792 CYPERACES. [Gahma. 
Tall and stout, 5-7ft. Panicle 2-3ft., rigid, erect. 
Glumes 8; 5 empty, subequal. Nut small, 4in., black 5. G. robusta. 
Leafy, 2-4 ft. Panicle 1-14 ft., narrow, lax. Glumes 4; 
2 empty, very long. Nut large, +in., red-brown .. 6. G. procera. 
Slender, 2-4ft. Panicle 9-18in., slender, narrow but 
dense. Glumes 4-5; 2-3 empty. Nut small, 4in., 
black c 5G ve =: sh 33 
Small, 6-14in. Leaves exceeding the stem, spreading. 
Glumes 6; 4 empty. Nutsmall, ovoid, apiculate, black 8. G. Gaudichaudt. 
7. G. lacera. 
1. G. setifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 278.—Stems numer- 
ous, tall, stout, 3-7 ft. high, forming large tussocks. Leaves many, 
almost as long as the stems, involute, with scabrid cutting edges 
and long filiform points. Panicle large, nodding, 1-3 ft. long, much 
and laxly branched; branches long, erect in flower, drooping in 
fruit ; bracts long and leafy, with scabrid filiform points. Spike- 
lets very numerous, dark-brown or almost black, 4-4+in. long, 
2-flowered ; the lower flower male, the upper hermaphrodite and 
fruit-bearing. Glumes 7-8; the 4-5 outer ones empty, gradually 
increasing in length, keeled, acuminate, minutely scaberulous ; 
the 3 upper very small at the time of flowering and concealed 
within the uppermost empty glume, enlarged in fruit and closely 
appressed to the nut, obtuse, convolute. Stamens usually 4 to 
each flower, but varying from 4 to 6; filaments greatly elongated in 
fruit. Style-branches 3, rarely 4. Nut small, 4in. long, elliptic- 
obovoid, narrowed at both ends, smooth and shining, indistinctly 
grooved, red-brown when fully ripe, transversely grooved within.— 
Handb. N.Z. Fi. 306. G. scaberula, G. parviflora, and G. multi- 
glumis, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii. (1886) 278-80. Lampocarya 
setifolia, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 111; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 282 ;: 
Raoul, Chow, 40. 
Nortu Isnanp: Abundant throughout. SourH Istanp: Marlborough— 
Picton, J. Rutland ! Sea-level to 2000 ft. December-January. 
2. G. rigida, 7. Kirk wn Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix. (1877) 551.— 
Stems densely tufted, harsh and rigid, erect, 2-4ft. high. Leaves 
equalling the stems, with involute scabrid margins and very long 
drooping filiform points. Panicle stiff, erect, rather narrow, elon- 
gate, 14-24 ft. long; branches numerous, short, strict, erect; bracts 
with dark sheaths and long filiform points. Spikelets numerous, 
crowded, dark-brown or almost black, 14+in. long, 2-flowered ; the 
lower flower male, the upper hermaphrodite and fruit-bearing. 
Glumes 6-7; the 3-4 outer empty, almost equal in length, keeled, 
narrowed into long acuminate points, scaberulous on the keel, mar- 
gins paler, membranous; the 3 inner small at the time of flower- 
ing, enlarged in fruit, convolute, obtuse. Stamens 4-5 in each 
flower; filaments greatly elongated in fruit. Style-branches 3. 
Nut small, Lin. long, oblong-obovoid, smooth, brown, or brown 
mottled with red and black.—-G. exigua, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
Xvill. (1886) 279. 
