;88 CYPEPACEAE. 1. Cyperus. 



Plate. 5. — Fig. (1) 1, spikelet ; 2, glume ; 3, glume and nut ; 4, pistil and stamens. 



C asuarina 



s t r i c t a Ait. 



Cype rus 



di s t achyus au. 



an/A. 



■per.s 



C. d i s t y 1 a Vent. 



Plate 5. — (1) Cyperus distachyus ; (2) Casuarina stricta ; (3) C. distyla. 



4. C. tenellus, L. f. Dwarf annual, with filiform stems and leaves ; spikelets 1-3 

 together, flat, 10-24-flowered, the involucral bract erect ; glumes keeled, with about 4 

 prominent nerves on each side ; nut trigonous, more than \ as long as glume. 



Mount Lofty and Barossa Ranges ; South-East. Summer. 



