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786 striate; margins ciliate; 2 or 3 outer empty. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut almost sessile, ovoid, trigonous, puberulous, pale-chestnut, narrowed upwards into a rather stout pyramidal beak.

3. C. articulatum, R. Br. Prodr. 237.—Stems tall and stout, terete, transversely septate, 3–6 ft. high. Leaves long, almost equalling the stems, terete, the transverse septa usually very distinct; sheaths large and long, pale; tip subulate, acute, pungent. Panicle large, lax, terminal, much branched, drooping, 9–18 in. long; branches numerous, closely placed; bracts sheathing, the lowest with a terete septate lamina ½–1½ in. long. Spikelets excessively numerous, rich red-brown, ⅙ in. long, 2–4-flowered, but usually only one flower is fertile. Glumes 4–7, ovate or ovate lanceolate, acuminate, keeled, membranous, puberulous, the 2 outer empty. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut broadly obovoid, trigonous with the angles thick and corky, red-brown; beak short, umbonate.—''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 276; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 304; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' vii. 403. Baumea loculata, ''Boeck. in Linnæa,'' xxxviii. (1874) 243. Gahnia articulata, ''F. Muell. Second Census Austral. Pl.'' 216.

4. C. glomeratum, R. Br. Prodr. 237.—Stolons creeping, clothed with pale striated scales. Stems tufted, terete and rushlike, slender, rather soft, 1–3 ft. high. Leaves few from the base of the stem, long, terete, with acute subulate tips. Panicle contracted, 3–10 in. long; lower branches distant, usually long and narrow, erect; upper closer together, shorter and broader; primary bracts large and sheathing, almost spathaceous. reddish-brown. Spikelets numerous, fascicled, red-brown, ⅙–⅕ in. long, ovate-oblong, 2–3-flowered, 1 or rarely 2 of the flowers fertile. Glumes usually 5, ovate, acuminate, membranous, striated; margins ciliate; 2–3 outer ones empty. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut elliptic-oblong when mature, obtusely trigonous, smooth and polished, reddish or reddish-yellow; tip tumid, acute, pubescent.—''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 275; Fl. Tasm.'' ii. 94; ''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 304; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' vii. 404. Schœnus rubiginosus, ''Forst. Prodr.'' n. 493. Fuirena rubiginosa, ''Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. i. 29; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 271; Raoul, Choix,'' 40. Baumea rubiginosa, ''Boeck. in Linnæa,'' xxxviii. (1874) 241.