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13. C. Novae Selandiae n. sp. 
Rhizomate brevissimo duro, fibrillis validis purpurascenti- 
bus hirtellis; culmo strieto subsemipedali firmo, semilineam 
diam. triquetro latere uno canaliculato, superne ad angulos sub- 
tiliss. dentato, basi folioso; foliis confertissimis pallide viridibus 
erectis rigidis culmo plerisgue multo longioribus (ad 12—13 poll. 
long.) perlonge angustato-acuminatis acute carinatis medio planis 
ibique 2 lin. latis, margine dentato-scabris; vaginis fissis, plır- 
purascentibus margine tenui-membranaceo reticulato-fissis, in- 
fimis brevissimis efoliatis; spieulis 5, superioribus 4 in apice 
culmi confertis, infima distante c. sequenti incluse breviter pe- 
dunculata, reliquis fere sessilibus: mascula lineari angusta 5—6 
lin. longa °®/, lin. lata, foemineis erectis stramineo-viridulis eylin- 
draceis obtusis densifloris (maturis) 9—6 lin. long. 2'/, lin. lat., 
infimis 3 longe foliaceo-brateatis; squamis membranaceis testa- 
ceis difformibus: masculis oblongis longe hispido-cuspidatis, 
foemineis minoribus ovalibus aristato-cuspidatis, cuspide his- 
pidulo; utrieulis sexfariis viridulis coriaceo-rigidis 2—2'/, lin. 
long. ovalibus ima basi contractis, trigonis v. plano-convexis 
sensim in rostrum breviusculum reetum ore acute bifidum at- 
tenuatis, plurinerviis subtiliterque dense striolatis laevibus; cary- 
opsi laxe inclusa utrieuli dimidium vix superante late ovali 
triangula ima basi attenuata, apiculata, celluloso-reticulata testa- 
cea. — Ex affin. ©, flavae. — (Vidi in hb. reg. Berolin.) 
Nova Selandia: Haast. 
14. C. elata Lowe. 
Rhizomate brevissimo, fibrillis rigidulis; culmo ad 4 ped, 
alto triangulo laevi medio subsesquilineam in diametro apicem 
versus satis attenuato, basi folioso; foliis pallide viridibus culmo 
brevioribus 4—3 lin. lat, margine carinulaque serrulato-scabris; 
ligula oppositifolia membranacea brevi ac lata obtusa; spieulis 
numerosis castaneo-ferrugineis elongatis inaequalibus 3—2—1 poll, 
long. cylindraceis, suprema mascula solitaria, reliquis andro- 
gynis apice masculis subquinato-fascienlatis subsessilibus, omni- 
bus nutantibus laxifloris; fascieulis inserte pedunculatis bractea 
foliacea elongata angusta munitis; squamis menibranaceis pur- 
pureo-ferrugineis, margine pallidioribus, ovato-lanceolatis his- 
pido-aristatis, masculis apice obtusiusculo subemarginatis, foe- 
mineis acutatis; utriculis rigidulis squama aristata parum brevi- 
oribus 2'/, lin. eirc. long. viridibus obovatis trigonis leviter 
compressis rostratis valide nervatis laevibus ore bifidis. 
