818 CYPERACEA). (Carex. 
16. C. lagopina, Wahl. in Vet. Akad. Nya Handl. Stockh. (1803) 
145.—Culms densely tufted, short, wiry, smooth or scabrid above, 
leafy at the base, 2-8in. high. Leaves shorter than the culms, 
flat, grassy, grooved, ;4,-4,in. broad; margins smooth or nearly so. 
Spikelets 2-4, rarely more, approximate in a short terminal spike 
about 4in. long, sessile, androgynous, red-brown, about +in. long; 
lowest bract short, not exceeding its spikelet. Glumes broadly 
ovate, obtuse or subacute, membranous, red-brown with a green 
midrib and pale hyaline margins. Male flowers at the base of the 
spikelets, females above. Utricle rather longer than its glume, red- 
brown, elliptic-ovate, plano-convex, not winged, faintly nerved, 
rather abruptly narrowed into a short slender beak. Styles 2. 
Nut broad, lenticular.—Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi. (1894) 262 ; 
Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 593. C. Parkeri, Petrie im 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 3832; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xvi. (1884) 426. 
SourH Isntanp: Nelson—Dun Mountain Range, H. H. Travers! Canter- 
bury—Craigieburn Mountains, Petrie! Otago— Hector Mountains, Mount 
Arnould, near Mount Aspiring, mountains at the head of Lake Wakatipu, 
Petrie ! 4000-6000 ft. January—March. 
Also found in arctic and alpine Hurope, north Asia, and North America, 
but only known from New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere. Hasily dis- 
tinguished from C. lepormma, to which it is allied, by the much smaller size and 
rounder wingless utricles. Certainly indigenous. 
17. C. leporina, Linn. Sp. Plant. 973.—Culms laxly tufted, 
stout or rather slender, trigonous, scabrid above, 6-18in. high. 
Leaves shorter than the culms, flat, grassy, striate, 4,4 1n. broad ; 
margins minutely scabrid. Spikelets 4-6, crowded in an oblong 
lobed spike lin. long, sessile, androgynous, ovoid, brownish- 
green, shining, about 4in. long; lowest bract like the glumes or 
rarely with a short leafy point. Glumes oblong-ovate or oblong- 
lanceolate, acute or subacute, pale-brown with a green midrib and 
hyaline margins. Male flowers at the base of the spikelets, female 
above. Utricle equalling its glume, elliptic-ovoid, plano-convex, 
winged, striate, narrowed into a long beak; margins and beak 
finely serrulate. Styles 2. Nut oblong, lenticular, shining.— 
Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 301; xvi. (1884) 426. 
Norra Is~anp: Auckland—Near Mauku, H. Carse! Wellington — 
Ohariu Valley, Kirk ! Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Not uncommon in the western 
portion of the district, ascending to 4000 ft. on the Mount Arthur Plateau, 
AUS Jit, (Eh November-January. 
A common plant in northern Europe, north Asia, and some parts of North 
America. It is probably introduced into New Zealand. 
18. CG. Gaudichaudiana, Kunth, Hnum. i. 417. — Rhizome 
stoloniferous. Culms slender, strict, trigonous, smooth or slightly 
scabrid above, very variable in height, usually from 4 to 12in., 
