Carex. | CXLIII. CYPERACES. 437 
le sp kelete usually without m 
Uiriclos with long — obscurely erg . C. DM 
Jtricles scarcely beaked, very prominently nerved aa: C. Browni 
os male s - ame emi edbhems rich bro 
. Q. Bichenoviana. 
Utricle ovoid, iore dar coloured scarcely beaked, 
any-nerved. 
very prominently man 
Glumes nde or oblong, oe E . - C. maculata, 
Glumes narrow, acute or with long points . 36. C. Brownii. 
esa ta Ming into a distinct beak.  Peduncles 
Spikelets croch, solitary, poni and pn Glumes 
acute eor arista Ee mv C. alsophila. 
ine ice or Mp. 8 reading, u sually 
kp the 3 E eath.  Glumes rather 
ore 
broad, tief or pret sare 28. C. longifolia, 
Spikelets prinio or pendulous. » Glumes and 
utricles tapering into long points . . . . 99. C. pseudocyperus. 
longer, ovate, much flattened, contracted at the base but scarcely stipi- 
ate. St tyle-branches 2. Nut much flatten ed, rather shorter than the 
Utricle, very shortly stipulate.— Boott, Ill. Car. iv. 148, t. 477. 
Victori K ko, at an elevation of 6000 
to 7000 fe zs Amarsi Mountains and Mount Kosciusko, 
th h C. pyrenaica, W. 
but not in Anal - the a T the ines of the Sikalat and glumes 
i te constantly 2 -branched style. I some identify it with the C. capitata, Linn. 
TOposed by F' Mueller, Fragm. viii 
2. C. acicularis, Boott in Hook. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 280, t.63; IIl. Car. 
iv. 157, t. 508, f. 2.—Stems 3 to 4 in. high, slender, bruni at the 
= Leaves usually shorter, subulate or filiform. Spikelet solitary, 
to 3 lines s long, consisting of 2 to 4 female flowers and about as many 
or only I male. Glumes lanceolate, acute or the upper ones obtuse, 
brown with a greenish keel, the lowest one and sometimes the next 
duced into a subulate erect leafy lamina. Utricle narrow, 
and slightly 2-fid. Style-branches E Nut 3-angl 
Boott in Hook. f. F]. Tuam. ii. 98, t. cog Car. iv. 156, t. 508, f. 3; 
` Pyrenaica, F, Muell. Fragm. viii. $61, not of Wahlenb. 
Summit of Mount Hotham, at an elevation of 7000 ft. F. Mueller. ; 
Tasmania, Cumming’s Head, Archer. 
