Schmius.] CLII. CYPERAGEJ!, 1785 



2. S. nitens (shining), Hook.f. Hamlb. N. Zeal, FL 299 ; Bmth. Fl.,Auslr. 

 vii. 362. Stems from a creeping rhizome, slender, from an inch or two to 1ft. 

 high. Leaves few at the base of the stem, short, terete but furrowed along the' 

 inner side, the sheaths not bearded. Involucral bract erect, continuing the stern 

 to \ to l|^in. beyond the inflorescence. Spikelets in a sessile cluster of 2 to 6 or 

 solitary, apparently lateral, from ovoid to ovoid-lanceolate, li to 2 lines long, 

 with 2 flowers and a normally flexuose rhachis. Glumes bi*oad, obtuse, not so 

 distinctly distichous as in mpst species though the insertion is really the same, 

 :2 or rarely 3 outer empty ones shorter. Hypogynous bristles 6, rather longer 

 than the nut, ciliate at the base with long hairs. Stamens 8. Nut ovoid, 

 prominently 8-angled, smooth and shining. — Chatospora nitens, R. Br. Prod. 233, 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 82 ; F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 35 ; Scirpus nitnis, BoBckel. in 

 Linnsea, xxxvi. 696. 



Hab.: Moreton Island, 31'Gillivraij. 



3. S. calostachyus (spikes pretty), Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 368. Stems 1 to 

 2ft. high or more, rigid. Leaves at the base of the stem long, rigid, very narrow, 

 with a prominent keel and slightly scabrous margins, the open sheaths bordered 

 by a hyaline membrane, slightly ciliate at the top, and sometimes 1 or 2 leaves 

 •on the stem with longer closed sheaths and shorter lamina. Floral leaves or 

 bracts similar, but grkdually smaller and. all very distant. Spikelets solitary or 

 2 in each sheath, on Very unequal peduncles, and sometimes a second spikelet on 

 one of the lower ones, the spikelets narrow-lanceolate, flat, dark brown in the 

 ■typioal form, about lin. long when fully out, with 3 to 5 flowers. Glumes acute, 

 ■rigid, shortly ciliate on the edge, 4 to 6 outer ones empty and gradually shorter, 

 the lowest very short. Hypogynous bristles 4 to 6, much shorter than the nut or 

 1 or 2 of them longer. Stamens 3. Nut narrow-ovoid, 3-angled, prominently 

 tubereulate almost muricate. — Chatospom ealostacliya, R. Br. Prod. 288. 



Hab.: Endeavour ^ Biver; Banks 6,ad Solander; Moreton Island, 'M'Gillivraij; Stradbroke 

 -Island, Bev. B. Scorteehiid and Bailey. 



4. S. scabripes (peduncles rough), Benth. Bl. Amt,. vii. 863. Stems 2ft. 

 high or more, somewhat flattened and grooved, leafless except a few long -distant 

 ■brown sheaths shortly woolly at the orifice, with very short erect obtuse points. 

 Flowering-sheaths similar but shorter, all distant. Peduncles 2 or 3 from each 

 -sheath, slender but rigid and very scabrous, all erect with a single erect spikelet 

 or one from the lowest bract elongated with 2 or 3 spikelets. Spikelets narrow, 

 acuminate, slightly flattened, fin. long or perhaps rather more when fully out, 

 •with 1 or 2 flowers. Flowering glume acuminate but rather obtuse, outer empty 

 ones 5 or 6 gradually shorter, all obtuse with an obtuse gland-like point. No 

 hypogynous bristles. Stamens 8, with very long anthers. Nut not seen. 



jHab.: Moreton Island, F. v. Mueller. 



5. S. brevifolius (leaves short), 11. Br. Prod. 231 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. vii- 

 870. Stems from a creeping rhizome rush-like, 1 to 2ft. high or more, leafless 

 except the brown sheathing scales at the base, the innermost with a i:igid erect 

 point or lamina rarely lin. long, the oiufice not bear.ded. Panicle jatl^r iooso 

 ■but very narrow, 3 to 6in. long or more, the . spikelets almost clustered on short 

 rpeduncles, the lower clusters distant, or the panicle ratlier more compound with 

 the lower branches elorigated. Sheathing bracts tapering into short erect points 

 or.laminaj. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, 5 lines long when full grown, brown, not 

 -fio^much flattened as in S. melanostaclujm, with 3 to 5 flowers. Glumes obtuse 

 or 'nearly acute, 2 to 4 outer empty ones shorter and more obtuse. No hypogynous 

 ■bristles. Stamens 8. Nut obovoid, scarcely rugose. — F. v. M. Fragm. x. 29 ; 

 .Sieb, Agrostoth, n. 7. 



Hab.: Near Brisbane, Bailey. 



