100 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [ Cyperacee. 
demum ferrugineo-punctatis, sguama oblonga vel lanceolata subacuta mutica rarius mucronata purpurea 
margine albida nervo pallido latioribus longioribusque.—C. cespitosa, Br. Prodr.! 943. (Gunn, 416, 
959, 1407, 1410.) (Tas. CLI. A.) 
Has. Lowland and mountain localities: abundant; Lake St. Clair and Marlborough, South Esk.— 
(Fl. Dec.) (v. v.) 
DIsTRIB. New South Wales. 
Variat altitudine culmi, 2-24 poll.; spicis abbreviatis, ovatis vel elongatis, 3 lin.-23 poll. longis, 2-4 lin. 
latis; perigyniis ovatis, latioribus, vel lanceolatis, angustioribus, 1,5,—2,4, lin. longis, 2-13, lin. latis; ore 
sepius emarginato (in unam specimine e Tasmania bifurcato); squamis obtusis, muticis, rarius nervo excurrente 
mucronatis. Stigmata 2, vel in speciminibus (Hunter's River, Wilkes) stigmata 2 et 3.—Ad C. vulgarem, Fries, 
accedens. Differt perigyniis crebre valide plurinerviis demum ferrugineo-maculatis, squamis subinde mucronatis.— 
PraTE CLI. 4. Fig. 1, male scale and flower; 2, female ditto; 3, perigynium :—all magnified. 
** Stigmas 3. 
6. Carex barbata (Boott, Illust. Carex, t. 187) ; spicis 4-5 ovalibus vel oblongis gracilibus fusco- 
purpureis erectis contiguis, terminali mascula sessili, reliquis foemineis, superioribus sessilibus evaginatis, 
infima subremota inserte vel subexserte pedunculata; bractea infima culmum longe superante; stigma- 
tibus 3; perigyniis ellipticis acute triquetris emarginato-bidentatis superne vel ore marginibusque scabris 
punctis resinosis ferrugineis notatis pallide castaneis leviter nervatis, squama ovata acuta mucronata vel 
obtusa mutica apice ciliata purpurea medio pallida carina scabra duplo longioribus. (Gunn, 1407, 1415.) 
Has. Woolnorth; Derwent River, New Norfolk, Gunn.—(Fl. Nov.) 
Culmus subpedalis. Folia 1-13 lin. lata, culmo breviora, plana. Spice 4-9 lin. longe, 1-2 lin. late. Peri- 
gynium 1-5. lin. longum, 3 lin. latum. 
7. Carex Gunniana (Boott, Linn. Trans. xx. 143; Illust. Carex, t. 185) ; spicis 4—5 oblongis vel 
cylindraceis erectis, terminali mascula clavata sessili straminea, reliquis foemineis pallide flavescenti-viridibus, 
superioribus 1-2 sessilibus masculz arcte contiguis, inferioribus exserte pedunculatis, infima remota seepe 
nutante ; bracteis superioribus culmo longioribus; stigmatibus 3; perigyniis elliptico-ovatis trigonis sensim 
acuminato-rostratis bidentatis ventricosis nervatis superne ad margines scabris flavescenti-viridibus demum 
punctis nigrescentibus maculatis, squama late ovata acuta vel obtusa plus minus hispido-cuspidata ferru- 
ginea longioribus. (Gunn, 578.) 
Has. Tasmania, Gunn ; Cheshunt, Archer. 
Disrris. Victoria, Mueller. 
Culmus 1-2-ped., levis. Folia 2-4 lin. lata, culmo longiora, plana. Spica mascula 5-15 lin. longa, 1-2 lin. 
lata, sepius obliqua; fæmineæ 5-18 lin. longe, 3-4 lin. late. Perigynium 2-28, lin. longum, 1 lin. latum. 
8. Carex littorea (Lab. Nov. Holl. ii. t. 219); spicis 8-6 oblongis vel cylindricis ferrugineo-pur- 
pureis, masculis 1-4 gracilibus, fcemineis crassis longe bracteatis, infima brevi exserte pedunculata ; stigma- 
tibus 3; perigyniis turgide ovatis late rostellatis subbifurcatis basi contractis leviter nervatis glabris crasse 
spongiosis rubro-ferrugineis, squama ovata acuta vel cuspidata purpurea margine albo-hyalina duplo longio- 
ribus.—Br. Prodr. 243; Boott in Fl. N. Zeal. i. 284. C. Urvillei, Brong. / ; Kunth, En. ii. 517. (Gunn, 
978.) 
Haz. Sandy shores of the Island ; common.—(Fl. Dec.) (v.v.) 
Distri. New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, J apan ? 
This is probably the C. pumila, Th., of Japan. The rhizome creeps extensively in the sand, and the leaves 
and long bracts are rigid, with long, attenuated, curved extremities. 
