floribus parvis spicatis suberectis paucis biuis v. subfasciculatis flavis?, pedicellis brevissimis infra florem
articulatis, filamentis brevibus.
H a b . Western Mountains, Archer.
I am doubtful about the goiius of this curious but insignificant httle plant, whieh appears to difi'cr from Cm&ia
m the penanth not being twisted after flowering.—S/e»« very slender, foj'incd of the sheatiiLug bases of the leaves,
tufted, scarcely swollen at the base. Boot of thick fibres. Leaves 2-3 from each stem, spreading, flaccid, G-8
inches long, uot 4 inch broad, linear, quite flat. -Scape 4-1 inch long, rather stout, curved, bearing 3-5 fascicles of
two or more flowem, each fascicle subtended by a broadly ovate, membranaceous bract. Pedicels verv short, 4-4
liu. long; generally a flower and young frmt are together in each axil. Flower about 4 inch long; segments of the
perianth linenr-obloug, with three stout nerves united at the veiy base. Siameus short; filaments narrowed at both
ends, their apices inserted under a siuaU hood at the back of the anther below- its middle. Anther broadly obovate-
oblong; the valves somewhat recurved at their apices. Ovaiy of tlu-ee unequal rounded lobes, each with two
collateral ovules. Style two-thirds the length of the flower, minutely three-lobed at the apex.
(Page 59.) Laxmaiinia.
In the generic description I inadvertently omitted to mention the remarkable fact of a species of this genus
being fouud in the Island of Timor. It is figm-ed in Decaisne’s Herb. Timor, Descript.
(Page 6 8 .) Luzula Oldfieldii, Hook. fil.
Mueller considei-s this to be a large state of L. campestris, L., in which opinion I can scarcely concur.
(Page 81.) Chætospora capillacea. Hook, fil., has a trifid style.
(Page 85.) Number the genus Elæocharis YII., and alter the succeeding genera accordingly.
(Page 90.) Add—
3. Scirpus lacustris (Linn.) ; culmo tereti aphyllo, spiculis umbellatis paniculatisve versus apicem
culmi lateralibus ovatis, squamis late ovatis cüiatis trifidis mucronatis, antheris apice appendiculatis, nuce
trigona brevi obovata, setis 6 setulis reversis seabris.— TV. N . Zeal. i .p . 269.
H a b . Marshy banks of rivers, and in still waters ; probably common.
D istk ib . Abundaut in all temperate and tropical regions.
A taU, leafless, marsh or water plant, the Bulrusli of some parts of England, where it is extensively used
for matting, thatching, and coopering.— 0«/?«« 2-8 feet high, rounded, sheathed at the base, spongy inside, Spikelets
ovate, 1-4 inch long, lateral, panicled or umbellate, sessüe or peduncled. Scales broadly ovate, bluntly trifid,
ciliated, mucronate. Nut short, trigonous, with a 2-3-forked style. Bristles six, reversely hispid.
(Page 95.) 4. Cladium Gunnii, Hook. fil.
Mueller assures me that his Gahnia sulcata is a true Gaknia, having elongated filaments which retain the
seed. It is a local species, gi-owing also in South Australia.
(Page 105.) Microlæna Gunnii, Hook. fil.
This species has no squamulæ, the filaments being adnato to the base of the ovaiy ; the generic character
should be altered accordingly to “ squamulæ 2 v. 0 .”
(Page 115.) Agrostis æmula, Br., is considered by Mueller to be a variety of A. Billardieri, Br.
(Page 116.) Agrostis contracta, Muell, has the lower palea sometimes shortly awned.
(Page 122.) Danthonia Archeri, Hook, fii.,—for T a b . CLXXII., put CLXIII. '
CRYPTOGAMIA.
(Page 183.) Ilymenopbyllum unilaterale, Willd., is considered by Mueller to be a form of IL Tun-
hridgense, Sm.
(Page 136.) C y s t o p t e r i s ß , has been found on the mountains of the Middle Island of
New Zealand by Er. Sinclair.
(Page 141.) Lomaria Patersoni, Br., has beeu found near New Norfolk by Oldfield [Mueller).
(Pago 145.) Asplénium Irichiomanes, L., has been found by Dr. Sinclair in the same locality in New
Zealand as Cystopteris fragilis, ß .
(Page 147.) Doodia caudata, Br.
In the ‘ New Zealand Flora,’ I referred T). Kunihiana, Endl., and B. aspera, Br., to B. caudata, Br. I did
so because A. Cunningham had described them all as New Zealand plauts. Sir W. Hooker, in revising this genus
for the ‘ Species Filicum,’ finds that Cunningham’s New Zealand aspera and Kunihiana are not the plants of
Endlicher and Brown, but mere varieties of B. caudata. These synonyms should therefore be omitted in the
Tasmanian nnd New Zealand Floras. It is even doubtful whether the New Zeaiaud B. caudata is the same as
the Tasmanian.
(Page 152.) Schizæa bifida, Sw., and S. fistulosa, Ijah., are different species, as has been pointed out
to me by Mueller, and may be thus characterized :—
1. Schizæa bifida (Sw. Pil. 151) ; fronde antice late cóncava simplici v. divisa asperula, appendicibus
ascendentibus elongatis, involucris crinitis.—Br. Prod. 162. S. dichotoma, Sw., var. bifida, Mueller.
I I a b . Tasmania, Brown.
D istk ib. Tropical and temperate Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and America.
Mueller (probably correctly) considers this a vai-iety of tbe common tropical S. dichotoma, which has a broader,
flabellately-chrided frond.
2. Scliizæa fistulosa (Lab. PI. Nov. Holl. ii. 103. t. 250. f. 3 ); fronde teretiuscula antice sulcata
simplici læviuscula, appendicibus brevibus, involucris fimbriato-laceris.— Rr. Prod. 162. S. australis.
Gaud.
H a b . Sandy plains; not uncommon, Gunn, etc. [v. r.)
D istkib. Temperate Australia, New Zeaiaud, Lord Auckland’s Island, Tropical America.
Distinguished from S. bifida by the terete frond, grooved (not concave) in front, and the much shorter lobes
that are not so erect.
(Page 155.) Lycopodium varhm, Br., and L . Selago, L.
Mueller pronounces these to be assuredly forms of the same.
(Page 158.)—
2 . S e l a g i n e l l a ( S p r i n g , Monog. Lycop. ii. p. 6 2 ); annua; caule subsimplici erecto basi diviso,
ramis erectis, foliis uniformibus subsquarrosis ovato- v. lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis obsolete 1 -nerviis
integerrimis, spica terminali sessili elongato-oblonga, squamis ovato-lauceolatis squarrosis.— Lycopodium
gracillimum, Kunze, Farrnkr. t. 100. / . 1, et in Plant. Preiss. ii. p. 109.
I I a b . South Esk River and other places iu the nortliern parts of the island [Mueller).
Disniin. Victoria, Mueller, aud Swau River, Preiss, Drummond, etc.
Distinguished from S. uliginosa by tlie smaller size, more flaccid habit, and frond dirided at the very base
only, not bifariously or dichotomously branched.