— 440 — 
glabra, rigidiuscula, culmis baud vel vix longiora, plurima canabculato-aperta, aiigusta sed quam in specie 
praecedente latiora, saepe 2 mm lata, margine scabra, apice capillari-acuminata scabra; uiiibella terminalis 
plerumque decomposita; radii circa 5 elongati, 2.5 — 6 cm longi, apice baud raro sub spica terminali spicas 
brevius pedunculatas laterales et pluriores gerentes; radius umbellae centrabs abbreviatus vel fere nullus 
eodem modo spicam terminalem et nonnullas laterales, plerumque subreflexas gerens; spicae pallidae, 
densae, breves, subglobosae fere ad capitula redactae; hracteae 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 trifidus, sed styli parte indivisa perbrevi, ramis longissimis; nux lineari-trigona, longe 
rostrata, sine rostro usque 2.75 mm longa, pallidior; celliilae extimae minimae, ope microscopii conspicuae, 
rotundo-hexagonae. 
West-Queensland: dürre, grasige Hügel bei Gloncurry (Domin, II. 1910). 
M. xerophüo certe valde affinis, sed difîert statura robustiore, inflorescentia terminali, decomposita, 
radiis elongatis, glumis angustioribus, nuce multo longiore, cellulis extimis rotundo-hexagonis etc. 
692. M. pennatus n. comb. 
Ci/perus 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), C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 623 (1893). 
Geogr. Verbreitung: tropiscbes Afrika, Asien, Malaya; Polynesien. In Australien nur 
b) var. ventpicosus. 
Ci/perus ventricosus R. Br. Prodr. 217 (1810). 
C. pennatus F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 263 (1874), IX. 53 (1875), First Census 125 (1882), Sec. 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 Coast (R. Brown). 
Queensland: R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802—05 No. 5887 C. ventricosus!; Ghillagoe, am 
Bache (Domin, II. 1910), forma spiculis longioribus usque 9floris; bei Yarraba (Domin, I. 1910); bei Cairns 
(Domin, XII. 1909); Percy Isle (A. Cunningham, V. 1821, Capt. King's 4*^ Voyage of Survey); Port 
Denison (Fitzalan); Port Molle, dried up swamps (John Mac Gillivray, XII. 1847, Voyage of Rattlesnake, 
Bot. No. 196); Rockhampton (Thozet). 
693. M. ArmstPOngii C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. 17, 103 (1908). 
Cyperus Armstrongii Benth. Fl. Austr. VII. 289 (1878) excl. pi. queensl., non F. M. Bail. 
Nord-Australien: Port Essington (Armstrong); Port Darwin (F. Schultz No. 731). 
694. M. decompositus R. Br. Prodr. 218 (1810). 
Cyperus decompositus F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 267 (1874), XII. 25 (1882), First Census 125 (1882), Sec. 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. Cunningham, VII. 1820, Capt. King's 3''^ Voyage of Survey No. 141). 
695. M. conieus R. Br. Prodr. 218 (1810). 
Cyperus conieus Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVIII. 371 (1874), F. v. Muell. Fragm. VIII. 268 (1874), IX. 53 (1875), First 
Census 125 (1882), Sec. 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. van, tig. 572 (1913), 
Tepper in Botan. Centralbl. LIV. 261 (1893). 
