HEMICAREX AND ITS ALLIES. 395 
Handb. New Zeal. Fl. 309; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 434, non 
A. Rich.—U. divaricata, Boott! in Hook. f. Fl. New Zeal. i. 
p. 286.—Carex compacta, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. ii. p. 282. 
Culmi 5-20 cm., trigoni, basim versus plurifoliati. Folia 
longa 6-12 cm., rigidiuscula, lata 2-3 mm., subconcava, mar- 
ginibus vix ineurvatis, eulmis ssepius multo breviora, interdum 
longiora. Spice longs 22 cm., lato 6 mm. Bractew longs 
9 mm., subacute, ima acuta aut nervo excurrente spicam spe 
superans, subeastanes, in dorso virides 1-nervie, in marginibus 
vix scariose. Utriculi longi 5-6 mm., acuti, densiusculi, fructus 
tempore divaricati. Filamenta linearia. 
Tasmania: flum. Derwent (R. Brown, n. 6073) ; Mons Wel- 
lington (Gunn, n. 1408), &e. Neo-Zealandia (Zravers; Dr. 
Lyall). Terra Kerguelen (Eaton; Moseley). Ins. Amsterdam 
(De l Isle, n. 34). 
D. nervosa (sp., Boott ! in Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. p. 102, t. 153 A): 
spicis paullo angustioribus, squamis pallidioribus minus acutis, 
in dorso 3-nerviis aut plicatis, in margine distinetius scariosis. 
Tasmania (Gunn). Australia: Victoria, Mont. Baw-Baw, 
alt. 1000 metr. (F. Mueller), Neo-Zealandia: in valle Clarence 
(Heeton in Mus. Brit.). 
y. viridis; bracteis multo minus densis,viridibus.—U. Hookeri?, 
Colenso MS.—U. compacta B, Boott MS.—U. compacta, var. di- 
varicata, Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. p. 309, partim, non U. 
divaricata, Boott. 
Folia culmum longe superantia. Forsan melius cum U. rupestri 
conjungenda. 
Neo-Zealandia (Colenso, n. 1640). 
ò. elongata; culmis 34 dm., laxis; foliis elongatis, culmum 
superantibus; spica (quam U. compacte typic®) angustiore; 
bracteis pallidioribus viridescentibus. 
Ins. Amsterdam (De 7 Isle, n. 55). 
15. U. Kwen (R. Br.! MS. ; Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. ii. 
P- 370, tab. 145): parva; spicis ovatis, densis, capitatis, subpau- 
cifloris ; bracteis oblongis, acutis, castaneis, quam utriculi multo 
brevioribus; utriculis lanceolatis, apice attenuatis, lineari-cylin- 
dricis; seta brevissime uncinata.—Desv. in Gay, Chile, vi. p. 232. 
Culmi 5 em., stricti, rigidiusculi, foliati. Folia culmis lon- 
giora aut breviora, tenuia, plana, lata 14 mm. Spice circiter 
lem. diam. Bractew 5 mm., in dorso pallidiores, subuniuervim, 
