— 4-40 — 



glabra, rigidiuscula, culmis haud vel vix longiora, plurima canaliculato-aperta, angusta sed quam in specie 

 praecedente latiora, saepe - mm Lata, margine scabra, apice capillari-acuminata scabra; umbella terminalis 

 plerumque decomposita; radii circa 5 elongati, 2.5 — 6 cm longi, apice haud raro sub spica terminali spicas 

 brevius pedunculatas laterales et pluriores gereutes; radius umbellae centralis abbreviatus vel fere nullus 

 eodem modo spicam terminalem et nonuullas laterales, plerumque subreflexas gerens; spiccte pallidae, 

 densae, breves, subglobosae fere ad capitula redactae; bracteae involucrantes pluriores sed pro more tantum 

 unica elongata et umbella multoties longiore; spiculae divaricatae, circa 5 mm longae, anguste lineares, 

 glabrae, pauciflorae; glumae laxiuscule imbricatae, nucigerae circa 3, circiter 2.5 — 3 mm longae sed quam 

 in specie praecedente angustiores, conspicue nervoso-striatae, subacutae, margine angusto scariosae; 

 stamina 2; Stylus tritidus, sed styli parte indivisa perbrevi, ramis longissimis; nux lineari-trigona, longe 

 rostrata, sine rostro usque 2.75 mm longa, pallidior; cellulae extimae minimae, ope microscopii conspicuae, 

 rotundo-hexagonae. 



West -Queensland: dürre, grasige Hügel bei Gloncurry (Domin, IL 1910). 

 M. xerophilo certe valde affinis, sed differt statura robustiore, inflorescentia terminali, decomposita, 

 radiis elongatis, glumis angustioribus, nuce multo longiore, cellulis extimis rotundo-hexagonis etc. 



692. M. pennatus n. comb. 



Cyperus pennatus Lam. Illustr. I. 144 (1791), C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. 194 (1884). 



Cyperus canescens Vahl Enumer. II. 355 (1806). 



Mariscus albescens Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 415 (1826), G. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 623 (1893). 



Geogr. Verbreitung: tropisches Afrika, Asien, Malaya; Polynesien. In Australien nur 

 b) var. ventricosus. 



Cyperus ventricosus R. Br. Prodr. 217 (1810). 



C. pennatus F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 263 (1874), IX. 53 (1875), First Gensus 125 (1882), See. Census 211 (1889), 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 284 (.1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 591 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 52 (1890), Queensl. Fl. VI. 

 1747 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 591 (1913). 



Nord-Australien: Springs of the Upper Victoria River (F. v. Mueller, I. 1856); Fitzmaurice 

 River (F. v. Mueller); Port Darwin (F. Schultz No. 159); North Goast (R. Brown). 



Queensland: R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802—05 No. 5887 C. ventricosus!; Ghillagoe, am 

 Bache (Domin, IL 1910), forma spiculis longioribus usque 9floris; bei Yarraba (Domin, I. 1910); bei Gairns 

 (Domin, XII. 1909); Percy Isle (A. Gunningham, V. 1821, Gapt. King's 4 th Voyage of Survey); Port 

 Denison (Fitzalan); Port Molle, dried up swamps (John Mac Gillivrat, XII. 1847, Voyage of Rattlesnake, 

 Bot. No. 196); Rockhampton (Thozet). 



693. M. Armstrongii G. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. 17, 103 (1908). 

 Cyperus Armstrongii Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 289 (1878) excl. pl. queensl., non F. M. Bail. 



Nord-Australien: Port Essington (Armstrong); Port Darwin (F. Schultz No. 731). 



694. M. deeompositus R. Br. Prodr. 218 (1810). 



Cyperus deeompositus F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 267 (1874), XII. 25 (1882), First Census 125 (1882), See. Census 211 

 (1889), Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 288 (1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 592 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 52 (1890), Queensl. 

 Fl. VI. 1750 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 591 (1913). 



Geogr. Verbreitung: Nord- Australien, Queensland. 



Queensland: in der Nähe der Mündung des Russell River (Domin, I. 1919); Endeavour River 

 (A. Gunningham, VII. 1820, Capt. King's 3 rd Voyage of Survey No. 141). 



695. M. eonicus R. Br. Prodr. 218 (1810). 



Cyperus eonicus Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII. 371 (1874), F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 268 (1874), IX. 53 (1875), First 

 Census 125 (1882), See. Census 211 (1889), Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 290 (1878) excl. var., F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 593 

 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 52 (1890), Queensl. Fl. VI. 1751 (1902) excl. var., Compreh. Catal. 591 excl. var., fig. 572 (1913), 

 Tepper in Botan. Centralbl. LIV. 261 (1893). 



