496 
Telopea 8(4): 2000 
acute or blunt, 4-6 mm long; filament column 5-7 mm long; anthers 2.5-4 mm long. 
Female flowers: pedicel c. 1.5 mm long; tepals rigid, 4-6 mm long, shortly ciliate 
toward apex; outer tepals ovate, with a slender black awn 3-5 mm long; inner tepals 
narrow deltoid, acute; style 12-15 mm long. Capsule depressed globular, 3-angled, 5-6 
mm long, 6-8 mm diam. Seeds c. 2 mm diam. Chromosome number 2n = 12 (Bell & 
Pate 1993). (Fig. 5a-c). 
Distribution: widespread on oligotrophic soils in the southern half of Western 
Australia from Eneabba to Israelite Bay, on deep sands in well drained or seasonally 
damp woodlands and heaths, often with Banksia shrubs. Commonly in better drained 
habitats than L. imberbis. Regenerates after fire by resprouting. Clones may be long 
lived and extend over areas 50-100 m across (Bell & Pate 1993). 
Conservation status: widespread and common. 
Selected specimens examined: Western Australia: Irwin: 25 km SSE of Eneabba, Briggs 9007, 8 Oct 
1992 3 (NSW); 1 km W of Brand Hwy along Greenhead Road, Wilson 2688, 2 Oct 1979 9 (NSW, 
PERTH); 5 km S of Badgingarra, Keighery 2563, 10 Sep 1979 $ (PERTH); Cataby, Beil & Pate s.n., 
Oct 1991 3, 2 (KPBG). Darling: c. 29 km NNW of Gingin, Briggs 6765, 11 Oct 1976 9 (NSW); 
Melaleuca Park, c. 8 km WSW of Bullsbrook, Muir 830, 3 Sep 1977 $ (PERTH); Bayswater, Gardner, 
Oct 1940 ? (PERTH); Cannington Swamp, Eicbler 15718, 27 Aug 1959 3 (AD, PERTH); Cannington, 
b'j88 s 151, 3 Sep 1966 o’ (NSW); W of Yarloop, 3.9 km E of Old Coast Road on Johnsons Road, Hill 
4594 6, 4595-6 9,10 Oct 1993 (NSW); 2.4 km SSW of Paynedale along Goodwood Rd, c. 14 km 
SW of Donnybrook, Briggs 8310 & Johnson, 25 Oct 1988 9 (NSW); Ambergate, Busselton district, 
Royce 2869, 18 Oct 1948 2 (PERTH); Bow River, S.W. Jackson, Jan 1913 3, 9 (PERTH); 9 km S of 
Mt Barker, Blake 20879, 1 Sep 1959 3 (BRI, NSW); Denmark, Gardner s.n., Feb 1940 3 (PERTH); 
Albany, Pieiss 1699, Oct 1840 3 (NSW). Eyre: below WestMt Barren, ESE of Ongerup, Coveny 3305, 
10 Sep 1970 3 (NSW, CANB, K, NBG, PERTH); 0.8 km S of Gibson, Briggs 335, 9 Sep 1966 3 (NSW, 
PERTH, K); Lucky Bay, E of Esperance, Briggs 367 3, 368 9 10 Sep 1966 (NSW, PERTH, RSA). 
Lyginia imberbis R. Br„ Prodr. 248 (1810) 
Lyginia barbata var. imberbis Mast, in A.P.C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 1: 303 (1878). 
Type citation: (M) v.v. 
Tcnn ^ estern Australia: King George III d S d [Sound], R. Brozvn (Bennett No. 5837), 
1802-5 3, 9 (holo BM, annotated by Brown 'Restio'; iso BM, E, K, P). 
Caespitose, forming small or large, dense or + open tussocks. Rhizomes short, 
orizontal or ascending, with crowded culms, covered by dark brown ± glossy scales, 
in' ton CreCt anC * stra '§* lt or sightly or strongly sinuous, smooth or minutely rugose, 
cm tall, 0.8-1.4 mm diam.; with 4-6 internodes, each 5-11 cm long. Sheaths at 
ase of culms 5-20 mm long, with a mucro or awn 1-5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely 
a late with hairs c. 1 mm long, mostly closely enwrapping culms. Culm sheaths 
... mm on S' green or red-brown, tapering sharply to the apex; glabrous or sparsely 
a mte at apex with hairs 0.5-2 mm long, lax toward apex, with a curved black awn 
. _ mm on S- Culm spathes acute, rigid, 1-11 in male inflorescences, 1-5 in female 
in orescences, each subtending only a single flower, or culms with several closely 
spaced spathes but only the uppermost subtending a flower; spathes 3-9 mm long, 
glabrous or sparsely ciliate, with a rigid curved awn about as long as the spathe. 
ateral brandies of male inflorescences condensed and not extending beyond the 
spa e. a e flowers: tepals hyaline, oblong or narrow lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely 
ciliate at apex, acuminate or acute or blunt, 5-7 mm long; filament column 7-8 mm 
on & ant ers 2.5-3.5 mm long. Female flowers: pedicel c. 1.5 mm long; tepals rigid, 
1 A T glabrous or sparsely ciliate toward apex; outer tepals ovate, with a 
s ent er i ac awn 2.5-7 mm long; inner tepals deltoid, acute or acuminate; style 8-10 mm 
°ng. apsu e depressed globular, 3-angled, 4-5 mm long, 5.5-7 mm diam. Seeds 
