Briggs and Johnson, New species of Restionaceae in Western Australia 
249 
Loxocarya R. Br. 
The past confusion between Loxocarya and Desmocladus, which have superficial 
similarities in some of their species but are not closely related, is outlined by Briggs & 
Johnson (this issue, and references therein). Loxocarya includes two species 
distinguished early in studies of Australian Restionaceae, L. cinerea R. Br. and L. striata 
(F. Muell.) B.G. Briggs & L.A.S. Johnson, and two that have been recently named, 
L. magna K.A. Meney & K.W. Dixon and L. albipes J.S. Pate & K.A. Meney. One further 
species has been distinguished and is described here. 
Loxocarya gigas B.G. Briggs & L.A.S. Johnson, sp. nov. 
Inter species Loxocarya statura majore distinguitur; rhizomata 7-10 mm diametro; 
culmi ad 2(-2.5) m longi; spiculae femineae 3-5 cm longae; ramuli inflorescentiarum 
feminearum 25-45 cm longis; fructus c. 10 mm longi. 
Fig. 1. a-d, Harperia eyreana, a, male spikelet (Jacobs 7043); b-d, female: b, spikelet; c, nut with bract 
and tepals; d, habit (Jacobs 7045). e, Harperia ferrugitnpes, habit female (5 km S of Geraldton-Mullewa 
Rd, Pate NSW 363212). Scale bar: a & b = 9.5 mm; c = 6.7 mm; d & e = 10 cm. 
