2G0 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA 



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apicein dorse alljido-pilosis, 275 mm. long, ; Jlore masculo : sepalis 3 spathu- 

 latis obtusis dorso sub apico breviter niveo-piloso 2 mm. long, ; pelalis in 

 tubum, apice in lobes 3 ciliolatos gland ula fusca parva insfructos divisum 

 connutis ; aidherU 6 nigris ; Jlore fccmineo : scpalls 3 ovatis acutis v^ddo 

 carinatis, dor^o pilosis 2 mm. long. ; petaVis 3 oblancoolatis, apice [>ilosIs et 

 glandula fusca ornatis ; sepalis paullo longioribus ; stigmatilus filiformibus. 



Plainc des Lacs ; submerged in streams and marshes ; serpontino; 800 ft. 

 3r)8. Feb. 



Near Fj. neocaledonica Sclilecbter, but apparently a larger plant with 

 smaller heads^ and differing in the form of the floral bracts and sepals. The 

 [oaves iMid peduncle are covered with diatoms and the threads of a Clado^ 

 2)hora^ g^^yn\g the appearance of hairiness. 



GYPERACEyE. 



PvCREUS POLYSTACHVUS Beauv. Noumea ; roadside ditches. 3K R. Dum- 

 boa; moist places^ ditches, and wet pastures; serpentine; 50 ft. 403. 

 Widely distril>uted. 



V^ar. LAXiFLOKA Renth. Monac ; edge of freshwater pool ; 50 ft. 2354, 

 Widely distributed. 



Mariscus cyperinus Yahl, var, venu>stus C\ B. Clarke {^Cyperus remistus 

 Porst.), Dumbea ; abundant in moist pastures ami ditches; serpentine; 

 50 ft. 40G. Polynesia. 



Cyperus rotundus L. Noumea; roadside ditches. 220. Widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Kyllinga BREViFOLtA Kottb. Noumea j roadside ditches. 34. Widely 

 distributed. 



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K. MON^ocEPiiAEA Rottb. Tgnambi ; forest-path; gneiss; 2000-3500 ft. 

 1570. Widely distributed. 



Eleocharis plantaginea R. Br. Ansc Vata, Noumea; rreslnvat<^r 

 swamps, sea-leveh 79. Old World tropics. 



Fjmbristylis ^stivalts A^ahl. Monac; edge of freshwater pool; 50 ft. 

 2355. Widely distributed. 



F, COMPLANATA Link. Taom; stream banks; serpentine; 2000 ft. 22i^'d. 

 All warm regions. 



P. DiPHYLLA Valil. Noumea ; roadside ditches. 95. Dumbca; abundant 

 in moist places. 405. All warm regions. 



F. FERKUGINEA Vahh Port Ngea^ Noumea; margin of salt-marsh. '4. 

 Noumea; wet ditches in town, 38. All warm regions. 



