Georg Klikenthal. — Cyperaceae-Garicoideae. 



. stramineae, Utriculi squa- 



isoideo-ovati angusle alati longer<>slrati 91. C. Kirkii 

 Utriculi lanceolati vel angustiores longe 



Folia canaUcula ie vel luteae. Ufa 



a. Culn: irinata. 



Flores dioici. Spiculae continuae simplices ebracteatae 92. C. MuellerL 

 [j. Culmus acutangulus scaber. Folia carinata. Flores 

 monoici. Spiculae androgynae et unisexuales, inferiores 



remotae compositae breviter bracteatae 93. C. kaloides. 



b. Folia plana. Squamae ferrugineae. Utriculi 4 1 2 mm 



longi marginibus e basi ciliati ore oblique secti . . . 94. C. ckbranfftQ, 

 90. C. pterocarpa Petrie in Trans. New Zealand Instit. XXXI. (1899) 353; 

 Cbeeseman, Man. New Zeal. Fl. (1906) 811. — C. Thomsoni Petrie, 1. c. XV" 

 (1886) 298, non Boott. — Rhizoma subrepens lignosum vaginis fuscis dissolutis < 

 teetum in inl.ervallis brevibus culmos florentcs et fasciculos loliormn sferilium emittens. 

 Culmus 2 — 5 cm altus firmus triqueter intra folia fere absconditus ad basin 

 aphyllis fuscis vestitus. Folia conferta culmo longiora 2 — 3 mm lata canaliculate 

 valde carinata coriacea pungentia. Spiculae 3 androgynae pauciflorae ovatae in cap 

 triangulari-ovatum 5 mm longum subebracteatum dense congestae. Squamae £ late 

 ovatae acutiusculae castaueae viridi-cariiialae margiiiibus !._\alinae. I'triculi sqnainis pnu" 

 longiores latioresque suberecti subcoriacei ovati plano-convexi 2V2 — 3 mra lon ^ flaV 

 virentes demum lirunnei glnbri dense pimelu] ;t li ulrinqm- pluriiii'i-vosi, basi spongio 

 rotundata breviter slipitaii. mar<;inibus late viridi-alati et e medio eroso-serrulati, 

 rostrum breve antice fissum ore intus byalino demum bidentulum subabrupte contracti. 



Neuseeland: Siidinsel: Auf Bergen in Otago 4300— 6500' (Petrie!). 



91. C. Kirkii Petrie in Trans. New Zealand Instit. XVIII. (1886) 297; Cheeseniar 

 Man. New Zeal. PL (1906) 811. — Rhizoma repens lignosum vaginis 

 lutis obtectum in intervallis brevissimis culmos florentes et fasciculos folioruna 

 producens. Culmus 1—3 cm altus gracilis triqu.-kr lae\is intra vaginas f.-liorum cinna-I 

 momeas fere absconditus. Folia conferta culmo longiora Qliformi-conYOluta 1- 

 Spiculae 3 — :, ran. unica amlrngynae i.|.|.ni-:ir pauei- .-l laxillnrae in •-.-! pit ilium " Vil,,lli: 

 1 2—1 cm longum setaceo-bracteahmi subdense disp«.sila.\ Squama.' lancoolalar M- 1 

 aruminafae stramineae viridi-carinatac. Ftriruli paullo breviores ereeli mriar. i • 

 ovati plano-convexi &\ 2 mm longi sordide brmmei minute papillosi utrinque 

 basi spongiosa contracti, marginibus angusle alali. in rostrum longum margin i 



Styli basis subincrassata persistens. I 



Neuseeland: Sudinsel: Rerge von Otago, Mt. Nevis 600 m (Petrie!), Mt C*| 

 drona 1200 m (Petrie!), Mt. Kyeburn 1050 m (Petrie!), Old Man Range PeU-n 



Var. ,i. elatior Kukenth. apud Cbeesem. 1. c. 811. — Culmus ad 20 cm a lls | 

 liber strictus. Spiculae 4 — 6 ovatae contiguao \el in. a remoiius. -iiIji sa.-po l»i"i 

 elongata suffulta, superiores interdum mere (f, in spicam oblongam sublaxam S | 



longam dispositae. I trinili lam-eolalo-ovati. a . nfl '| 



Neuseeland: Sudinsel: Auf Bergen von Nelson, Mt. Arthur Plateau 3o"« I 

 (Cheeseman!), und Otago, Mt. St. Bathan'a 4000' Petrie!. 



Var. y. membranacea Kukenth. L c. 811. — Culmus 5—10 cm alius pi 

 maxima parte absconditus. Folia culmum longe superanlia. Spiculae 5—6 °V t ll 

 contiguae spicam 2 cm longam oblongam (brmantes ima saepe foliaceo-bracteata. I 

 culi membranacei lanceolati <iramin"n-\irenle< ^ensim n^irati. 



