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Kyllinga monocephala Rottb. 

 Kyllinga monocephala Rottb., Desc. et Ic. 13, t. 4, 1773. 

 Habitat : Swamp in lowland. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Australia, New Caledonia, Polynesia, 

 tropical Asia and Africa. 



Scirpus nodosus (R. Br.) Rottb. 

 Isolepis nodosus R, Br., Prodi: Fl. Nov. Holl. 221, 1810. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix. 6. 1875 {Isolepis) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 257, 1896. 



Habitat : Sand-dunes and maritime meadow : also exposed rocky ridge 

 on Northern Hills. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia, southern temperate and subtropical regions. 



Cladium insulare Bentham. 



Cladium insulare Bentham, Fl. Austr. vii, 403, 1878. 



Recorded : Bentham, I.e. : Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 257, 1896. 



Habitat : In damp open places from sea-level to the summit of Mount 

 Gower. Abundant on the high cliffs of Mount Gower ; especially con- 

 spicuous where water falls over the cliffs. 



Distribution : Endemic. Allied to C. Sinclairii Hook. f. of New Zealand. 



Gahnia xanthocarpa Hook. f. 

 Lampocarya xanthocarpa, Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel. i, 278, 1853. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix. 13, 1875 (Cladium) ; 

 Hemsley. Ann. Bot. x. 257, 1896; Bentham, Fl. Austr. vii, 418, 1878. 



Habitat : Undergrowth in forest, usually in open places from near sea- 

 level to summit of Mount Gower. 

 Distribution : New Zealand. 



Uncina filiformis Boott. var. debilior (F. Muell.) W. R. B. Oliver comb. nov. 



Uncinia filiformis Boott. in Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel. i, 286, 1853; 

 U. debilior F. Muell, Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. viii, 151, 1874. 

 Recorded : F. Muell.. I.e. ; Bentham. Fl. Austr. vii. 435, 1878 (U. debilior) ; 

 Hemsley, Ami. Bot. x, 257, 1896 {U. filiformis). 



The Lord Howe Island plant comes nearest to U. filiformis. but is a 

 large form with culms 45 cm. tall and glumes usually longer than the 

 utricles. 



Habitat : Undergrowth in wet forest, summit of Mount Gower. 

 Distribution of species : New Zealand. 



Carex breviculmis R. Br. var. stipitata Kukenth. 



Carex breviculmis R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 242, 1810; C. brevi- 

 culmis var. stipitata Kukenth. . Pfianzenreich. Heft 38, p. 469. 

 1909. 

 Recorded: F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875; Hemsley. 

 Ann. Bot. x, 257. 1896; Kukenth. , Ix. 



Habitat : Summit of Mount Lidgbird ; high on Mount Gower (Bentham). 

 Distribution of species : New Zealand. Tasmania, Australia. China. 

 Japan, Himalayas. 



