276 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Cyperacee. 
distantly branched, bearing pedunculate or sessile, dense, compound fascicles of red-brown spikelets, surrounded 
with broad spathaceous bracts. Stamens three; filaments not elongated. Ovary trigonous, compressed, with a large, 
swollen, acute top, which is puberulous.—The spathes distinguish this species, which is a common Australian and 
Tasmanian plant. 
2. Cladium teretifolium, Br.? culmo tereti striato, foliis teretibus striatis apice subulatis caulinis 
abbreviatis, panicula ramosa subcoarctata, spiculis fasciculatis sub-2-floris squamis castaneis late ovatis 
ciliatis aristatis, nuce turgida suberosa rugosa apice incrassata cuspidata. —Br. Prodr. p. $31? Schenus 
strictissimus, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Has. Northern Island. Opuragi, Banks and Solander. Bay of Islands, frequent in marshes, Cun- 
ningham, Sinclair, ete. 
In foliage like C. glomeratum, but the panicle is rather dense, 2-5 inches long, oblong, much branched, dark 
chesnut-brown, of many crowded fascicles of spikelets, which have no conspicuous spathaceous bracts. Nut with 
a corky furrowed surface, and cuspidate swelling at top—as is probably the case with the two former species.—If 
this be Mr. Brown’s plant, it is also a native of Australia. 
3. Cladium articulatum, Br. ; culmo tereti striato folioso, foliis teretibus subulatis articulatis, panicula 
decomposita effusa.—Br. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island. Lake Rotoetara, Colenso. 
My specimens are very imperfect. Tops of the culms, in one specimen, as thick as a pencil, spongy, striated, 
fistulose, disjointed, terminated by large effuse nodding panicles. In another specimen the top of the culm has 
very close-set joints, and a young lateral panicle. Spikelets fascicled, three-flowered, longer than the awned bracteze. 
Scales subaristate, scabrous at the back. Ovary with a large bulbous apex. 
Gen. XI. VINCENTIA, Gaud. 
Spieule 1-8-flore, monosperma. Sguame undique imbricate, plereque vacuæ. Stamina 3 ; filamentis 
post anthesin elongatis. Sete v. squamule hypogyne 0. Ovarium pedicellatum, utrinque attenuatum. 
Nuw crustacea, trigona, basi styli simplice inarticulata, puberula, cuspidata, pedicello basi incrassato stipata. 
—Herba elata, 3-5-pedalis ; culmo compresso, lavissimo, folioso ; foliis obcompressis, complanatis, gladiatis, 
equitantibus, acuminatis, marginibus levissimis ; panicula ampla, decomposita, nutante, basi spathaceo-brac- 
teata, ramulis gracilibus basi spathaceis; spiculis fasciculatis, fasciculis bracteatis ; bracteis squamisque 
submembranaceis, puberulis, infimis aristatis dorso scaberulis. 
The few known species of this genus inhabit chiefly the Cape of Good Hope and the Pacific Islands.— P. 
anceps has the flat leaves and habit of Lepidosperma, simple, acuminate, not bulbous-topped nut of Cladium Mariscus, 
and the long filaments of Zampocarya. It is a tall marsh-plant, with flattened leafy culms, several feet high and 
1 inch broad, their edges blunt. Leaves equitant, striate, nearly an inch broad, quite flat; edges sharp, quite even, 
not cutting. Panicle soft, a foot long, very much branched, nodding; with a flat, sheathing spathe. Branches 
fascicled, arising from sheathing spathes, drooping, very many-flowered. Spikelets small, fascicled, pale brown. 
Bracts and lower scales awned, all slightly downy, striated, rough at the back. Flowers about three, one only 
bearing stamens and also ripening fruit. Filaments three, those of the fertile flower much elongated. Nut small, 
trigonous, much narrowed at both ends, below into a pedicel, which is bulbous at the base; above into a cuspidate 
puberulous point; pericarp crustaceous, mottled with red. (Name in honour of the late Col. Bory de St. Vincent, 
an eminent French botanist.) 
1. Vincentia anceps, Hook. fil. Scirpus anceps, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Has. Northern Island; marshes, not uncommon. East Coast and interior, Banks and Solander, 
Colenso. Auckland, Sinclair. 
