100 Georg Kiikenthal. — Cyperaceae-Caricoideae. 



Var. (3. Ortegae (Phil.) Kukenth. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (I 899) 497. - 

 G. Ortegae Phil, in Anal. Univ. Chile XCIII. (1896) 488. — Culmus elatior ad 24 cm 

 altus. Folia strictiora pungentia. ("Irifiili squamas superantes. 

 Ostliches Feuerland (P. Ortega!). 



44. C. acicularis Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Novae Zeland, I. (1853) 280 t. 63, fig. C. 

 et Illustr. IV. (1867) 157 t. 508, fig. 2; Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. (1867) 312; 

 Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 437; Cheeseman in Trans. New Zealand Instit. XVI. 

 (1884) 424 et in Man. New Zeal. Fl. (1906) 810. — C. Archeri Boott in Hook. f. 

 11. Tasman. II. (I860) 98 t. 150 et Illustr. IV. (1867) 156 t. 508, fig. 3. — G pyrc- 

 naica F. Muell. Fragm. Mil. 'lsv t •> ; | , non Wahlenb. — C. iwonsphua Colon?.. 

 in Trans. New Zealand Instit. XXVIII. (1896) 612, non Steud. — Rhizoma multiramo- 

 sum caespitans. Culmi numerosi 3 — 10 cm alti strict! vel curvuli tenues teretcs laeves, 

 ad basin vaginis brunneis nervosis longe obtecti. Folia culmo breviora conferta fili- 

 formi-canaliculata apice carlilagineo - obtusa rigida. Spicula androgyna ovata pauci- 

 (4 — 8-) et laxiflora 3 — 5 mm longa pseudolateralis. Squamae Q lanceolatae cuspi- 

 datae fuscae viridi-carinatae, inferiores 1 — 2 setaceo-elongatae bracteiformes. Utricoli 

 squamas superantes suberecti lanceolato-ovati obsolete trigoni 3 mm longi ferrugineo- 

 virentes glabri enervii, basi in stipitem, apice in rostrum longum marginibus parce 

 scabrum ore hyalino oblique sectum demum bidentulum attenuati. Nux arete inclusa 

 ovalis trigona ad basin setam subulatam viridem apice ciliatam aequilongam gerens. 

 Stigmata 3. 



Tasmanien: Cumming's Head (Archer). -— Ostaustralien: Victoria, Gipfel 

 des Mt. Hotham 7000' (F. Mueller!) und Grenzgebirge gegen Neu-Sud- Wales. — Neu- 

 se eland: Nordinsel, Mt. Hikurangi und auf den Ruahine Mis. (Golenso n. 1574!); 

 Sudinsel, nicht selten in den Bergen von Nelson, Canterbury (Cheeseman!, Cockayne 

 n. 1584!), Westland und Otago (Kirk!). 



45. C. vallis pulchrae Phil, in Anal. Univ. Chile XCIII. (1893) 487; Kukenth. 

 in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 53 8. — Bhizoma multiramosum laxe caespi- 

 tosum et stoloniferum culmos florentes et fasciculos foliorum sterilium agens. Culmi 

 pauci 3— 5 cm alti plerumque curvuli filiformes terctes sulcati laeves, basi vaginis fuscis 

 vel brunneis obtecti. Folia culmum subsuperantia filiformi-canaliculata apice obtuso 

 cu'lilagiiiea sulcata rigida. Spicula androgyna parvula ovata :j mm longa pauci- et 

 laxiflora pseudolateralis. Squama.- ovafo-lanceolatae acutae castaneae marginibus anguste 

 I'.valma ll il \o-< irinalac, inferiores 1—2 bracteiformi-elouiralai I hi. uh squamas paullo 

 suberecti ovato-lanceolati obsolete trigoni 3»/j mm longi ferruginei glabri 

 basi in stipitem, apice in rostrum longum marginibus laeve ore hyalino ob- 

 lique sectum demum bidentulum attenuati. Nux oblon-a Irijfona obsolete nervosa. 

 Stigmata 3. 



Im andinen Gebiet. Chile: Cordillera ,le Santiago Reiche!); in den Anden 

 der Prov. Colchagua (P. Ortega!). — Argentinian: Prow de Mendoza; Portezuelo 

 <le lia-him (Kurtz n. 6060!); Cordill. de Malal-bur an dem Kurt/ n.5916!). - 

 Falkland Isl.: Port Stanley (Selim Birger!). 



C. B. Clarke 



conspicue rostr; 



