Carex. 189 



146. C. inversa R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. -Holland. (1810) 242; Kunth, Enum. 

 pi. II. (1837) 399; Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Novae Zeland. I. (1853) 281 et in Fl. Tasman. II. 

 (I860) 99 et in Illustr. IV. (1867) \ 5 1 t. 488, fig. 2 et 3 (var. 0. minor); Hook. f. 

 Handb. New Zeal. Fl. I. (1867) 312; F. Muell. Fragm. VIII. (1874) 252; Boeck. in 

 Linnaea XXXIX. (1875) 69; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 438; Cheeseman in Trans. 

 New Zealand Instit. XVI. (1884) 425 et in Man. New Zeal. Fl. (1906) 816. - C. smaraff- 

 iirtaColenso in Trans. New Zealand Instil. XXVII. (1895) 398. — Rhizoma olougalum 

 lisnosum. Culmus 10 — 30 cm altus gracilis Iriqneter laevis vel apice scabnusculus. 

 Folia culmo breviora longiorave 1—2 mm lata plana vel subcanaliculata subherbacea. 

 Spiculae 2-4 plerumque 3, primo elliptieae demum ovatae, gynaecandrae 4— 8 mm 

 longae, densiflnrae :.p,.r .xim.-.i-.-. irir.-ri.-ivs ■> - \ ^ !1|IS ^'lulta,.. 



Squamae ovatae <-i.-iimiii;it .. i rmiatae pallidae vel fulvae viridi-cannatae. Itriculi 



squamas superantes suberecti coriacei ovato-elliptici plano-convexi 3-3 1 2 nim long. 

 stramineo-virentes glabri utrinque plurinervosi basi spongiosa contracti nwg.mbus sub- 

 alati et e medio seabri, in rostrum law, -I medium' laliuseulum ore a 

 subabrupte abeuntes. Nux parvula ovalis. Styli basis paullum incrassata. sugmai. 



woolls!, G.Stuart!, Betche!, Maiden! u. a.j. — i»^ ulcu v— > 



Ib.dwav'i — \(Mis,.rland- \uf beiden Inseln haufig. 



forma I. parvula Kukenth. - C. inversa Boott, t. 488, fig. I. - Culmus 4- 

 '"^SM-WaleMclfi^l) 6 ^ NeTseeland: ItaM bei Whangaroa 

 (Petrie in herb. Cockayne n. 1642!). , mimns 



forma 2. major Boott, Illustr. IV. (1867) 151 t 486-487 m» .Ben Ik -W ^ 

 . Folia latiora (3 mm) rigida. Spiculae 3—5 long on. 

 * remotbscula. Utriculi saepe transversim corrugati ta» !"«*£■ id 



Westaustralien: Swan River (Drummond n. 922!], vicio , 

 ; F - Mueller!, Robertson!). .. U(nnlli 



. Var. 0. costata Kukenth. var. nov. - Culmus gracilis, tolia ■ 



' ■■■*•■ viri,l,s utrinqu, ,,n, .ali.lis brunnescentibus percursi nonn.si marg 

 r °strati. . n 



Neuseeland: Sudinsel, am Lake Wanaka in Otago JPetne,^ ^ ^^ ^ 



Var. y, Leichardtii Boeck. in Linnaea XXXIX. ( 1875 { ™\, runspicue alati in 

 ^ Benth. I. c. 438, non Boott, — Culmus elatior. uricui . 

 rostrum sublongum incurvum abrupte contracti. /r pirhardt!), Clarence 



, Neu-Sud-Wales: Homebush (Maiden!), *£"£$ ?"" .Neuseelaud: 

 ll "" (Wilcox') - Ouocnilund- Brisbane River (F. Mueuei.;. 



^V^ 601 ^^ , , r. Novae Zeland. L (1853) 281 t 63, flg. B 



. 147. C. Colensoi Boott in Hook. i. Fl Novae L " , m7 ) 3I2; Boeck. in 



f> Illustr. IV. (,867) 184: Hook. f. Handb. Newftal I .. I- * } m 



'— XWI\. IsT'i 70: M. -an i„ 1 -- N ''\ ^aland Instil. XXI. (1889) 



et »n Man. 1. c . 817. — C. pieta Colenso in Irans. NL * Q cm a]tus grac ili S cur- 

 ^ n «n Boott. — Rhizoma repens lignosum. Culmus ^ subcana ij, u laia rigid a. 

 ^s triqueter laevis. Folia culmum subaequantia a: g naeC andrae densi- 



;*aeb run e . Spi f a. ,^ Prim^-^^ ^res , ^ 

 «, m cap,t„l„ m ,„■„,„-„■ ,...:.. . .,, slM , ; ac v,„d, ... - 



