. Dansk botanisk arkiv. Plants; Plants -- Denmark. 26 Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2. Nr. 6. of the anthers is about 5—6 mm (the appendages excepted). The whole male flower is sheltered by the sheath of the uppermost leaf, and it seems as if it never extends itself out of the sheath, but opens while surrounded by the sheath. At least none of the flowers examined by me show any elongation of the filament, nor does Mr. Black mention anything of that kind. The female flower was first described by Ascherson in 18761 from a flower received from F. v. Müller. I quote the description, as the journal in
. Dansk botanisk arkiv. Plants; Plants -- Denmark. 26 Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2. Nr. 6. of the anthers is about 5—6 mm (the appendages excepted). The whole male flower is sheltered by the sheath of the uppermost leaf, and it seems as if it never extends itself out of the sheath, but opens while surrounded by the sheath. At least none of the flowers examined by me show any elongation of the filament, nor does Mr. Black mention anything of that kind. The female flower was first described by Ascherson in 18761 from a flower received from F. v. Müller. I quote the description, as the journal in which it was published is difficult to get: "Baron F. v. Müller sandte freundlichst ein Exemplar, von Mrs. Beal in Loutitt Bay west- lich von Melbourne gesammelt, an dem er einen Fig. 13. Cym. ant- weiblichen Blütenstand bemerkt hatte. Unser bSbJT Tran? berühmter Landsmann hatte bereits gesehen, verse section of the dass sie, dem Charakter von Cymodocea ent- "Ho/^afsiLet0"1 sPrechend> aus zwei neben einander stehenden Carpellen bestehe, deren Griffellamelle sich, wie an diesem Exemplar zu erkennen, nahe über der Basis in zwei Aeste theilt. Die Blüthe bildet, wie bei C. ciliata und den Arten der Section Phycagrostis, den terminalen Abschluss eines Laub- zweiges, dessen äussere (an dem vorliegenden Exemplar beschä- digte) Blätter von den gewöhnlichen Laubblättern nicht ab- zuweichen scheinen". This description is correct in the main points, but not ex- haustive. The next time we hear about the female reproductive organs, a very interesting discovery was made. At the request of F. v. Müller and Ascherson, Mr. I. G. 0. Tepper studied the plant at Ardrossan (York Peninsula, South Australia) and pub- lished some papers on it in the Royal Soc. of South Australia2. According to Black (1913), it seems as if Tepper had not found the young female flower, but only what he considered to be the female propagative organ. From his observations he draws the
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