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their fertilisation is doubtless effected. I have much pleasure in 

 dedicating the species to Mr. T. F. Cheesemau, F.L.S., who has 

 done much to elucidate the New Zealand species of the genus. 



I have a form of this species from Mount St. Bathan's 

 (4,500 feet) ; and. Mr. G. M. Thomson informs me that he has 

 gathered the same on the. Bock and Pillar Bange at an altitude 

 of 4,000 feet. 



Carix berggreni, n. sp. 



Small, loosely tufted, reddish-brown. 



Culms very short, 1^-2 inches long, flattened above, shorter 

 than the leaves, and enclosed to the base of the head by thin 

 broad sheathing bases. 



Leaves red-brown, 2-3 inches long, flat linear, of uniform 

 width throughout the blade, obtuse, not serrate, finely and 

 closely striate ; bases paler, membranous, sheathing, twice as 

 broad as the blade. 



Spikelets 3, unisexual; two lower female, uppermost wholly 

 male, approximate, stout, each 3 lines long, on short slender 

 pedicels ; bracts leaf-like, sheathing, diminishing in the upper 

 spikelets. 



Glumes broadly-ovate, shorter than the utricles, mem- 

 branous, obtuse, rarely mucronate, entire, 1-nerved, with dark- 

 brown streaks and blotches. 



Utricles turgid, bi-convex, elliptic-oblong, not beaked, shortly 

 bifid, spreading, very faintly nerved, dark-brown or black above, 

 elsewhere green. 



Branches of the style, 2. Fruit, 3-angled. 



Hab. Mount Pisa Bange, at the head- waters of the Luggate 

 Creek, 4,000 to 5,000 feet. . 



This is a most distinct species. It is most nearly related to 

 C. uncifolia, Cheeseman, but its short red-brown obtuse ensiform 

 leaves readily distinguish it from all its congeners in New 

 Zealand. The male spikelet is somewhat larger than and not 

 so stout as the female ones. Named in honour of Dr. Sven 

 Berggren, of Upsala University, who has described and figured 

 several New Zealand species of the genus. 



Carex kirkii, n. sp. 



Small, densely tufted, grass-like ; forming low tussocks l-2£ 

 feet in diameter. 



Culms \ - 1 inch long, very slender, much shorter than the 

 leaves, and enclosed in their sheathing bases. 



Leaves 3-5 inches long, filiform, involute, slightly striate, 

 pale-green, with short broad membranous sheathing bases. 



Spikelets 3-5, forming a compact ovoid head 6-9 lines long, 

 sessile, closely approximate, female below, male above, few- 

 flowered ; bracts variable, the lowermost usually leaf-like, the 

 upper glume-like, all shortly sheathing at the base. 



