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Hypolaena (Restionaceae) 4b:40    
Tasmania has one species of Hypolaena (H. fastigiata). It is common native herb in both wet and dry heath. It is a more-or-less typical member of Restionaceae, with erect stems bearing several scarious bracts, and terminal inflorescences of spikelets. It has sinuous, quite often branched stems, rather like Empodisma , but unlike Empodisma, the stems are distinctly glaucous (blue and matt), from a covering of tiny white scales. The stems are usually rather slender. Sporodanthus also has sinuous, glaucous stems but is usually larger and has spikes with only a couple of flowers.
 

 
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