Cyperacee. | FLORA OF TASMANIA. 99 
Has. Cuming’s Head, Archer. 
Culmus foliaque capillacea. Spica floseulo masculo unico, et foemineis 2 contiguis. Sguama mascula lan- 
ceolata, involuta. Stamina 3.—Ad O. Backii accedit. 
A very small, slender plant, 4-6 inches high, with a solitary, minute, three-flowered, androgynous spike.— 
PLaTE CL. 4. Fig. 1, spike; 2, male scale and stamen; 3, female ditto and perigynium; 4, perigynium :—all 
magnified. 
$ b. Spike compound, composed of severa? androgynous spikelets. Stigmas 2. 
* Spikelets with male flowers below. 
2. Carex inversa (Br. Prodr. 242); spiculis 2-3 (rarius 1) androgynis basi masculis obovatis arcte 
contiguis pallidis longe bracteatis ; perigyniis ovalibus rostratis bidentatis superne margine acutis serratis 
nervosis appressis, squamam ovatam acuminatam cuspidatam subeguantibus; stigmatibus 2.—Boott in 
Fl. N. Zeal. i. 281; Boott, Ill. Carex, ined. 
Has. Grassy pastures, South Esk River, etc.; probably not uncommon. 
DisrRrB. New South Wales, Victoria, and Swan River; New Zealand. 
A very slender species, with smooth, filiform culms, 6-9 inches long, and very narrow leaves. Bracts 2-4 
inches long. Spikelets one to three, pale, small. 
** Spikelets with male flowers at top. 
3. Carex appressa (Br. Prodr. 242); spica oblonga vel elongata plus minus compacta basi ra- 
mosa, e spiculis numerosissimis parvis apice masculis; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis ovatis vel orbiculatis 
rostratis bifidis, e medio sursum anguste alatis serratis nervatis, squama ovata acuta vel mucronata latiori- 
bus longioribusque.—J7. Antarct. i. 91; Boott, Ill. Carex, t. 119, 120. (Gunn, 574, 769, 985, 1405.) 
Has. Abundant in open forest land, etc.—(Fl. Nov.) 
DisrRis. New South Wales, Victoria, Swan River, Lord Auckland's Islands. 
A stout, rigid, harsh species, with culms 1-5 feet in height, and a spike varying in its length and density, 
more or less branched, and with many spikelets having the male flowers at top. 
4. Carex chlorantha (Br. Prodr. 242) ; spica oblongo-capitata, e spiculis 6-8 pluribusve ovalibus 
androgynis apice masculis congestis vel inferioribus discretis breve bracteatis composita; stigmatibus 2; 
perigyniis (floriferis) ovatis rostratis, ore membranaceo antice altius secto marginibus serratis, squama lan- 
ceolata cinnamomea margine late albo-hyalina angustioribus brevioribus. (Gunn, 579.) (Tas. CL. B.) 
Has. Northern parts of the Island, in pastures, etc., and probably common elsewhere, Gunn, Archer. 
— (Fl. Nov.) : 
DısrtrıB. New South Wales and Victoria. 
Culms 6-9 inches high, rigid, with sharp angles, rough. Leaves 4-1 line broad, shorter than the culm. 
Spike capitate, of six or eight crowded spikelets, 8-10 lines long, and 3-4 broad.—PrATE CL. B. Fig. 1, male 
scale and flower; 2, female ditto; 3, perigynium :—all magnified. | 
$ c. Spikes several, simple, unisezual. 
5 * Stigmas 2. 
5. Carex Gaudichaudiana (Kunth, En. ii. 417) ; spicis 3-6 ovatis oblongis vel cylindraceis erectis, 
mascula purpurea pedunculata spe altera breviore sessili ad basin sita, femineis 24 evaginatis glauces- 
centibus purpureo pictis, superioribus vel omnibus apice masculis contiguis sessilibus vel infima remota ` 
pedunculata quandoque basi attenuato-laxiflora; stigmatibus 2; perigyniis ovatis vel elliptico-lanceolatis 
compressis rostellatis, ore integro sepius emarginato rarissime bifurcato valide nervatis glauco-viridibus 
