262 Transactions. — Botany. 



Hah. South Island : Near the source of the Heaphy Eiver, 

 Nelson. J. Dull. 



This species is related to C luc'ida, Boott, from which it 

 differs in the bifid stigmas and fusiform utricles. Better 

 specimens are badly wanted, those forwarded by Mr. Dall 

 being immature. 



Carex traversii, u. s. 



A slender, tufted species, 6in.-9in. high, culms suberect, 

 or prostrate, almost filiform. Leaves much shorter than the 

 culms, gV^- broad, filiform at the tips, involute. Spikelets 

 2-4 ; terminal male, shortly pedunculate ; the others 

 female, with one or two male flowers at base ; sessile, f in.- 

 ^in. long, broadly-ovate, approximate, except the basal one, 

 which is sometimes distant, and carried on a capillary pe- 

 duncle ; glumes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, many-nerved, with 

 a stout midrib produced into a short awn. Utricle slightly 

 fusiform, bifid at the apex, scaberulous. Style-arms 3. 



Hah. South Island : Dun Mountain, &c. ; 3,000ft.-4,000ft. 

 W.T.L. Travels. 



This species bears considerable resemblance to G. novce- 

 zelandice, Petrie, which is distinguished by its bifid stigmas 

 and plano-convex utricles. 



Carex australis, n. s. 



Culms tufted, slender, slightly compressed, l^ft. high, 

 pale. Leaves involute, equalling or exceeding the culms, 

 YV^-~iii^' broad, with long filiform points. Spikelets 4-5, 

 broadly-ovate, sessile, fin.-^iu. long, glumes broadly-ovate- 

 acuminate, shortly awned. Utricles broadly-ovate, equallmg 

 the glumes, plano-convex, with a short broad bifid beak, 

 nerves prominent. Style-arms 3. 



Hah. Stewart Island. C. Traill and T. Kirk (1882). 



Allied to C. longiculmis, Petrie, but distinguished by the 

 slender habit, narrow leaves, short spikelets, shorter broader 

 glumes, and broader utricles, which are not stipitate. 



The following species of Carex are not enumerated either 

 in Mr. Cheeseman's excellent catalogue of the plants of the 

 Provincial District of Nelson,''' or in my list of additional 

 plants! found in the Nelson District. 



Carex lagopina, WaJil. 



Dun Mountain, &c. W. T. L. Travers ! 

 C. teretiuscula. Good. 



Eotoiti, &c. T. K. 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xiv. (1881), p. 224. 

 flbid.. xviii. (1885), p. 322. 



