Care,v.] GUI. OYPERAQEJI. 1806 



the C. ccespiluSii, Linn., ami after much examination and eomparison I cannot refrain from -the 

 conolusion I hail formerly come to to that tho whole, after Goodenough and U. Brown and other 

 older authors, oiiyhl to be reunited under the Linhean name of C. Ciespilusa. —Benih. 



'J. C> acuta (acuto), Linn. : Kitnth, Kinim. ii. 412 ; Iniith. VI. Austt; vii. 

 448. A tall spocieti, very closely allied to the larger varieties o£ C. vulrjaris, the 

 spikelets usually longer and more numerous and the glumes narrow and acute or 

 short and aristate. Stems attaining several feet. Leaves longer and rather 

 broad, the lower floral ones or leafy bracts often longer than the inflorescence. 

 Bpikelets narrow, 1^ to 4in. long, 1 to 4 upper ones male and near together, 3 to 

 5 lower ones more distant and female or the upper ones with a few male flowers 

 at the top, all erect and sessile or the lower ones shortly pedunculate. Glumes 

 oblong-lanceolate or linear or short and tapering to a line point, dark with a 

 light-coloured midrib unless when very narrow, the females more acute or 

 aristate than tho males. Utricle very flat, varying as in C. vulr/aris from ovate 

 and obtuse to ovate-elliptical and very shortly beaked, more or less distinctly 

 several-nerved.— Boott, 111. Car, iv, 165, t. 548 to 556 ; ¥. v. M. Fragm. viii. 

 259 ; („'. Vanniniihaiuii, Boott, 111. Car. iv. 171, t. 579 ; C. fiuhjantka, F. v. M. in 

 Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. i. 110, and in Hook. Kew. Journ. viii. 834. 



Hab.: Moretou Bay, LeUhhanil. 



The species is spread over Europe, Northern Asia and North America. 



10. C. lobolepis (scales lobed), F. r. i[. Fnii/m. viii. 268; Beiith. Fl. Austr. 

 vii. 448. Stems 1 to 2ft. high, slender but rigid. Leaves sometimes as long, 

 the sheaths bordered by a scarious membrane at length torn into shreds. Lower 

 floral leaves or bracts longer than the inflorescence, with very short sheaths. 

 Spikelets 4 to 6, cylindrical, narrow, IJ to nearly 2in. long, the terminal one 

 male or with a few female flowers at the top the others female or with a few 

 males at the top or at the base, all pedunculate, at first erect, but spreading or 

 pe'idulous when in fruit. Glumes a rich brown, obtuse, emarginate or shortly 

 2-Iobed, the prominent midrib often produced into a short point. Utricle 

 sessile, ovate, flat, rather acute but not beaked, faintly several-nerved. Style 

 branches 2. 



Hab.: Border of N.S.W., near VVallangarra. 



11. C. pumila (dwarf). Tlamb.; Buott, Id. Car. iv. 217; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 vii. 445. Rhizome often creeping in the sands to a great extent. Stems 4 to 

 Bin. high. Leaves much longer-, more rigid than in C. brevicidmis, tapering into 

 long subulate points. Spikelets 8 to 6, the terminal one male, narrow, f to 

 rather above lin. long with often 1 or 2 smaller male ones immediately below it, 

 thai lower ones female or with a few male flowers at the top, distant, sessile or 

 the lowest shortly pedunculate, ^ to fin. long. Lower outer bracts leaflike and 

 sometimes very long, the upper ones subulate or small. .Glumes at, the time of 

 flowering ovate-oblong or lanceolate, usually purple, with scarious or hyaline 

 margins, the keel prominent and more or less produced into a point, often 

 enlarged under the fruit brown and acuminate. Utricle larger than in the allied 

 species and of a thick corky substance, ovoid, nearly 3 lines long, shortly con- 

 tracted at the base, faintly-nerved, tapering into a short bifid beak. Style- 

 branchea 3. — F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 251 ; U. Uttorea, Labill. PI. Nov. HoU. ii. 69, 

 t. 219; R. Br. Prod. 213 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 100. 



Hab.: Moreton Island, M'GilUvray, I'', v. Mueller. 



Also in New Zealand, along the eastern coasts of Asia and in extratroplcal South America. 



12. C. breviculmis (stem short), Ii. Br. Prod. 242 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 

 445. Stems usually only a few inches high but sometimes 1ft. or more. Leaves 

 usually longer than the stem, the lower floral bracts often very long and narrow, 

 the upper ones or very rarely all short and subulate, Spikelets 2 to 5, naiTow- 



