90 
Sorrpus setaceus L, Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 73 ; Schum. & Laut. 195. 
Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, open marsh by ¢ lake where boggy, 7000’. FI. 
Dec. 5973. ; 
Distrib. New Guinea (N.E.). Widely distributed in the Old World, 
temperate and alpine. 
Criapium FaLcatum OC. B. Clarke MS. ex Rid]. in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, 
Bot. ix. (1916) 243. | 
Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, common in open marsh and edge of forest by 
9? lake, 7000’. FI. Dec. 5924. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss). 
‘LADIUM GERMANICUM Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. 75, t. 5. £. 7. 
Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, by open beach of 9 lake, 7000’. Fl. Dee. 
5902. 
I%strib, Temperate and subtropical regions. 
CLADIUM ARFAKENSE Rendle, sp. nov. 
Caulis sub-compressus, in parte superiore bractea longe vaginante indutus. Folia 
e basi caulis specimine 2 super basin vaginantem teretia, pungentia, exteriore caulem 
et paniculam excedens. Panicula contermino obovata, sublete brunnea, densa, 
ramosa, ramis ascendentibus e bracteis acuminatis oriundis. Spicule plurime 
sessiles, oblonge, pluriflore. Glume membranacex, rubro-brunnee, ovate, sub- 
obtuse, 3 inferiores vacuz, breviter mucronate, superiores sepe 5 quisque florem 
% includens. Stamina 3; connectivum super antheram anguste lineari-lanceolatam 
breviter aristatum. Stylus filiformis prope medium in ramis 8 ciliolatis solutus. 
Te eee 
Hab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, edge of open sandy beach by 2? lake, 
7000’. FI. Dee. 5901.—Abundant in open marsh by ? lake. FI. Fr. 
5561. 
Stem with panicle 5-5 em. high, 3-2 mm. thick, invested in the upper 
third by a long sheathing bract with a short blade; outer leaf nearly 9 em. 
long, the loosely sheathing lower portion about 1 dm. long, the terete blade 
about 2 mm. in diameter at the middle. Panicle 7 em. long, 4 cm. broad, 
the lowest bract somewhat foliaceous, 5 em. long, linear-lanceolate and 
tapering above the short sheathing base ; upper bracts similar, but progres- 
sively and rapidly shorter. Lowest branch 5°5 em. long, the upper shorter. 
Spikelets about 5 cm. long; empty glumes 3°5-4 mm. long, upper glumes 
each subtending a % flower, up to 4°5 mm. long. Stamens 5 mm. long, the 
flat ribbon-like filament 2 mm. 
A very distinct species, characterized by its broad dense panicle and 
numerous-flowered spikelets, 
