1760 CLII. CYPERACE^., [Fimlinstulis. 



with the keel more or less distinctly 3-ueived. Stamen usually 1. Style,noii at 

 all or scarcely ciliate ; branches 8, rarely 2. Nut obovoid globulai-, 3-ribbed, 

 tubereulate or almost murieate.— i^'. jiliforms, Kunth, Enum. ii. 221 ; Boeckel, 

 in Linnffia, xxxvii. 23 ; F. pumila, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 239^ 



Hab^ Islands of the Gul£ of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Rockingham Bay, Dallaehy. 



Also in the Malayan Archipelago and peniosula. 



7. F. polytrichoides (Polytrichum-like), /?. Br. Prod. 226; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. yii. SOi. Stems densely -tufted, slender, usually glabrous and_onIy2 or 

 Bin. high, but sometimes above 6in. Leaves much shorter-, numerous, filiform. 

 Spikelets solitary, erect (or rarely a second lateral erect pedunculate one ?), 

 oblong, 2 to 8 lines long and scarcely above 1 line diameter, pale brown. 

 Glumes numerous, imbricate all round, deciduous, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 •obtuse, membranous almost hyaline, the midrib scarcely prominent except on the 

 lower glumes where it is sometimes produced into a short point, 1 or rarely 2 

 outer empty glumes with longer points one sometimes as long as the spikelet.' 

 Stamens 1 or 2. Style scarcely flatteiTed but hairy ; branches 2, Nut obovate, 

 ticonvex, dark-coloured, tubereulate. — Kunth, Enuin.ii. 221 ; F: jit7iccd,'B(£okeh 

 in Linmea, xxxvii. 4, partly, but probably not Scirpus junceus, Forst. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 7?. BioiiH; Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller. Also in 

 East Indian and the Malayan Archipelago. 



8. r, subtulbosa (almost bulbose), Benth. Fl. Amtr. vii. 305., I^tenas from 

 a thick horizontal rhizome numerous, thickened and bulb-like at the- base, 

 slender, often 1 Jft. long. Leaves few narrow and short or almost rediiced to 

 sheathing scales. Spikelet solitary, erect, ovoid or oblong, about 4 lines long and 

 2 lines broad when full grown, light brown. Glumes, numerous, imbricate all 

 round, broadly ovate, obtuse or the keel slighlty prominent, thin almost 

 membranous, 3 or 4 outer ones empty shorter and sometimes more pointed. 

 Stamens 8. Style flat, ciliate ; branches 2. Nut obovate or oblong, biconvex, 

 smooth. 



Hab.: Eookingham Bay, Dallaehy. 



9. F. tetragona (4-angled), E. Br. Prod. 226 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 305. 

 Stems 9in. to above 1ft. high, slender, often thickened into a bulb at th^ base, 



leafless except short loose sheathing scales at the base. Spikelets solitary, erect, 

 ovoid, obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long and 2 lines diameter, the rhachis at length 

 sometimes longer but denuded at the base, the lower glumes having fallen away. 

 •Glumes numerous, closely imbricate all round, oblong or rather broad, very 

 obtuse, very finely striate but otherwise nerveless, thinly cartilaginous, 4 to 6 of 

 the lower ones empty. Stamens 3. Style flattened, ciliate ; branches 2 or i-arely 

 S. Nut narrow-oblong, scarcely flattened, longitudinally striate and transversely 

 cancellate. — F. v. M. Fragm. i. 194, viii. 274 ; F. cylindrocarjM, Kunth, Enum. 

 ii. 222 ; Boeckel. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 7 ; Trichelostylls .njroides, Arn. ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Tasm. Prffif. 48. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. 7?. Broicii. Spre.ids over East India, Ceylon, and 

 the Malayan Archipelago. 



10. P. pterygosperma (seed winged), 7?. Ih: Prod. 226; Benth. Fh Austr. 

 vii. 306. Stems tufted, slender but rigid. Bin. to 1ft. high. Leaves much 

 shorter, with short broad open sheaths or the inner one, with a longetclosed 

 -sheath. Spikelet solitary, erect, almost globular or at length coriicaT,'2 to 3 lines 

 ■diameter. Glumes numerous, closely imbricate all round, cartilaginous, 

 nerveless, -white or the inner ones tipped with brown, all very obtuse and broad, 

 ■especially the outer ones, of which 4 to 6 are empty and rather larger than the 

 flowering ones. Stamens 2 or 3. Style much flattened but glabrous ; branches 



