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flavis, polline emisso, ad basin usque in lobos duos dehiscentes, ut 
tunc filamentum apice biantheriferum appareat. Styli 2, hirsuti, 
albi. Fructus globosus, vesicarius, membranaceus, mollis, ait inter 
chartam facile comprimetur, glumis concolor, subtilissime striatus, 
bujus generis maximus, scilicet mole JPisi ; dentibus oris duobus 
conniventibus exilibus, in maturo vix superstitibus. Semen ova- 
tum, urceolo multoties minus, albidum, dorso convexum, subtus 
planiusculum.” {Biebst) 
My own observations, both from Russian and Affghan speci¬ 
mens, confirm those of Kunth and the FI. Ross, as to all the 
spiculfe being apice masculce, — Bieberstein, I suspect, having 
been misled by the upper ones having many male florets. I have 
not observed the anthers becoming bilobed on the escape of the 
pollen. The FI. Rossica compares the fruit to that of Gornus 
mascula and Tamos, and says “species nulli affnis.” I know of 
no affinity nearer than that of G. baccans, Nees.” 
Tab. DLXXVI. is a copy of Bieberstein’s figure, from the 
Moscow Transactions. 
Tab. DLXXVII. 
n. 1 are Russian specimens. 
n. 2. Affghan specimens, from Griffith (Herb. Hooker). 
398. C. cernua (Boott) ; spica oblonga lateritia con- 
colori, e spiculis 6-11 cylindricis pedunculatis cernuis 
approximatis, terminali basi mascula, reliquis plerumque 
ima basi masculis vel inferioribus femineis, mediis vel in¬ 
fima solum basi compositis, inferioribus plus minus longe 
bracteatis evaginatis vel infima exserte pedunculata vagi- 
nata; bracteis inferioribus culmo longioribus; stigma- 
tibus 2 ; perigyniis ellipticis vel ovatis compressis sensim 
rostellatis, ore integro vel leviter emarginato, enerviis 
stipitatis punc'tis purpureis conspersis, squama decolori 
oblonga truncata vel e margin at a hispido-aristata latiori- 
bus longioribus. (Tab. DLXXVIII.) 
Var. /3. minor ; spicis 4-5 brevioribus simplicibus, 
terminali subinde omnino mascula, reliquis ima basi 
masculis, culmo gracili. 
ITab. In Assam, Griffith {Herb. Hooker). —/3. In 
Assam et in Japonia Zollinger {Herb. Mus. Par.). 
Culmus l |-pedalis, triqueter, rigidus, inter spicas scaber ; 
pars spicas gerens 6-7 poll, longa. Folia 2 lin. lata. Brac- 
tece evaginat®, vel infima (in uno specimine) vagina pollicari 
instructa, inferiores culmo longiores, infima subinde sesqui- 
pedalis. Spicas 2-2^ poll, long®, 2-3 lin. lat®, omnes pe- 
dunculat®, cernuse vel nutantes, media vel infima basi spicula 
brevi composit®, colore lateritio concolores. Pedunculi scabri, 
infimus 2 poll, longus. Squamae conformes. Perigynium 
1t~to b n - longum, xVAo bn. latum. Achenium x V~fV lm. 
longum, xo lin. latum, ovale vel ovatum, lenticulare ; basi styli 
apiculatum. 
I was indebted to M. Spach for my first knowledge of this spe¬ 
cies, who sent me a specimen from Japan, collected by Zollinger, 
noticed by Gray in his report of Wright’s plants ; but I have 
since seen others found by Griffith in Assam, several of which in 
size and character are like the Japanese plant, but others more 
fully developed. 
The specimens figured are from Assam. 
399. C. Cunninghamii (Boott); spica elongata fusco- 
purpurea, e spiculis 5-8 cylindricis sessilibus, terminali- 
bus 2-3 masculis contiguis, reliquis femineis apice mas¬ 
culis longissimis erectis evaginatis ; bractea infima cul- 
mum longe superante ; stigmatibus 2 ; perigyniis ob- 
ovatis vel ovalibus rostellatis, ore integro vel emarginato, 
resinoso-punctatis ferrngineis nervatis, squama lanceolata 
acuminata hispidato-cuspidata vel mutica purpurea, 
nervo pallido, latioribus brevioribus. (Tab. DLXXIX.) 
Hab. In Nov. Hollandia.—Banks of the Turon River, 
near Bathurst (1822), Allan Cunningham {Herb. Boott). 
Culmus 3-pedalis, validus, triqueter, Levis; pars spicigera 
8-15 poll, longa. Folia 2-3 lin. lata vel latiora. Bracteae 
evaginat®, infima sesquipedalis, proxime culmo longior vel 
brevior. Spicules masculce 2|-3 poll, long®, If—2 lin. lat®; 
femineoe 4-8f poll, long®, 2| lin. lat®, inferiores basi laxi- 
flor®. Squamae masculce vel breviores latiores obtus® mutic®, 
margine angust® albid®, vel longiores angustiores lauceolat®, 
inferiores acuminat®, cuspidat®; femineoe vel acut® mutic® 
vel inferiores longe cuspidat®. Perigynium l T a 0 - x 3 0 lin. 
longum, A—to bn- latum, obovatum, vel T 4 o lin. latum, ovale, 
leviter nervatum, punctis resinosis ferrugineis conspersum, 
rostello purpureo. Achenium to~H bn. longum, lin. latum, 
obtusum, basi styli ®quali, abrupte apiculatum. 
I received the only specimens I have seen of this species from 
Mr. Cunningham many years ago. They are not fully mature, 
and are wanting the leaves. No one has since met with it. 
400. C. declinata (Boott); spica lineari subelongata 
pallide viridi, e spiculis sub 15 androgynis apice masculis, 
superioribus rotundatis contiguis, inferioribus oblongis 
discretis squarrosis sessilibus ; bractea infima capillacea 
subpollicari; stigmatibus 12 ; perigyniis ellipticis sensim 
in rostrum longiusculum attenuatis, ore antice altius 
secto demum bifido, biconvexiusculis nervatis glabris 
divaricatis vel recurvatis basi spongiosis olivaceis, squama 
ovata acuta vel cuspidata albida, nervo viridi, duplo lon¬ 
gioribus. (Tab. DLXXX.) 
Hab. In Australia. — Brisbane River, Muller {Herb. 
Hooker). “ C. chlorostachys, II. Brown!’ 
Culmus 2|-pedalis, triqueter, scaber {sub lente), granulato- 
asperulus, interne foliatus. Folia 2-2J lin. lata, culmurn 
sub®quantia, viridia, plana. Bractea infima capillacea subpol- 
licaris scabra, ali® breves. Spica 3| poll, longa, 4 lin. lata. 
Spiculce 3-4 lin. long®. Squamae conformes. Perigynium 2- 
2 t 3 q lin. longum, to~to bn. latum, utrinque nervatum, ad 
basin spicularum recurvatum. Achenium 1 lin. longum, T " 0 - 
lin. latum, ovatum; basi styli clavata. 
The G. chlorantha, Brown’s Prod. 242 (not G. chlorostachys) is 
imperfectly known, all the specimens from Australia and Tasma¬ 
nia being too young for a satisfactory character. I have given a 
figure of it (B) from Air. Brown’s herbarium. “ Spica oblonga, 
spiculis 5-6 approximatis indivisis; bracteam scariosam, sub- 
sequantibus, apice masculis, squamis acutis ; stigmatibus 2 ; culmo 
foliisque scabris {!.).” {JBr. Prod) Tab. DLXXX. B. 
The specimen of G. declinata is from Herb. Hooker, and is the 
only one I have seen. It is remotely allied to G. nubigena, Don, 
and, but for the position of the male florets, I should say more 
nearly to C. elongata , L. 
401. C. flectens (Boott); spica elongata olivacea, e 
spiculis 3 distantibus pedunculatis, terminali mascula 
cylindracea gracili erecta, reliquis femineis ovalibus ex¬ 
serte pedunculatis nutantibus; bracteis vaginatis, culmo 
brevioribus; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis lanceolatis tri- 
quetris sensim longe acuminato-rostratis, ore membra- 
liaceo integro obliquo, crebre nervatis glabris, superne 
vacuis olivaceis, squama ovata obtusa cuspidata ferru- 
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