Petkie. — On the F ioicering-plants of Oiago. 683 



last station only a peculiar variety, identical with Cheese- 

 man's C. cinnamomea, occurs. 



Cabex pseudocypeeus, Br.— Not rare in swamps of E., C, 

 and S. Inch-Clutha; Catlin's ; Waipori ; Lake Wakatipu. 

 Ascends to 2,000ft. 



Cabex flava, L. — Not rare in wet stations throughout. 

 Otago Heads ; Catlin's ; Maniototo Plain ; Lake Wanaka. 

 Ascends to 3,000ft, at Clarke's Diggings. 



Carex breviculmis, Br. — Common in dry open stations. 

 Saddle Hill ; Flagstaff Hill ; &c. Ascends to 4,000ft. on 

 Mount St. Bathan's, &c. 



Cabex trifida, Cavaiiilles. — Rather rare on the E. and S. 

 coasts. Otago Harbour ; Hooper's Inlet ; Catlin's ; Stew- 

 art Island. 



Carex neesiana, Endl. — Not rare in the E. and S. ; much 

 more rare in C. and N. Dunedin ; Otago Heads; Cat- 

 lin's ; Horse Range ; Roxburgh ; &c. 



Carex dissita, Solander. — Not uncommon in wet forest and 

 open valleys of E. and S. ; rarer in N.W. Dunedin; 

 Catlin's; Invercargill ; Macrae's (1,800ft.) ; Lakes Wanaka 

 and Wakatipu. 



Carex buchanani, Berggren. — Common in the Upper Clutha 

 basin and the W. ; rare in the E. Lake Waihola ; Bal- 

 clutha ; Cromwell ; Lake Te Anau ; &c. 



Carex dipsacea, Berggren. — Not uncommon in pools and 

 shallow lagoons of E., E. central, and S. districts. Wai- 

 kouaiti ; Maniototo Plain ; Manuherikia Plain ; Waipahi ; 



Lumsden ; &c. 



Cabex comans, Berggren. — Not rare in drier open uplands of 

 E. central district. Waipori ; Hyde ; Kyeburn Creek ; 

 &c. My C. cheesevianii is doubtless a form of this. Berg- 

 gren's figure, which I had before me when the latter was 

 described, is not at all characteristic of the prevailing 

 Otago forms of the species. 



Cabex lagopina, Wahl. — Not rare in lofty mountains of W. 

 andN.W.,at4,000ft.-6,000ft. Hector Mountains ; moun- 

 tains east of Mount Aspiring ; head of Lake Wakatipu ; &c. 

 My C. loarkcri is the same plant. I have lately found this 

 at the sources of Broken River, Canterbury. 



Carex kaloides, Petrie. — Common in the upper Taieri basin ; 

 more rare in the Clutha basin. Balclutha ; Strath Taieri ; 

 Maniototo Plain ; St. Bathan's ; Speargi'ass Flat ; &c 

 Ascends to 2,000ft. 



