1762 CLII. CYPEBACEJB. [Fimbristylis. 



Stamens 3. Style slightly dilated, ciliate ; branches 3 or 2. Nut rather large, 

 •obovoid or globular, obtusely S-angled, tuberculate or almost murioate — 

 AUldgaardia monostachya, Vahl ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 247; Boeckel. in Linnasa, 

 xxxvii. 53 ; R. Br. Prod. 229 ; F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 272. 



Hab.: East Coast, R. Broivn; Port Curtii, U' Gillivray; Burnett Biver, F. v. Htueller ; 

 Bockhampton, O'Shaiiesij, Thozet; Herbert Creek, Bowman; Brisbane Biver. Moreton Bay, 

 F. i>. Mueller, Leichhardt, G. Stuart ; towards .Wallangarra. 



The speciee extends over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. 



15. P. Dallachyi (after J. Dallachy), F. v. M. ; Benth. FL Austr. vii. 309. 

 A small tufted plant, apparently annual. Stems slender, 3 to 4in. high. Leaves 

 much shorter, rather numerous, narrow-linear but flat. Umbel simple, of 8 or 4 

 short filiform rays besides the sessile spikelet, the peduncles or rays shortly 

 hirsute. Involucral bracts few and short. Spikelets very flat, lanceolate, acute, 

 of a rich brown, about 3 lines long, 1 line broad, 8 'tO'12-flowered. Glumes very 

 regularly distichous, navicular, lanceolate, acute, prominently keeled, the sides 

 nerveless. Stamens 2 or 3. Style slender, shortly bulbous atthe base,.glabrous ; 

 branches 3. Nat obovoid, 3-ribbed, whitish, tuberculate. — Abild<jaardia.fimhristy- 

 loides, F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 273, 



Hab.: Rockingham Hay, Dallachy. 



16. F. recta (erect). Bail. drd. Suppl. Syn. Ql. Fl. 80. Stems erect from a 

 ■shortly creeping knotted rhizome, IJ to 2ft. high, rather slender, flattened, 

 sulcate-striate and rather rough. Leaves somewhat distichous, 6 to Gin. long, 

 1^ line broad, the end blunt with a small point, rather thick and rigid, the 

 margins slightly rough, sheaths rather loose, with a more or less broad hyaline 

 margin, which is more conspicuous on the lower sheaths, which are wanting in 

 lamina. Spikelet solitary, erect, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly flattened, -J to 

 lin. long, 4 or 5 lines broad. Glumes more or less spiral, ovate, about 3 lines 

 long, very thin, almost hyaline, deep brown except the keel, which in the lower 

 empty ones is often produced into a point. Stamens 3. Style slightly dilated, 

 ■glabrous or nearly so, branches 2 or 3. Nut white, pyriform, with 3 angles and 

 :tuberculate between them. 



Hab.: Near Northcote, R. C. Burton. 



17. r. velata (clothed), R.Br. Prod. 227; Benth^ Fl. Atistr. vii. 309. Small 

 ■densely tufted and apparently annual. Stems 3 to 6in. high. Leaves much 

 shorter, linear or setaceous, usually pubescent at least on the sheaths, rarely 

 •entirely glabrous. Umbel usually compound and rather compact, with slender 

 rays and pedicels. Involucral bracts setacious, much shorter than the 

 inflorescence, or rarely 1 to 2in. long. Spikelets solitary on the rays or pedicels, 

 at first ovate-oblong and about 2 lines long, but often lengthening when old, 

 scarcely 1 line broad, pale brown, glabrous or pubescent. Glumes rather closely 

 imbricate all round, the very prominent keel produced into a short erect point. 

 •Stamen 1. Style slightly pubescent; the dilated base fringed with spreading 

 hairs often long and closely reflexed over the ovary and nut ; branches 2. Nut 

 •obovoid, usually brown, biconvex, minutely striate or cancellate. — Hook. f. Fl. 

 N. Zel. i. 272 ; F. dichotoma, Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 303, not of Vahl ; F. 

 propinqua, R. Br. Prod. 227. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidicill. 



18. F. aestivalis (of summer), Vahl; Kunth, Enum, ii. 226', Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vii. 310. Densely tufted and probably annual. Stems slender, 3 to 6in. 

 high or when luxuriant 8 or 9in. Leaves much shorter, rather numerous, 

 filiform, the sheaths and often the whole leaf pubescent or hirsute. Umbel 

 -nearly simple or compound, with filiform rays and pedicels. Involucral bracts 



