Cyperacea.] FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. : 287 
Culms filiform, smooth, when fully grown 14 feet long. Leaves involute, shorter than the culms. Spike 
oblong, lax-flowered, with or without bracts. Scales ovate-lanceolate, those of the male flowers uniform, closely 
imbricated ; females approximate, alternate, equidistant. Perigynia linear, 3 lines long, 4-4 line broad.—Mr. 
Colenso’s specimens are in flower; Dr. Lyall’s are nearly all past fruit. 
7. Uncinia Banksii, Boott; spica filiformi laxiflora nuda v. bracteata apice attenuata alternatim 
mascula, perigyniis linearibus leviter nervatis subremotis squama ovata acuta albida nervo viridi duplo 
longioribus. Boott, MSS. Carex uncinata, Solander, MSS. non Linn. nec Swartz. 
Var. 8. major; flosculis foemineis pluribus magis attenuatis. 
Haz. Northern and Southern Islands, Banks and Solander, Sinclair, Lyall, ete. Var. B. Woods, 
Wairarapa Valley and Palliser Bay, Colenso. 
Culms slender, smooth, a foot high. — Leaves 14 line broad, generally involute. Bracts setaccous. Spike 2-24 
inches long, filiform, lax-flowered, naked or bracteate, narrow at the point; male scales smaller, alternate; female 
(six or seven) ovate acute, the lower remote. Perigynia 24 lines long, 4 broad, linear, scattered, twice as long as 
the scale. 
8. Uncinia rubra, Boott; rubro-purpurea, spica laxiflora nuda, perigyniis lanceolatis ore obliquo 
dorso nervatis squama lanceolata acuta persistente brevioribus. Boott, MSS. (Tas. LXIV. 4.) 
Has. Northern Island. East Coast, Tehawera, and top of Titiokura, Colenso. 
Whole plant of a dingy reddish colour when dry. Culms rigid, scaberulous towards the tip, 4-1 foot high. 
Leaves rigid, 1-3 line broad, shorter than the culm, more or less involute. Spike lax-flowered, without bracts, 
9 lines to 2 inches long, 2 lines broad. Male scales four to six, imbricated; females three to seven, alternate, 
contiguous, lanceolate, acute, persistent. Perigynium 22 lines long, 2 broad, lanceolate, with an oblique mouth, 
shorter than the scale.—PrATE LXIV. 4. Fig. 1, portion of spike, with perigynium and hooked appendage; 2, 
front, and 3, lateral view of achenium; 4, the same cut open, showing the seed :—all magnified. 
9. Uncinia cespitosa, Boott ; spica subelongata laxa bracteata, perigyniis pluribus lanceolatis squama 
lanceolata acuminata aeuta v. obtusiuscula brevioribus v. sequantibus (in 6 longioribus). Boott, MSS. 
Var. 8; perigyniis brevioribus, sguama longiore, bractea anguste foliacea nunc spica terties longiore. 
Var. y; foliis angustis, spica tenui. 
Var. 0; foliis angustis, spica pollicari, perigynio squama longiore. 
Has. Northern Island; woods, Ruahine mountains. Var. B. Wairarapa Bay. Var. y. Summit of 
the Ruahine mountains. Var. 8. Port Nicholson, Colenso. 
Culms a foot high, rough at the angles. Leaves longer than the culm, 1 line long. Bractea short, setaceous. 
Spike 21-3 inches long, 24 lines broad. Scales uniform; males closely imbricated, females numerous, loosely 
imbricated. Perigynia lanceolate, as long as or shorter than the lanceolate scale, which is blunt or sharp. In var. 8 
the perigynia are shorter in proportion to the scale, and the bractea foliaceous: in var. y the spike is slender and 
leaves narrow, and the perigynium is longer than its scale. 
10. Uncinia australis, Pers.; spica elongata multiflora flavescente v. olivaceo-viridi seepe demum fusca 
longe (1-2-) bracteata, perigyniis elliptico-oblongis utrinque sque attenuatis leviter nervatis squamam 
lanceolatam acutam superne ferrugineam apice albo-membranaceam eequantibus vel demum ea longioribus. 
Boott, MSS. U. compacta, A. Rich. Flor. (non Br. Prodr.) Carex uncinata, Linn. Suppl. Forster. C. 
hamata, Soland. MSS. non Swartz. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; abundant in woods, etc., Banks and Solander, éte. 
Culms 1-3 feet high, rigid, smooth. Leaves 2-8 lines broad, often twice as long as the culm. Bractea longer 
than the spike, 1 line broad; sometimes there is a second smaller bract. Spike yellowish, 3-52 inches long, 2-3 
