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3. CAEEX, Mich. 



1. Carex ternaria, Forst.; spicis 9-10 cylindraceis acutis pedunculatis alteniis evaginatis ferrugineis 

 longissime foliaceo-bracteatis simplicibus gerninatisque, mascuks 3—4 remotiuscuks, fcemineis 5-6 geminatis 

 unica solum simpKci, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis {peradolescentibus) oblongis ore integro squama lanceolata 

 acuta v. obtusa ferruginea longe bispido-aristata multeities brevioribus. Boott, MSS. C. ternaria, Sol. MSS., 

 Forst. Prodi: uo. 519. C. gerninata, Sckku/ir, Curie, p. 83. no. 51. Tab. IF. 8f P. p. A. Cunn. Prodi: 

 Flat: Nov. Zel. in Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2. p. 373. 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; on the margins of woods near the sea, but not common, growing with 

 the C. trifida. 



Culm/us bipedalis et ultra, basi foliorum rudimentis purpuras lanceolatis, ad margines lacerato-reticidatis tectus, 

 firmus, apice gracilis, triqueter, scaber ; pars spicas gerens pedalis. Folia 3—1 liu. lata, culmo longiora, carina rnar- 

 gimbusque scabra. Bractea foliacese, longissima?, evaginatse, superiores setacea;, spicis suis (nisi 2 supremis nias- 

 culis) longiores. Spica? 2-2-i- poll, longas, 1|— 2 lin. lata?, altemae ; supremae 3^< maseuke, simplices ; reliquae 

 fcemineae, 2 superiores geminates, inferior simplex ; vel infima superioresque geniinatse, una media simplex. Pedtui- 

 cnli triquetri, scabri, 1-2 poll, longi. Squama ferruginese, obtnsae v. acuta?, nervo viridi in aristam plus minus 

 longam serratam producto. Perigynium immaturum. — Boott. 



For the above description I am indebted to Dr. Boott, who has most kindly given me the aid of his great skill 

 and experience in determining such species of this fine genus as were collected during the voyage. With his sanc- 

 tion I have retained Banks and Solander's manuscript name of this plant, as adopted by Forster in his Prodromus, 

 and which was changed by Schkuhr into geminata, certainly without sufficient authority, and of which he says, 

 " Cette plante me parvint sous le nom de C. ternaria, mais ne trouvant rien en elle qui ait quelque rapport avec ce 

 nom, je me sms era fon.de a douter que ce soit la plante que Forster indique," &c. M. Schkukr's specimens seem 

 to have been in a very imperfect state, but given him from Forster's herbarium. Our own entirely agree with 

 those preserved in the British Museum. It appears to be rather a common plant in many parts of New Zealand. 



2. Carex trifida, Cav.; spicis 6-10 oblongo-cylindraceis obtusis alternis breviter vaginatis ferrugineis 

 longissime foliaceo-bracteatis soktariis, masculis 2—1 sessilibus approximatis, foemineis 5-6 breviter pedun- 

 culatis, stigmatibus 3, squamis lineari-oblongis integris v. apice trifidis segmento intermedio in aristam sub- 

 ulatam liispidam producto, perigyniis pedicellatis obovato-oblongis longe rostratis, rostro bidentato. C. trifida, 

 Cavanilles Icones, vol. v. p. 41. t. 465. Brong. Foy. de la Coqitille, Bot. Phan. p. 158. JFilld. Sp. PI. v. 4. 

 p. 301. Spr. Sj/st. Feg. v. 3. p. 829. C. iucrassata, Banks and Sol. MSS. in Bill. Banks. C. aristata, 

 HUrv. Fl. Lis. Mai. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Paris, vol. iv. p. 599. Gaud, in Freyc. Foy. Bot. p. 131. 



Hab. Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island ; by the margins of the woods near the sea in 

 moist places. 



Rhizomata densissime congesta et intertexta, ca?spites convexos, supra terram elatos, 1-2 pedales diametr. 

 formantia, crassitudine pollicis humanse, inclinata v. prostrata, fnsca, fibras crassas, diametr. pennse anatinse demit - 

 tentia, et in fibras subsimiles desinentia. Culmi 15-30 v. phues, fascicidati, erecti, 2-1 pedales, copiosissime foliosi, 

 glaberrimi, basi crassi, una cum vaginis folioruni |— 1 unc. diametr., triquetri, reliquiis pallidis vaginisque scariosis 

 ssepe laceris fohorum vetustonun obtecti, supeme graciles, inclinati, pars spicas gerens 1— 1-j pedalis. Folia plu- 

 rima, circiter 12-20 quotas culmo, longe vaginantia, valde elongata, cuhuiun longe superantia, 3-5 pedalia, diffusa, 

 flexuosa, supra medium curvata et pendula, gradatim in apicem trigonmn filiformem hispidurn producta, profunde 

 striata, rigida, kete viridia, subtus pallidiora, subglaucescentia, ad costam subtus prominentem marginesque recurvas 

 scabrido-ciHata, inferne carinata, superne medio per totam longitudinem canaUculata. Vagina fohorum inferiorum 



