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distantly branched, bearing pedunculate or sessile, dense, compound fascicles of red-brown spikelets, surrounded
with broad spathaceous bracts. Siamens three; filameuts not elongated. Ovary trigonous, compressed, with a large,
swollen, acute top, which is puberulous.—The spathes distinguish this species, which is a common Austrahan and
Tasmanian plant.
2. Cladium teretifoUum, Br. ? culmo tereti striato, foliis teretibus striatis apice subulatis caulinis
abbreviatis, panicula ramosa subcoarctata, spiculis fasciculatis sub-2-íloris squamis castaneis late ovatis
ciliatis aristatis, nuce túrgida suberosa rugosa apice incrassata cuspidata.—Dr. Proclr. p . 237 ? Schoenus
strictissimus. Banks et Sol. MSS.
H ab . Northern Island. Opuragi, Banks and Solander. Bay of Islands, frequent in marshes, Oun-
ningham, Sinclair, etc.
In foliage like C. glomeratum, but the panicle is rather dense, 2-5 inches long, oblong, much branched, dark
chesnut-brown, of many crowded fascicles of spikelets, which have no conspicuous spathaceous bracts. Nut with
a corky furrowed surface, aud cuspidate swelling at top—as is probably the case with the two former species.—If
this be Mr. Brown’s plant, it is also a native of Australia.
3. Cladium articnlatum,By.; culmo tereti striato folioso, foliis teretibus subulatis articulatis, panicula
decomposita effusa.— Br. Prodr.
H ab . Northern Island. Lake Eotoetara, Colenso.
My specimens are very imperfect. Tops of the culms, in one specimen, as thick as a pencil, spongy, striated,
fistulöse, disjointed, terminated by large effuse nodding panicles. In auother specimen the top of the culm has
very close-set joints, and a young lateral panicle. Spikelets fascicled, three-fiowered, longer than tbe awned bracteæ.
Scales subaristate, scabrous at the back. Ovajp with a large bulbous apex.
Gen. XI. VIXCENTIA, Gaud.
Spicula l-3-floræ, monospermæ. Squama undique imbricatæ, pleræque vacuæ. Stamina 3 ; filamentis
post anthesin elongatis. Seta v. squamula hypogynæ 0. Ovarium pedicellatum, utrinque attenuatum.
L m Crustacea, trigona, basi styli simplice inarticulata, puberula, cuspidata, pedicello basi incrassato stipata.
Herba elata, 8-ö-pedalis j culmo compresso, lavissimo, folioso j foliis obcompressis, complanatis, gladiatis,
equitantilrus, acuminatis, marginibus lavissimis ; panicula ampia, decomposita, nutante, hi
teata, ramulis gracilibus basi spathaceis; spiculis fasciculatis, fasciculis bracteatis; bracteis
submembranaceis, puberulis, in f mis aristatis dorso scaberulis.
The few known species of this genus inhabit chiefly the Cape of Good Hope and the Pacific Islands.— V.
anceps has the flat leaves and habit of Lepidosperma, simple, acuminate, not bulbous-topped nut of Cladium Mariscus,
and the long filaments of Lampocarya. It is a tall marsh-plant, with flattened leafy culms, several feet high and
i inch broad, their edges blunt. Leaves equitant, striate, nearly an inch broad, quite flat ; edges sharp, quite even,
not cutting. Panicle soft, a foot long, very much branched, nodding ; with a flat, sheathing spathe. Branches
fascicled, arising from sheathing spathes, drooping, very many-flowered. Spikelets small, fascicled, pale brown.
Bracts aud lower scales avraed, all slightly downy, striated, rough at the back. Mowers about three, one only
bearing stamens and also ripening fruit. Filaments three, those of the fertile flower much elongated. Nut small,
trigonous, much narrowed at both ends, below into a pedicel, which is bulbous at the base ; above into a cuspidate
puberulous point ; pericarp crustaceous, mottled with red. (Name in honour of the late Col. Bory de St. Vincent,
an eminent French botanist.)
1. Aincentia anceps. Hook. fil. Scirpus anceps. Banks et Sol. MSS.
H ab . Northern Island; marshes, not uncommon. East Coast and interior, Banks
Colenso. Auckland, Sinclair.
Gen. X II. LAMPOCARYA, Br.
Spiculæ 1-floræ ; squamæ undique imbricatæ. Setæ v. squamvM hypogynæ 0. Stamina 3-6 ; filamentis
post anthesin plerumque elongatis. Nux filamentis staminum elongatis suspensa, ossea, nitens, supeme
incrassata, obtusa v. sæpius styli basi cuspidata, nucleo non v. obscure transversim rugoso.
Generally rigid, harsh, leafy Sedges, with large panicles and cutting leaves ; natives of Australia, Tasmania, and
New ZzHaxA.— Spikelets one-flowered, with many scales imbricated on aU sides. Stumxns three to six, filaments
elongated. Bristles 0. Nut hanging to the long filaments, hard, bony, shining, very thick, especiaUy at the top ;
seed not conspicuously transversely wrinkled. (Name from XxtpTro), to shine, and Kapvov, a nut.)
§ a. Filaments three, not elongated after flowering.
1. Lampocarya affinis, Brong.; culmo robusto folioso angulato scaberulo foliis convolutis ngidia
asperulis breviore, pauicula elongata erecta folioso-bracteata ramis paucis erectis, spiculis fastigiatis pallidis
bracteolis longe aristatis sæpius brevioribus, squamis subbifariam imbricatis dorso marginibusque ciliolatis
extimis aristatis, filamentis 3 vix elongatis, stylis 3, nuce ovata acuminata atra miiàa.— Brmigniart in
Duperrey Voyage. ìsiordoiia G^YÙæîovmis, Gaud, in Freyc, Voy. p . 419. t. 28. A. Rich. Flor. A. Cunn.
Prodr. Schoenus arenarius. Banks et Sol.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands; on hills, common. Banks and Solander, ete.
Very nearly allied to the M. Gaudichaudii of the Sandwich Islands, but the nut is smaller and less turgid.—
Culms 8-18 inches, obtusely angled, rough, much shorter than the very long, narrow, rigid, convolute, striated
leaves, which are rough to the touch. Panicle 3-6 inches high, narrow, erect, with long leafy bracts. Branches
erect, few together, with fascicles of bracteolate, pale spikelets ; bracteoles and outer scales awned, inner acuminate.
Filaments tliree, scarcely lengthened after flowering. Nut narrow ovate ; when young turgid, with three thick pale
ribs ; when old black, shining, cuspidate, grooved down one side.
2. Lampocarya tenax, Hook, fil.; culmo gracillimo tereti lævi striato subaphyUo v. 1-foliato, folio
elongato subulato culmo æquilongo, vagiuis paucis lamina erecta brevi subulata terminatis, pamcula
elongata gracili pauciflora, bracteis longe vaginatis acuminatis v. lamina subulata donatis, rainis strictis
elongatis, spiculis subalternis pallidis, bracteolis striatis aristatis, squamulis convolutis late ovatis striatis
subcai’inatis aristatis dorso marginibusque ciliolatis, stigmatibus filamentisque tribus vix elongatis, nuce
ovata utrinque obtusa obscure trigona fiavo-bruunea nitida basi apiceque atra.—Schoenus tenas, Banks et
Sol. MSS.
H a b . Northern Island; Opnrago aud Tolaga, Banks and Solander ; Bay of Islands, R. Cunningham ;
Auckland, Sinclair.
Culms 2-3 feet high, very slender, terete, striate, quite smooth. Sheaths one or two, l i - 2 inches long, with
short subulate laminæ. Panicle very slender, erect, pale, few-flowered, 4-8 inches long. Branches few, slender,
arising from sheathing bracts. Spikelets scattered towaids the tops of the branches, 2 lines long; bracteolæ and
scales broad, convolute, awned. Nut small, ovate, blunt, 1 line loug, with three obscure, convex, yeliow-brown,
polished sides, aud black base and top, attached to the three scarcely lengthened filaments.
§ b. Filaments four, elongated after flotcering.
8. Lampocarya lacera, A. Rich. ; culmo tereti valido folioso Hx scaberulo, foliis lævibus longissimis
plauis convolutisve in setas longissimas capillares desiuentibus culmo brevioribus, panicula deusiflora elongata
foliosa, bracteis longissimis apice filiformibus, spiculis alternis sessibbus, bracteis squamisque exterioribus
late ovatis ai-istatis intimis acutis, filamentis 4 elougatis, nuce obscure 3-gona elliptico-ovata atra intus
obscure transverse rugosa.—J . Rich. Flor. A. Cunn. Prodr. Schoenus melanocarpus, Banks ei Sol. MSS.
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