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CLII. CYPERACEiE. [Fimhridyln. 



Stems leafleas. Spikelets ovate or at length oblong, 1 line broad. 



Nut usually rugose • 22. I' . Uenndata. ^ 



Style tlender, nearly glabrous. Nut minute, smooth. 

 Leaves filiform, often numerous. Spikelets ovate, 2 to 3 Imes long 23. F. caspttosa. 



Sect IV. TrlellolO»tTUB.—SpiMet» several , muaUy numerous (rarely solitary in E. 

 leptoelada). Glumes imbricate all round. Style-branches 3 (except rarely in some Glomerat»). 

 Nut various, 



Semks I. 01iS0Ata.cliXJX.^SpiMetsfeic, not clustered, occasionally solitary, above 2 linet 

 long. 

 Stems long, leafless. Spikelets narrow. Nuts tuberculate. 



Spikelets 1 or 2, erect , 2i. F. leptoelada. 



Sehuss II. VolyateiCllJx.—SpiMel.< usually numerous in more or less compound umbels,, 

 not clustered on the rays. 



Spikelets ovate, about 3 lines long or more. Style eiliate. Nut broad . . 25. F. ohtusajigula. 

 Spikelets rarely 2 lines long, globular ovate or lanceolate. 



Spikelets globular, | to IJ line diameter. Stamen usually 1 .... 26. F. miliacea.. 



Spikelets narrow-lanceolate, very numerous, under 2 lines. Stamens 



1 rarely 2 or 3 21. F. microcarya^ 



Spikelets narrow, acute, 2 to 4-flowered (flowers more than 6 in all the 



preceding species) • 28. J?', eyperoidet. 



SinaES III. CHoinera,tse.Spil;elets more or less clustered on. the niys of the umbel, andl 

 ahi-ai/s a central cluster of 2 or more in lien of the single central sessile spilcelet. Leaves usually 

 nvmtrous. 



Spikelets not above 2 lines long in olustera ol 2 or 3, interspersed usually 

 with a few solitary ones. 



Leaves green, flaccid, flat. Spikelets rich brown, ovoid, about 2 lines 



long 29. F./Mn-«. 



Leaves subulate, rigid, shining. Spikelets brown, 1 to 1^ line long . . 30. F. cymosa. 

 Spikelets in clusters of 3 to 10. Leaves and inflorescence silky-hairy. 



Spikelets 2 lines long ,. SI. F. sericea.. 



Spikelets clustered, umbellate, 4 to 5 lines long. Style-branches 3 . . . 32. F. Neilsoni. 



Si:p.ies IV. Capitatfe. — Spikelets collected in a single terminal head. 

 Glumes obtuse, membranous. Involueral bracts concealed under the 

 hen d or rarely 1 prominent. Nut tuberculate 33. F. capiluta. 



Si ex. V. Oncostylls. — Style bulls persistent after the style has fallen, but articulate OJic 

 the nut and often at length deciduous, 



Spikelets 6 to 10 in a terminal cluster. Leaf-sheaths eiliate at the 

 orifice Si. F. barbala. 



Spikelets in a slightly eoniponud or simple umbel. Leaf-sheaths not 

 eiliate So. F. capillarij. 



1. r. acicularis (needle-like), H. Br. Prod. 226; Bentli. Fl. Austr. vii. 301. 

 Stems tufted, filiform, 3 to 6in. high, leafless except the sheathing scales, but 

 occasionally intermixed with tufts of 2 or 3 filiform leaves. Spikelets solitary,, 

 ■white, erect, slightly compressed, 3 lines long or rather more, 1^ line broad. 

 Glumes imbricate all round but not numerous, oblong, almost acute, cartilaginouSf 

 nerveless except the 1 or B-nerved keel, the lowest 1 or 2 glumes empty and. 

 broader. Stamen 1. Style glabrous; branches 2. Nut white, slightly- 

 compressed, marked with transverse raised wrinkles. — F. (mstralica, 13reckel. ift 

 Linnsea, xxxviii. 884. 



Hiib.: Kndeavour Biver, Banks and Solander ; Dunk Island, M'Gillivray. 



2. P. acuminata (pointed). VaJd; Kiinth, Emim. li. HI, \a.i:.setacea; BentJu 

 Fl. Aiistr. vii. 301. Stems slender, densely tufted, 3 to 6in. high, leafless except 

 the sheathing scales at the base but frequently intermixed with tufts of 2 or 3' 

 filiform leaves. Spikelet solitary, erect, narrow-oblong, 3 or sometimes 4 lines 

 long, scarcely above 1 line broad in this variety. Glumes closely imbricate all 

 round, lanceolate, acute, cartilaginous, the keel scarcely prominent but often 

 3-nerved, especially on the lower glumes, the lowest 1 or 2 glumes empty. 



