62 Georg Kiikenthal. — Cyperaceae-Caricoideae. 



squamas i 3 superantes suberecti ellipsoidei fere 5 mm longi brunnei glabri obsoletis- 

 sime nervosi, basi spongiosa in stipitem longum attenuati, in rostrum mediocre sensim 

 abeuntes. Nux oblongo-ovata apice annulata. Stvli basis incrassata. Rhacheola utriculum 

 duplo superans. 



Neuseeland: Wald auf Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait (Cockayne n. 7867!). 

 ">ty 15. TJ. uncinata (L. f.) KukenthaL — TJ. australis Pers. Syn. II. (I 807) 534; Boott 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zeland. I. (1853) 287; Hook. f. Handb. New Zealand Fl. (1867) 309; 

 Boeck. in Linnaea XLI. (1877) 342; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 393; 

 Cheeseman, 1. c. 802, non R. Br. — TJ. compacta A. Bich. in D'Urv. Voy. Astrolabe Bot. I. 

 (1 832) 1 1 8, non R. Br. — TJ. scaberrima Nees in Linnaea IX. (l 835) 305 (nomen solum). 

 — TJ. Lindleyana Kunth, Enum. pi. II. (1837) 526; Hillebr. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 485. — 

 TJ. rigidtda Steud. Syn. Cyper. (1855) 2 45. — TJ. alopecuroides Colenso in Trans. 

 New Zealand Instit. XV. (1883) 335. — TJ. bracteata Colenso, 1. c. XVI. (1884) 341. — 

 U. polynmra Colenso, 1. c. XIX. (1887) 270. — Carex uncinata L. f. Suppl. (1781) 

 413; Forst. Insul. Austr. Prodr. (1786) 65; Schkuhr, Riedgr. I. (1801) 13 partim; 

 II. (1806) 31. — Bhizoma dense caespitosum. Culmus 30 — 60 cm altus gracilis strictaa 

 obsolete triqueter laevis, basi vaginis fuscis obtectus. Folia culmum superantia 3 — 5 mm 

 lata plana rigida supra aspera nervis 2 prominentibus percursa pallide viridia. Spicula 

 elongato-cylindrica subclavata 10 — 15 cm longa 5 mm lata densiflora basin versus 

 laxior, nuda vel bracteis 1 — 3 setaceis suffulta, in partem q? linearem 2 — 4 cm longam 

 abrupte contracta. Squamae Q anguste lanceolatae acutae castaneae vel pallidiores 

 dorso viridi 1 — 3 nerviae apice albae. Utriculi squamas aequantes suberecti elliptic! 

 5—6 mm longi obsolete trigoni straminei glabri tenuiter striati et in latere utroque 

 nervo elevato percursi, basi in stipitem longum abrupte contracti, apice in rostrum 

 mediocre vel longum subabrupte desinentes. Nux anguste ovata. Styli basis conica. 

 Bhachilla utriculum duplo superans. 



Neuseeland: Auf beiden Inseln in Waldern verbreitet (Cheeseman!, Cockayne 

 n. 7801!, Petrie apud Cockayne n. 7822!). Stewart Insel. — Chatham Inseln 

 (Krull!). — Sandwich Inseln (Macrae!, Hillebrand!). 



Var. t L clavata Kiikenth. apud Cheeseman, I. c. 802 (sub TJ. australis). — 

 Spicula mere clavata crassa superne ad 1 cm lata. 



Neuseeland: Nordinsel, Wellington (Cheeseman!); Siidinsel, in den Alpen von 

 Canterbury (Kirk!). 



Var. y. ferruginea (Boott) Kiikenth. — TJ. ferruginea Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 

 Zeland. I. (1853) 288 t. 64, fig. B; Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. (1867) 309; 

 C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 394. — TJ. nigra Colenso in Trans. New Zealand Instit. XVII. 

 (1885) 253. — TJ. variegata Colenso, 1. c. XX. (1888) 2 1 0. — Squamae lineari- 

 lanceolatae longissime acuminatae ferrugineae dorso virides utriculos fuscos nitidos duplo 

 superantes. 



Neuseeland: Auf beiden Inseln nicht selten (Cheeseman!, Cockayne n. 7800!, ; 

 Petrie in herb. Cockayne n. 7857!). 



16. U. leptostachya Raoul in Ann. sc. nat. 3. ser. II. (1844) 116 et in Cboix 

 Plant. Nouv. Zel. (1846) 1 2 t. V, fig. B; Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. (1867) 309 

 (racl. var. y.); Boeck. in Linnaea XLI. (1877) 344; C. B. Clarke, 1. c. 389; Cheese- 

 man, 1. c. 803. — TJ. australis R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. (1 81 0) 241, non Pers. — 

 I s-rubra Boott in Hook. t. II. Nov. Zeland. I. 1853) 285. — TJ. disticha Colenso j 

 in Trans. New Zealand Instit. XX. (1888) 2 10 (fide Cheeseman). — Bhizoma dense ■ 

 caespitosum. Culmus 30 — 60 cm altus strictus gracilis triqueter scaberrimus, ad basin 

 vtirinis - innamomeis partim aphyllis circumdatus. Folia culmum superantia 2 mm lata 

 plana subrigida vel involuta et tunc rigi.liora. Spicula linearis elongata 4— 10 cm 

 longa laxiflora plerumque bracteata, in partem tf 1 — 2 cm longam densiorem sensim 

 Squamae Q lanceolatae basi amplectentes obtusae vel subacutae pallid* 



dorso viridi 



Utriculi squamas Ionge supe: 



