ili
oblongo V. siibrotundo-ovatis biconvexis enerviis v. obsolete nervosis squamam ovatam subæquantibus,
stigmatibus 2. BooU, MSS.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islauds ; not uncommon in marshes.
A ferge, very coarse, rigid, wiry, cutting Sedge, whose culms and roots form tussocks 2-4 feet high and a
toot in diameter, m bogs. Ouhm 2-3 feet high, very slender, especially above, scabrid to the touch, sliarply angled.
Spikes very long, often nodding, branched below, with long lower branches that bear spikelets towards their ends.
leaves harsh, keeled, l i line broad.
8. Carex virgata, Sol. ; spica elongata subsesqmpedali angusta basi ramosa, ramis oblongis appressis
inæqualibus omnino spiculiferis, infimis nuGs v. longe setaceo-bracteatis, perigyniis snbcordato-ovatis deiiti-
culatis utnnque nervatis plano-convexis squamam ovatam sæpe ciliolatam rigidam subæquantibus. Boott,
MSS. C. virgata. Banks et Sol. MSS. C. collata, BooU in Lond. .Tourn. Bot. v. 3 .* . 447.
H a b . Throughout the Islands ; common in woods. Banks and Solander, eto.
A coarse Sedge, resembling C. secta, but a native of woods, with much broader (2-3 lines broad) leaves, of a
more grassy textm-e, and strongly nerved plano-convex perigynia.
§ c. Spikes unisexual, or all, or the lower only, with male flowers below.
* Stigmas two. Spikes unisexual.
9. Carex subdola, Boott; spicis 5-7 sexu distinctis cylindraceis erectis solitariis v. geminatis,
masculis 1-3, terminali longiore, infima cum spica foeminea geminata, foemineis 3-4 solitariis v. supremis
geminatis longissime bracteatis, superioribus approximatis sessilibus sæpe apice mascubs, infima remota v.
radicali vaginata, perigyniis ovGibus rostellatis ore integro nervosis stipitatis squama obloiiga emarginata
hispido-aristata v. mutica longioribus v. subæquantibus, stigmatibus 2. Boott in Linn. Soc. Trans, v 2Ü
* . 142.
H a b . Northern Island; woods and moist places. Bay of Islands, Ck/lenso, ete.
A slender species, 2-3 feet high, with narrow, grassy, smooth leaves, and trigonous culm that bears five to
seven shortly peduneled, cylindrical, dark brown spikes ; the latter are erect, solitary or two together, an inch long,
and subtended by very long leafy bracts.
10. Carex ternaria, Forst.; spicis 15-24 sexu distinctis cylindraceis multifloris evagiuatis, U 1-6
inferioribus geminatis, ? 8-18 geminatis ternatisve raro quinatis, superioribus sæpe apice masculis inæqualiter
longe pedunculatis pendulis longissime bracteatis, perigyniis subrotundo-ovatis v. ellipticis obovatisve
ore integro v. emarginato nervosis ferrugineo-puuctatis squama ovata v. lanceolata truncata v, emarginata
rarius acuta longe hispido-aristata brevioribus, stigmatibus 2. Boott, MBS. Forst. Prodr. C.
geminata, SchJcuhr, Car. v. 75. C. polystachya, A. Rich. Flor. p . 111. t. 21. Fl. Antarct. p . 89.
H a b . Throughout the Islands, abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat. name, “ Eautahi," Col.
A large and very variable species, 2-4 feet high, with broad, slightly rough, grassy leaves, very long leafy
bracts, and veiy numerous, pendulous, stalked, long and slender, or short and thick, black or green, cylindrical spikes.
Flowm's very dense, m th spreading, long, hispid awns to the scales.—It is a native of Lord Auckland’s Group.
11. Carex testacea, Sol.; spicis 4 sexu distinctis contiguis, ^ cylindrica gracili, ? 3 ovatis oblongisve
bracteatis infima brevi inserte pedunculata, perigyniis ovalibus vix rostellatis bifidis plano-convexis nervosis
superne margine serratis apice purpureis lucidis basi pallidis squama emarginata hispido-aristata fcrrugineo-
punctulata medio pallida trinervi brevioribus angustioribusque,stigmatibus 2. Boobt,MSS. Banks et Sol.MSS.
H a b . Northern Island; Tigadu, Banks and Solander ; Kuckhnà, Sinclair.
Culms filiform, a span to a foot bigh. Brads very long and slender. Male spikes 7-13 lines long, 1 line
broad; females an inch long, robust, i inch broad, nearly sessile, pale yellow-brown.
** Sligmas hoo. Spikes all, or one lower only (rarely none), male helow.
12. Carex Raoulii, Boott ; spicis 4 -6 approximatis sessilibus, terminali longiore basi magis con-
spicue mascula, reliquis ovatis oblongisve ima basi masculis bracteatis, perigyniis ellipticis obovatisve
rostellatis bifidis compressis serratis purpureis crebre pallideque nervosis inter ñervos scabris squama pallida
emarginata bispido-cuspidata trinervi brevioribus angustioribusque, stigmatibus 3. Boott, MSS.
H ab . Middle Island ; Akaroa,
Qidm slender, almost filiform, 1-1^ foot bigh. Leaves grass-like, 2 lines broad. Brads few, long and leafy.
Terminal spikes 1 -lg inch long, often male from below the middle; the rest shorter, 3 lines in diameter, stout,
shortly peduneled, pale brown. Achenium lenticular.
13. Carex lucida, Boott; spicis 5-8 erectis, masculis 1-3 suprema elongata gracili, ? 3-5 ferrugiueo-
purpureis, superioribus sessilibus sæpe abbreviatis, inferioribus remotis longe exserte pedunculatis bractea-
tisque basi laxifloris rarius ima basi masculis, perigyniis ovatis rostratis eUipticisve bifidis lucidis atro-
purpureis basi rostroque pallidis rarius margine scabriusculis biconvexis obsolete nervosis coriaceis squama
acuta V. obtusa rarius emarginata ciliata bispido-cuspidata firma purpureo-ferruginea nervo paUido longioribus
brevioribusve, stigmatibus 3. Boott, MSS. C. pulla, Sol. MSS. non Good.
IIa b . Northern Island; in grassy places, frequent. Banks and Solander, etc.
A slender, but harsh, wiry species, growing in dense tufts, shghtly scabrid to the touch, with culms 2 - 3 feet
high, much shorter than the narrow keeled leaves, and very long, leaf-like bracts. Spikes erect, four to eight ; the
upper very shortly stalked ; lower distant, stalked, of a rusty purple colour ; upper male, slender, lower with sometimes
a few male flowers at the base.
*** Stigmas three. Spikes unisexual.
14. Carex brevieulmis, Br. ; spicis sexu distinctis parvis contiguis sessilibus albo-midibus, ¿ solitaria,
? 2 -4 sæpe apice masculis bracteatis, perig^miis ellipticis triquetris utriuque subattenuatis emarginatis
nervosis viridibus pubescentibus squama alba nervo viridi ovata longe cuspidata brevioribus, stigmatibus 3.
-Boott, 3ÍSS. C. brevieulmis, Br. Prodr. (Tab. L X III. A.)
H ab . Northern Island; Bay of Islands, East Coast, and interior, in grassy places, Colemo, etc.
A short, very densely tufted, leafy species, nearly smooth to the touch. Culms very short, 1 - 3 inches higli,
stout, the pale-greeu spikes liidden amongst the leaves, which are numerous, 2-10 inches long, curved, broad and
grass-bke, 1 - 2 lines uude. Spikes few, sessile, obloug, close together ; male solitary ; females 2—t in number, 4 - 5
lines long, 2 broad, often male towards tbe apex, bracteate; bracts leafy.— This is also a native of Port Jackson.—
P l a t e LXIII. A. Fig. 1 , female spike; 2 , scale; 3 , perigynium; 4 , achenium:—all magnijied.
15. Carex fascicidaris, Sol.; spicis 5 sexu distinctis cyliiidricis pedunculatis, sobtaria, Ç quatuor
olivaceo-viridibus nutantibus longissime bracteatis sæpe apice sterilibus evaginatis nisi infima interdum
radicali longe exserte pedunculata, perigyniis ovatis obtuse triquetris cybndrico-rostratis bicuspidatis longe
stipitatis costato-nervosis squama lineari v. lanceolata hispido-aristata castanea medio pallida scabra cibata
subæquilata brevioribus v. æquantibus, stigmatibus 3. BooU, MSS. C. pseudo-cyperus, Br. Prodr. non
Linn.
Var. /3. minor ; spicis 3 sessilibus. C. fascicularis, Sol. 3ISS.
H ab . Northern aud Middle Islauds; common in moist woods, etc.. Banks and Solander, etc.
This forms large tufts of long, soft, pale green, grassy foliage, like the C. pseudo-cyperus of Europe, which it
closely resembles.—Culms 2 - 3 feet high, quite smooth, as well £is the leaves, which are as loug or longer, and nearly
g iuch broad. Spikes about five, drooping, pale green, pendulous, the lower ou a long slender peduncle ; variable
in length, 1-4- inches long, pale green, rather squarrose from the spreading awus of tbe scales. Bracts veiy long
aud leafy.—This species is also found in New Holland and Tasmania.