obtuse, the dorsal midrib scarcely prominent, the margins with a very 

 narrow searious border and, just iwithi^i it. a brown line. No bypogynous bristles. 

 Style-branches 2. Nut much flattened, but convex on both ,, sides,:, broadly 

 obovate, elegantly pitted in numerous vertical rows, the base of ths style 

 surrounded by a very prominent border. — F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 262. 



Hab.: Between Koniian and Gilbert Rivers, Gulliver ; also near Wallangarra. 



•9. H. (E.) capitata (headed), 7.'. Br. Prod. 225=; Benih. IL AiUm ^^• 



296. Stems usually densely tufted, from under 6im to nearly . Ift.,- liigh, 

 slender, striate. Inner leaf-sheath short, appressed or rather loose, oblique 

 at the orifice. Spikelet ovoid-conical or nearly globose, pale-coloured, rarely 

 above 2 lines diameter. Glumes numerous, all including the 1 or 2 outer empty 

 ones very deciduous, ovate, obtuse, more or less searious, with a; broad more 

 opaque or greenish centre or dorsal nerve scarcely forming a prominent keel. 

 Style-branches 2 or rarely 3. Hypogynous bristles 5 to 8, longer or shorter than 

 tlie nut. Nut obovoid, biconvex or the inner face' nearly flat, shining,, crowned 

 by the very small persistent depressed base of the style. — Kunth, Enum. ii. 

 150 ; Bffickel. in Liunsea, xxxvi. 461 ; F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 240. 



Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, Ji'. Brown ;' Endeavour Biver, Banks and Sotander. 



The species is widely'sjivead over the wfirnier regions of the New andtlje OJd World.^ j|; 



■ 10. H. (£•) atropurpurea (dark-purple), Kunth, Enum. ii. 151 ; Benth^. 

 PL Austr. vii. 296. Stems densely tufted, slender often filiform, 1 to Sin. 

 high. Inner leaf-sheath appressed, the orifice oblique, acuminate or lanceolate, 

 in some specimens searious and at length lacerated, in others green. Spikelet 

 ovate, slightly compressed, attaining about 2 lines in length and 1^ line broad at 

 the base, or in the smaller fqrna's, 1 line long and J line broad. Glumes loosely 

 imbricate or almost spreading, not numerous, deciduous, acute, the keel 

 prominent and green, the sides dark-brown and nerveless. Stamens 1 or 2. 

 Style-branches 2. Hypogynous bristles usually 4 sometimes 5 to 8 in the 

 typical form, and a.9 long as the nut, very short or entirely wanting in some 

 varieties. Nut small, obovate, biconvex, smooth and shining, at length dark-, 

 brown or black, crowned by the small depressed persistent base of the style. 

 — -Boeckel. in Linnaja, xxxvi. 158 ; F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 240. ,,„ ^^ ^ 



Hab.: Brisbane Kiver, iiaiicy. 



Var. seti/ormis. Stems liliEorm, under 2ft. high. Bristles very short or none.^Carron's 

 Creek, Carpentaria, GHHt'Dcr; liockhauipton, 0',S'/iaKCs;/. 



The species is spread over the tropical and temperate regions of the Old World. 



4. FIMBRISTYLIS, Vahl. 



(Styles fringed.) 

 (Trichelostylis and Oncoslylis, Neen.) 

 Spikelets solitary capitate or irregularly umbellate, with several usually many 

 flowers, all hermaphrodite or larely the upper ones female only. Glumes 

 hnbficate all round the rhachis or rarely distichous, the lowest 1 or 2 rarely 3 or 

 4 empty. No hypogynous bristles. Stamens 8,2 or 1. Style flattened and 

 ciliate or slender, with a conical or bulbous-shaped base, articulate on the ovary 

 and falliug off with the style, or (in Oncostylis) remaining persistent on the ovary 

 long after the style has fallen away ; stigmatie branches 2 or 8, filiform. Nut 

 obovoid globular or more or less flattened and biconvex, often much contracted at 

 the base. — Tufted annuals or perennials, never so large as the larger Scirpi. 

 Leaves narrow, radical or at the base of the stemv sometimes reduced to 

 membranous or rather rigid sheathing scales. Inflorescence terminal. Involilcral 



