— 452 — 



739. F. semilevis F. v. Muell. ex G. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Add. Sei-. VIII. 24 (1908). 

 Australien: leg. Oldfield (in herb. Boissier, n. v.). — »Speeies F. punctatae affinis; difFert 



pilositate, colore glumarum, nuce albida«, G. B. Clarke 1. c. 



740. F. monandra F. v. Muell. 



F. v. Mi in. Fragm. I. 195 (1859), First Census 126 (1882), See. Census 212 (1889), Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 306 (1878). 



/■■ sphaeroeephala Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 306 (,1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 596 (1883), Catal. Plants Queensl. 



52 [1890), Queensl. Fl. VI. 1761 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 594 (1913), F. v. Muell. First Census 126 (1882), See. Census 212 (1889). 



Geogr. Verbreitung: Nord-, Nordwest- Australien und Queensland. 



Nordwest- Australien: Gamden Harbour (Martin; Bentham als F. sphaerocefhala)-. N. W. 

 Goast (Bynoe). 



Nord- Australien: Upper Victoria River (F. v. Mueller, als F. semilevis)) Victoria River 

 (F. v. Mueller; Bentham als F. sphaerocephala), eine grössere Form. 



Queensland: Sunday Island near Cape York (A. Gunningham, VII. 1819 No. 354, Gapt. King's 

 2 d Voyage of Survey, als „Eriocaulon"), eine äusserst grazile Form. 



741. F. xyridis R. Br. 



R. Br. Prodr. 226 (1810), Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII. 389 (1874), F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 274 (1874), IX. 54 (1875), 

 First Census 126 (1882), See. Census 212 (1889), Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 307 (1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 596 (1883), 

 Catal. Plants Queensl. 52 (1890), Queensl. Fl. VI. 1761 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 594 (1913). 



Scirjms Xyridis Poir. Encycl. Suppl. V. 98 (1817). 



Geogr. Verbreitung: Nord -Australien, Queensland (teste Bailey). 



Nord-Australien: North Goast (R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802 — 05 No. 5945 F. xyridis!); 

 Port Darwin (F. Schultz No. 16, 813). 



Die var. rigidula Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 307 (1878) von Fitzroy Island (Walter) ist mir unbekannt. 



742. F. strietieulmis n. sp. 



Perennis, rigida glaucaque, caespites pauciculmes efformans; eulmi rigidi, stricte erecti, sulcato- 

 angulati, glabri sed retrorsum scaberrimi, sub spicula paulo dilatati, tantum basi foliati, elati, 3 usque 

 plus 6 dm alti; folia disticha vel subdisticha, haud numerosa, brevia; vaginae insuper ad medium scariosae, 

 dorso rigidulo striatae; laminae verticales, xiplioideae, ereetae, rigidiusculae, glaucae, planae, latiusculae, 

 lineares, parte apicali haud angustatae, apice obtusae vel lere rotundatae, circa 2.5 mm latae, breves 

 (circa 10 cm vel minus longae), marginibus scabro-ciliatulae caeterum glabrae, utrinque minute tesselato- 

 punctulatae, nervis plurioribus aequalibus percursae; spicula solitaria, terminalis, stricte ereeta, castanea, 

 ovoidea, 8 — 20 mm longa; spiculae rhachis crassiuscula, persistens; glumae numerosissimae, multispirae, 

 arete imbricatae, externae vacuae orbiculatae et obtusissimae, margine lato castaneo-brunneo scariosae, 

 dorso rigidiusculo carinatae et utroque latere nervis circiter 2 prominulis carinae approximatis striatae, 

 e dorso manifeste cuspidatae, sequentes mucronatae vel muticae; glumae nucigerae obtusissimae, carinatae 

 vel superiores fere omnino teretes, insuper late scariosae et fuscae vel castaneae, infra palüdae, glabrae 

 sed marginibus breviter ciliatae; stamina 3 cum stylo aequilonga; ovarium trigono-obovatum, angustum, 

 angulis acutis; Stylus elongatus, circa 4 — 4.25 mm longus, complanatus, basi dilatatus, glaber, imo apice 

 in Stigmata 3 perbrevia divisus; nux breviter pyriformis, pallide brunnea, circa 1.6 mm longa, tricostata 

 sed teres, ex apice subsphaerico in basin obeonicam constrieta, tota superficie obtuse verrueulosa, subnitida, 

 glabra; cellulae extimae hexagono-rotundae, conspicuae. 



Queensland: Savannenwälder bei Mareeba (Domin, IL 1910). 



Speeies distinetissima, forsan cum F. xyridis comparanda, a qua tarnen vaginis et foliis, spicula 

 majore ereeta, glumis externis e dorso mucronatis, nucis forma et struetura valde discrepat. Parte vege- 

 tativa F. macrostaehyam approximat, quae tarnen praeter alia spiculis pluribus fasciculatis stylique ramis 

 2 abhorret. 



E. descriptione F. MacGülivrayi speciem nostram quam maxime approximat, sed haec differt 

 glumis externis haud mucronatis, stylo infra trifurcationem villoso (in specie nostra glaberrimo), nuce cum 



