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In silvis circum sinum Moreton Bay. W. Hill. 
Caulis flexuosus, paucipollicaris, teres, sesquilineam crassus, in- 
ferne fibras solitarias elongatas filiformes longe decurrentes emit- 
tens. Folia disticha, sessilia, cum arcta vagina articulata, 2-3" 
longa, -^-g" lata, obliqua, interdum subfalcata, acuta, coriacea, 
supra nitidula, subtus opaca, nervo medio satis prominente. Race- 
mi foliis oppositi, solitarii, 1 \-2\' longi, dissite pauciflori, pedunculo 
circa unciali pr®diti. Bracte® pedunculi pauc®, dissite, circiter 
T" long®, infima fere cylindracea, superiores deltoideo-lanceolat®. 
Bracteol® acut®, margine mox inflex®, appress®, membrane®, vix 
V" long®. Germina fere sessilia, sub anthesi 1^-2"' longa, cylin- 
dracea, striata. Sepala adscendentia, fere aequilonga, 2'" metien- 
tia, interdum paulo rubicunda; supremum ceteris paulo latior ; 
lateralia omnibus angustiora, linear i-lanceolata. Labellum sepala 
®quans, inferne calcare obtuso curvulo cavo basi virente 1 longo 
pr®ditum, superne 3-lobum ; lobi laterales fere membranei, medio 
paulo longiores, l"' longi ; lobus medius concavus, apice fulvus ; 
sinubus inter lobos macula fuscescente notatis ; fauce albo-barbel- 
lata ; calcare lobum liberum V" longum abscondente. E lobo cal- 
caris interno utrinque callus lanceolatus hyalinus adnatus apice 
flavo-pictus ad latera labelli divergit. Columna sesqui-linearis, 
sub anthera dente lineari bifido munita, inferne purpurascens. 
Operculum antherae membraneum, cordiforme, fere V" metiens, 
acuminatum. Glandula stigmatis ovata, acuta. Candicula soli- 
taria, hyalina, elastica, l"’ longa. Paria polliniorum arete gemi- 
natim cohaerentium libera, globosa, ceracea, flava. Capsula circiter 
bipollicaris, cylindracea, 2-2-J'" crassa, sulcata, basi et apice atte- 
nuata. 
Floret Oct. Nov. 
Cyperace^e. 
Fimbristylis pterygosperma . 
R. Br. prodr. 226 . 
Radice annua fibrosa, culmis tenuissime filiformibus acutangulis 
sulcatis folia longe superantibus quibuscum scabriusculis raro lap- 
vibus, foliis angustissime canaliculatis, spicula terminali solitaria 
erecta nuda ovata, squamis scariosis or 4 bicularibus ovalibusque tri- 
nerviis glabris l®vissimis, staminibus tribus, stylo compresso ad 
apicem fimbriato, stigmatibus tribus, caryopsidibus pallidis subcor- 
datis lato-Jimbriatis tuberculatis dorso convexis antice planiusculis 
stipite pluries longioribus. 
Ad fluvium Victorias. 
Herba spithamasa. Folia circiter 1 lata. Spicula 3-4 ; " longa, 
basi obtusissima. Squam® albid® \\-2'" long®. Anther® lineares 
acut®. Caryopsides vix V" long®, basi acutat®, dorso carinat®, 
ala alba pulcherrima fimbriat®, opac®. 
