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** Stigmas two. Spikes all, or one lower only (rarely none), male below. 
12. Carex Raoulii, Boott ; spicis 4-6 approximatis sessilibus, terminali longiore basi magis con- 
spicue mascula, reliquis ovatis oblongisve ima basi masculis bracteatis, perigyniis ellipticis obovatisve 
rostellatis bifidis compressis serratis purpureis crebre pallideque nervosis inter nervos scabris squama pallida 
emarginata hispido-cuspidata trinervi brevioribus angustioribusgue, stigmatibus 3. Boott, MSS. 
Has. Middle Island ; Akaroa, Raoul. 
Culm slender, almost filiform, 1-14 foot high. Leaves grass-like, 2 lines broad. Bracts few, long and leafy. 
Terminal spikes 1-12 inch long, often male from below the middle; the rest shorter, 3 lines in diameter, stout, 
shortly peduncled, pale brown. Achenium lenticular. 
13. Carex lucida, Boott; spicis 5-8 erectis, masculis 1-3 suprema elongata gracili, 9 3-5 ferrugineo- 
purpureis, superioribus sessilibus sepe abbreviatis, inferioribus remotis longe exserte peduneulatis bractea- 
tisque basi laxifloris rarius ima basi masculis, perigyniis ovatis rostratis ellipticisve bifidis lucidis atro- 
purpureis basi rostroque pallidis rarius margine scabriusculis biconvexis obsolete nervosis coriaceis squama 
acuta v. obtusa rarius emarginata ciliata hispido-cuspidata firma purpureo-ferruginea nervo pallido longio- 
ribus brevioribusve, stigmatibus 3. Boott, MSS. C. pulla, Sol. MSS. non Good. 
Has. Northern Island; in grassy places, frequent, Banks and Solander, ete. 
A slender, but harsh, wiry species, growing in dense tufts, slightly scabrid to the touch, with culms 2-3 feet 
high, much shorter than the narrow keeled leaves, and very long, leaf-like bracts. Spikes erect, four to eight; the 
upper very shortly stalked; lower distant, stalked, of a rusty purple colour ; upper male, slender, lower with some- 
times a few male flowers at the base. 
Seek Stigmas three. Spikes unisexual. 
14. Carex drevieulmis, Br.; spicis sexu distinctis parvis contiguis sessilibus albo-viridibus, d solitaria, 
? 2-4 seepe apice masculis bracteatis, perigyniis ellipticis triguetris utrinque subattenuatis emarginatis 
nervosis viridibus pubescentibus squama alba nervo viridi ovata longe cuspidata brevioribus, stigmatibus 3. 
Boott, MSS. C. breviculmis, Br. Prodr. (Tas. LXIII. A.) 
Has. Northern Island; Bay of Islands, East Coast, and interior, in grassy places, Colenso, ete. 
A short, very densely tufted, leafy species, nearly smooth to the touch. Culms very short, 1-3 inches high, 
stout, the pale-green spikes hidden amongst the leaves, which are numerous, 2-10 inches long, curved, broad and 
grass-like, 1—2 lines wide. Spikes few, sessile, oblong, close together; male solitary; females 2-4 in number, 4-5 
lines long, 2 broad, often male towards the apex, bracteate; bracts leafy.—This is also a native of Port Jackson.— 
PLATE LXIII 4. Fig. 1, female spike; 2, scale; 3, perigynium; 4, achenium :—all magnified. 
15. Carex fascicularis, Sol.; spicis 5 sexu distinctis cylindricis pedunculatis, d$ solitaria, $ quatuor 
olivaceo-viridibus nutantibus longissime bracteatis seepe apice sterilibus evaginatis nisi infima interdum 
radicali longe exserte pedunculata, perigyniis ovatis obtuse triquetris cylindrico-rostratis bicuspidatis longe 
stipitatis costato-nervosis squama lineari v. lanceolata hispido-aristata castanea medio pallida scabra ciliata 
subzquilata brevioribus v. equantibus, stigmatibus 3. Boott, MSS. O. pseudo-cyperus, Br. Prodr. non 
Linn. 
Var. 8. minor ; spicis 3 sessilibus. C. fascicularis, Sol. MSS. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; common in moist woods, etc., Banks and Solander, etc. 
This forms large tufts of long, soft, pale green, grassy foliage, like the C. pseudo-cyperus of Europe, which it 
closely resembles.—Culms 2-3 feet high, quite smooth, as well as the leaves, which are as long or longer, and nearly 
$ inch broad. Spikes about five, drooping, pale green, pendulous, the lower on a long slender peduncle; variable 
in length, 1-4 inches long, pale green, rather squarrose from the spreading awns of the scales. Bracts very long 
and leafy.— This species is also found in New Holland and Tasmania. 
