Fimbrktylis.] CLII. CYPERACEiE. 175&^ 



Stamens 3. Style slightly flattened and ciliate ; branches 2. Nut obovate,. 

 biconvex, marked with transverse raised wrinkles. — F. acuminata, B. minor,. 

 Bceekel. in Linnasa, xxxvii. 4 ; F, setacea, Bentb. in Hook. Lbnd. Journ. ii. 239. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, T. v. Utielter, Bailey ; Fitzroy Eiver, O'Shaiies,/; Eockingham Bay, 

 Dallachy. 



The typical F. acuminata hag larger broader spikelets, the glumes more prominently Iteeled. 

 It is spread over East India, Ceylon, and the Malayan Archipelago, the Australian variety is at 

 least in the Archipelago. — Benth. 



3. P. .punctata (dotted), 7?. Br. Fwd. 226; Pjenth. 11. Austr. V\\. 802.. 

 Apparently annual, tufted, the stems 6 to 9ih. high. Leaves much .shorter, 

 numerous, narrow-linear, almost setaceous with short open sheathing bases or the 

 inner ones with short scarious sheaths. Spikelet solitary, erect, oblong, 4 to 5 

 lines long, IJ to 2 lines diameter, pale coloured. Glumes closely imbricate all. 

 round, rather rigid, above 2 lines long, obtuse but the broad prominent keel 

 produced into a short erect very obtuse point, the sides smooth and veinless, 1 or 

 2 outer ones empty with rather longer points. Stamens 2 or 3. Style flattened, 

 ciliate in the upper part ; branches 3, short. Nut broadly obovate, biconvex, 

 whitish with a few raised transverse ridges or wrinkles and minutely pitted all 

 over. 



Hab.: East coast, E. Broacn. 



In the Bpeeimens examined there certainjy were 3 style-branches as described by Brcvn, 

 although the nut showed no trace of a third angle or rib. — Bcvth. 



4. P. rhyticarya (wrinkled-nut), F. v. ilf. Fraf/m. i. 21-5 ; Benth. Ft. Austi: 

 vii. 302. Stems from 8 or 9in. to above Iffc. high, leafless except short rather- 

 loose sheathing scales at the base. Spikelet, solitary, erect, oblong-lanceolate or 

 almost ovate-lanceolate, not at all or scarcely flattened, 4 to 6 lines long and 2 to 

 2| lines diameter at the base, pale-coloured or whitish. Glumes closely imbricate 

 all round, cartilaginous, broad, obtuse or scarcely acute, often marked in the 

 centre with 3 or 5 nerves but scarcely keeled and otherwise veinless, about 4 outer- 

 ones shorter and empty. Stamens 3. Style flattened, ciliate ; branches 2. Nut 

 obovate, but little compressed, marked with several raised transverse wrinkles. — 

 F. acuminata, F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 274, not of Vahl. 



Hab.: Burdekin Eiver, F. r. il/weZ/er ; 'Rocking.ha.m Bay, Dalhiclnj. 



5. P. nutans (nodding), Vahl; Kunth, Enmn. ii. 221 ; Benth 11. Avstr. vii. 

 303. Stems tufted, slender, mostly above 1ft. high, leafless except short 

 appressed sheathing scales at the base. Spikelet solitary, terminal without- 

 any prominent subtending bract, but always more or less nodding, ovoid or 

 ovoid-lanceolate, brown, 3 to 4 lines long, \h to 2 lines broad. Glumes 

 numerous, imbricate all round, thinly membranous almost hyaline, very broad 

 and obtuse or the slightly prominent keel produced into a minute point, about 4 

 of the outer ones empty, the lowest often with a rather long point. Stamens 3, 

 Style much dilated, ciliate; branches 2, one of them often bifid. Nut obovate^. 

 biconvex or nearly flat on the inner face, marked with transverse raised wrinkles 

 and tubercles when fully ripe, or perhaps sometimes .nearly smooth. — Ba-ekel.. 

 in Linnsea, xxxvii. 5 ; R. Br. Prod. 226 ; F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 274. 



Hab.: Islands/ of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 7i'. Brmim; Sandy Cape, fi. Brown; Brisbane 

 Eiver, F. v. Mueller, Bailey ; Dawson Eiver, F. v. Mueller. 

 . Extends over East India and the Malayan Archipelago to South China. 



6. P. pauciflora (flowers few), B. Br. Prod. 225 ; Benth. H.Amtr. vii, 303. 

 Stems densely tufted, filiform, 3 to Bin. high or rarely more. Leaves few and- 

 filiform, or all reduced to sheathing scales with scarcely any lamina. Spikelets 

 solitary, erect, very narrow-oblong, nearly white, about 2 lines long and \\ line 

 broad. Glumes fe^ but imbricate all round and very deciduous, cartilaginous,- 

 acute, keeled, the sides veinless, the 2 outer ones empty and more acuminate 



