178 
triangulari lateribus convexis subtiliss. punctata flavida, 
styli basi tenui curvata terminata; stigmatibus exsertis 
ferrugineis. 
C. Lambertiana Boott, 65. t. 177. 
Nova Zelandia (Sinclair). 
298. C. australis Link. 
Culmo ‚Ahformi subsesquipedali rigidulo apice sub- 
nutante ibique scabrido, obsolete triangulari striato superne 
nudo; foliis basilaribus....; spieula parva pallida brevi- 
ter pedunculata oblonga utringue acuta puuciflora 2—21}, 
lin. longa, bractea squamiformi longe cuspidata pallida 
munita, sequentibus 5—4 androgynis infima basi maseulis 
oblongo-eylindraceis obtusis densifloris fuseis 9—5 In. 
longis 11/;—2 lin. erass. superioribus brevioribus ereetis 
breviter peduneulatis pl. m. remotis, inferioribus distanti- 
bus, basi non raro altera multo minore associatis Zonye 
exserte pedunculatis nutantibus; pedunculis capillaribus ob- 
solete trigonis dentato-scabris; bracteis foliaceis vaginan- 
tibus anguste linearibus acute carinatis marginibus revo- 
lutis, longe setaceo-attenuatis, apice triquetris perscabris, 
infima culmo multo breviore (4—3-pollic.), reliquis eum 
excedentibus; squamis pellucido-membranaceis stramineo- 
ferruginescentibus, maseulis oblongis aeuminatis, foemineis 
late ovatis acutato-mucronulatis dorso nervatis; utrieulis 
squamam subaequantibus 11/,—11/, lin. long. spongioso- 
coriaceis atro-purpureis basi albidis lueidis laevibus ovatis 
biconvexis breviter rostratis obsolete nervatis granulatis 
ore bidentatis, dentibus eiliolatis; caryopsi arete inelusa 
orbieulato-obovata basi attenuato-stipitata, irigona grosse 
oa. 
