382 Transact IU71S. 



*Scirpus snlcatus Thouars var. distigmatosa C. B. Clarke. 

 Wainui, in watercourses. 



Scityus nodosus Rottb. [J. B. A.] 



Lyttelton Hills ; Pigeon Bay ; Akaroa. Common in dry water- 

 courses and near the seashore. 



Scirpus cernuus Vahl. 



Salt meadows, Teddington, and elsewhere. 



Scirpus frondosus Banks & Sol. [J. F. A.] 



Sandhills, Sumner and Taylor's Mistake. 



Scirpus americanus Pers. 



Ohinitahi ; Lake EUesmere ; &c. 



Scirpus lacustris Linn. 



Heathcote : B. D. Cross. 



Scirpus maritimus Linn. 



Akaroa : T. Kirk. Lake EUesmere ; Ohinitahi. 



J. B. A. gives also {^)Fimhristylis dicholoma, a very im})roljable 

 inhabitant, being a plant of the warmer portions of the North Lsland : 

 but {^)Cladium teretifoUum may possibly occur. Four species of Gahnia 

 also appear on his list. I have seen none, and if any occur they are 

 by no means common. J. F. A. records {^)Lepidosperma tetragona 

 (= Chidium Vanthiera) : this may possibly occur, but I have not seen 

 it nearer than Mount Grey. 



Cladium glomeratum R. Br. [J. B. A. j 

 Cashmere Valley : A. W. ! 



*Uncinia rubra Boott. 



Abundant, 2.000 ft. and upwards, from Mount Sinclair to Castle 

 Rock. 



Uncinia uncinata (Linn, f.) T. Kirk. [J. B. A.] 

 Common in the forests and elsewhere. 



Uticinia leptostachya Raoul. [J. B. A.] 



Common in the forest, Akaroa (habitat of type). 



Uncinia riparia R. Br. var. Banksii C. B. Clarke. 



Mount Pleasant (det. Petrie). Akaroa : A. W. 



J. B. A. gives also {^)U. ruqiestris. which, being one of Raoul's 

 species, is doubtless an inhabitant of the peninsula ; but after a close 

 search I am unable to find it. I think it unlikely that there are other 

 forms on the peninsula than those listed above. If this be so, then 

 TJ . rupestris of Raoul may be included in one of the forms above, possibly 

 U. riparia var. Banlvsii ; though it is to be admitted that none of my 

 specimens coincide exactly with Raoul's illustration. 



(^nrPT n'p'prpisa R. Br. 



Near Lyttelton lighthouse : A. Wall ! A new recoid. 



Carex virgata Sol. [J. B. A.] 



Cashmere Valley, below Marley's Road : R. M. L. Stony Bay : 

 J. Andersen ! 



Carex secta Boott. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Xot uncommon in swampy yjlaces and by the sides of streams — 

 e.g.. Teddington ; Charteris Bay ; Taylor's Mistake (on the shore) ; 

 Wainui. 



