Gahma.| CYPERACES. 795 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Buller Valley, 7. F. C.; Mount Rochfort and 
vicinity of Westport, Townson! Westland — Hokitika, Kirk! Kelly’s Hill, 
Cockayne! Otago—Dusky Sound, Forster; Port Preservation, Lyall; Clinton 
Valley, Petrie. Stewart Is~taAnp: Port Pegasus, Petrie! Pearson ! Sea- 
level to 2500 ft. December—February. 
A very distinct species, remarkable for the large purplish-black spikelets 
and long empty glumes, which are only 2 in number. There is an unnamed 
specimen, presumably from the North Island, in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium. 
7. G. lacera, Steud. Cyp. 164.—Stems rather slender, leafy, 
densely tufted, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves equalling or exceeding the 
stems, flat or involute, 4-4in. broad, narrowed into long filiform 
points, margins scabrid. Panicle elongated, narrow but rather 
dense, 9-18 in. long; branches short, erect or inclined; bracts long 
and leafy. Spikelets alternate on the branches of the panicle, 
shortly pedicelled, brown, 1-flowered. Glumes 4-5; 2 or 3 outer 
empty, subequal, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or awned, 
rather membranous, minutely scaberulous on the back; 2 inner 
shorter, concave, obtuse, margins scarious and lacerate. Stamens 
4; filaments greatly elongate in fruit. Style-branches 3. Nut 
small, 4in. long, oblong-obovoid, obtuse, shining, black, very 
obscurely transversely striate within.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fi. 
306. Lampocarya lacera, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 109; A. Cunn. 
Precur. n. 281; Raoul, Choix, 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 277. 
Nort Isuanp: From the North Cape to Cook Strait, not uncommon. 
Sea-level to 2000 ft. July-August. 
This is quoted from the South Island in the Handbook, but I have seen no 
specimens from thence. 
8. G. Gaudichaudii, Stewd. Cyp. 164.—Stems short, densely 
tufted, obtusely trigonous, leafy, 6-18in. high. Leaves very 
numerous, spreading, much exceeding the stems, narrow, rigid, 
scabrid, sheaths short, submembranous. Panicle narrow, con- 
tracted, rigid, leafy, 3-9in. long; branches few, short, erect; bracts 
very long and leafy. Spikelets clustered on the branches, elliptic- 
lanceolate, turgid, acute, chestnut-brown, 1-flowered. Glumes 6, 
firm and coriaceous, minutely puberulous, ciliolate on the margins ; 
4 outer small, gradually increasing in size, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, awned; 2 inner much longer, rigid in fruit, acuminate. 
Stamens usually 3; filaments scarcely lengthening after flowering. 
Style-branches 3. Nut small, ovoid, obscurely trigonous, minutely 
apiculate, smooth, black, not transversely grooved within.—Hillebr. 
Fl. Hawaw, 481. G. affinis, Steud. Cyp. 164. G. arenaria, Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 306. Lampocarya affinis, Brong. in Duperr. Voy. 
Cog. Bot. 166, t. 29; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 277.  Morelotia 
gahnieformis, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 416, t. 28; A. Rich. Fl. 
Nouv. Zel. 115; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 285; Raoul, Choiz, 40. 
