794 CYPERACEZ. [Gahma. 
N.Z. Inst. i. (1869) 149. Lampocarya xanthocarpa, Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i. 278. Cladium xanthocarpum, Ff’. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. 
Austral. ix. 13. 
Nort IsuanpD: Not uncommon in forests throughout. SoutH IsLAND : 
Marlborough—J. Rutland! Nelson— Motueka Valley, T. F. C.; Westport, 
Townson! Westland — Hokitika, Kirk! Canterbury — Haast, Armstrong. 
Sea-level to 2500 ft. February-March. 
The finest species of the genus, at once identified by its large size, enor- 
mous panicles, and large black nut. Also recorded from Lord Howe Island. 
5. G. robusta, 7’. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi. (1894) 261.— 
Stems robust, as thick as the little finger, 6-7 ft. high. Leaves 
almost as long as the stems, involute, with scabrid margins and 
long filiform points. Panicle large, 2-3 ft. long, dense, narrow, 
erect; branches 5-10 in. long, strict, erect; bracts leafy, with long 
filiform points. Spikelets crowded, dark-brown or almost black, - 
2-flowered ; lower flower male, upper hermaphrodite and fruit- 
bearing. Glumes usually 7; the 4 outer empty, subequal, awned ; 
the 3 inner small in the flowering stage, but enlarged in fruit, 
concave, coriaceous, obtuse. Stamens 4-6 in each flower, elon- 
gated in fruit. Style-branches 2-4. Nut small, ~-+in. long, 
elliptic-obovoid, black when fully ripe, transversely grooved within. 
Nortu Isnuanp: Wellington—Mungaroa, Kirk ! March. 
My knowledge of this plant is confined to the specimens in Mr. Kirk’s 
herbarium. These greatly resemble G. rigida, but the plant is said to be much 
larger, and the nut to be always black when fully ripe. 
6. G. procera, Forst. Char. Gen. 52.— Stems stout, densely 
tufted, 2-4it. high. Leaves equalling or exceeding the stems, 
narrowed into long filiform points; margins involute, smooth 
below, scabrid above; sheaths dark-brown or almost black. 
Panicle slender, lax but narrow, elongate, 12-18 in. long; branches 
often remote, short, erect or slightly drooping in fruit; bracts 
leafy, with purplish-black sheaths. Spikelets scattered along the 
branches or clustered towards their tips, large, 4-41in. long, dark 
purplish-black, 2-flowered ; lower flower male, upper hermaphrodite 
and fruit-bearing. Glumes 4; 2 outer empty, very large and ex- 
ceeding the spikeiet, elliptic-lanceolate, mucronate, striate; 2 inner 
shorter, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens usually 4 to each 
flower; filaments elongating greatly in fruit. Style-branches 4. 
Nut large, in. long, narrow-elliptic, smooth and shining, obscurely 
grooved, reddish-brown or reddish-yellow when ripe, transversely 
grooved within.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 112; A. Cunn. Precur. 
n. 284; Raoul, Choix, 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 278; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 306. 
