70 Will-in Addtiums to E^MMMl StjiO* Flm l^'r.i' n U 



ft. •SCIRPL'S RAMULGSUS (M Bn>!<) Shr<>.. \8\4 



Murrav River 3.J&1 ai" Rnd Cltffl — (Ml & DlflSbOH^ "« Kfnadue P<irhth (Mr, 

 r Rotusay, 25/4/1951) 



Determined by 5. T. Blake 13/3/52. and most rlktitfEtif* Jtota iff narrow 

 crowded uncinate glumes. The species is al*o n«Uii'fih>ed tii Centra! AU&- 

 tiaJiit and tUc tar north of South AuMcalia, whore it is presumed to have 

 licea introduced with camels from Afghanistan. 



4, SCTRPUS LHSSACHA.NTH1.IS -V. f Htafa IMfr 



Uevwyn Swamp. Lawloit Parish, 8J nrrilcj H. of Katuva iA. J HtlMfit 

 \U>- IBfc W Mi J. 



Determined hy S. T., Blake, ty5/i9$?i And previously known from nmtlieru 

 Australia. Queensland (where widtstjrsailj and South Australia urn the 

 Murray, In nig original "description [i'uf. iVa*. 53: 116*120 (Sept. 1.046)1 

 Mr. Blake anticipated the. occurrence of the species in Victoria- £ flissochtm- 

 tkit? **<ay attain 1 ft. in height and is comparatively rubuM ior an annua} 

 robber of th^ *id»icnn? tswpti\ its most iute;e*lme Measure concerns, the 

 disposition oi flowers — normal herm.mlHorlirr ones hi iIip terminal iuhVir- 

 cicencc of \rl large spdcelet:-. and solitary female flowers, hidden within the 

 \t$f sheaths at the base \A the cnlrm. 



5. SCIKPUS FORSVTJdlJ Kiihntlhuf, 1913, 



Genoa River grirge, ta. .* mile* above Genoa township — among oranitc 

 rorks near tracer's- edge (/, //, IVHtis, 25/1/1947, A ; A, IVuhe field Nos, 

 2-TH4 and 3554 25/3/1947 and 5/3/1949 respectively). 



The type was irom Xepean Rivrr N.S.VV (TV- Forsyth, Mar. 1HGs>) ami 

 was a?ljed with J, smithii A. Gray of eastern U.S A. — a tufted annual and 

 much larger plant. [ am convinced that the Genoa gorge plane th cousprcifV 

 wid» the cranial malett&i \.i{ S }\»$ythn (duplicate type in Melbourne tier* 

 barmmj ; it ha?, the same comparatively thick, julcatc culm? of resinou* 

 appearance (with lines of very minute whitish, pustules) and the same broad 

 shining'.. l>lunti-m. membranous glumes 10 the rather large, solitary', lateral 

 spikelets, 5. 1". Blake, who examined my collection, remarked (2/7/KM7) : 



Probably S\ Jqfsylhiii as .von suggest, hut urfoi innately the specimen 

 is too immature tor arrnratr- companion. Tl appears to he o'.hei wist: 

 known only from Die type collecTJou, and thex? is a doubt in my mind .4-. 

 to whether ft is really an Australian native ... it is rather distinctly 

 different front any other Austuihan species. 



[EUvchans airicJw R.Br., 1810, was rer.entl/ recorded for Viclorifl be 

 E J, WcRarron m Coninh. fifS.W. Nat. Herh.&: 13fi (1955). Iln collcciiou 

 (No. 4571) wa% from a roadside seepage lit Rceoliworrh towiiship t'J.^/O/l^O) 

 and is located at Sydney Herbarium. E. airicluv is close to U. pusilht R.Br., 

 differing in the pmence oi tubers on the stolons, longer g"h*mea (3 mm or 

 more j and a large conH ! » :,Lni,t: rtylfe ha-e | 



ft *C\RtX DISTJCHA H\rh. 1762. 



Mario at mouth of Snuwv River — on datnu fiats ainonfi:it luxuriant yrasu 

 {W. thwkr. Mov. L943). 



Thft Knrasian species does not seem to have been recorded ior Australia 

 luiiurt; S : . T. Blake idemifici the collection. 21/3/^41 



7 ; CAREX PrVTSA Hudy, \762 



Creswiik.-'in a Raglan Sttee.' drain (R. V. Stitith. Sept. \9A3 hnd Mar. 

 W44). 



JX-ietmmed by S. f, ftlakt\ ii/WtW^ This iixvics, aho F.ur&yiari. has 

 been noted already a. 1 ; an introduction to New Zealand and hi K^H Bitfictiu ; 

 309 (7939) E MeUnes recorded a form oi ii iiom Rcllcrjv*, Tasmania. 



