686 Georg Kukenthal. — Cyperaceae-Caricoideae. 



terminalis q 1 linearis brevis, laterales 3 — 4 Q ovatae 6 mm longae densiflorae sessiles. 

 Bracteae foJiaceae culmum longe superantes. Squamae Q late ovatae fuscae marginibus 

 late albo-hyalinae e dorso stramineo triner?i aristulatae. Utriculi squamas longe supe- 

 rantes oblique patentes coriacei late ovales obsolete trigoni dorso turgidi :> 1 /2 mm longi 

 cinereo-virides purpureo-punctati glabri, praeter carinas prominentes obsoletissime nervosi, 

 basi attenuati, in rostrum breve marginibus scabrum grosse bidentatum sensim desinentes, 

 crura intus scabra. Nux late ovala trigona. Stigmata 3. 



Neuseeland: Siidinsel: Canterbury Alps, 2 500', am Lake Tekapo (Cheeseman!). 



713. C. lucida Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Novae Zeland. I. (1853) 28} et in Illustr. 

 I. (1858) 64 t. 173; Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. I. (1867) 314; Cheesem. in Trans. 

 New Zeal. Instit. XVI. (1884) 432 et in Man. 1. c. 824. — Bbizoma dense caespitosum. 

 Culmus 30—60 cm altus firmulus sursum gracilescens triqueter laevis, ad basin vaginis 

 aphyllis purpurascentibus vel badiis acute carinatis partim reticulatim flssis urcumdatus. 

 Folia culmum superantia perangusta canaliculato-plana plerumque rubiginosa utrinque 

 aspera conacea. Spiculae 5 — 8, terminalis rf lineari-cylindrica ad 4 cm longa pedun- 

 culata, laterales Q (basi flores paucos g? gerentes) cylindricae 2—4 cm longae densi- 

 florae, superiores parum remotae subsessiles, inferiores dislanlcs exserte pedunculatae 

 erectae, pedunculi subfirmi parce scabri. Bracteae foliaceae culmum longe superantes 

 vaginantes. Squamae Q ovatae apice saepe excisae fusco-castaneae niiirginibus an- 

 guste hyalinae e dorso stramineo tricostato in mucronem scabrum excurrentes. Utriculi 

 squamas aequantes oblique patentes coriacei ovati turgido-biconvexi 3 mm longi demum 

 atro-fusci dense punctulati glabri lucidi, praeter carinas prominent es nonnisi obsolete 



culum bidentatum subabrupte desinentes, crura intus laevia ^Nux sublaxe inrlusa ovalis 

 stipitata. Styli tortuosi basis aequalis. Stigmata 2. 



Neuseeland: Auf feuchten grasigen Platzen beider Inseln haulig (Colenso 

 n. 899!, 4357!, Cheeseman!, Cockayne n. 1568!, 1585!, 1586!, 1588!, 1589!, 

 1676., 8341!, Petri,, in herb. Cockayne n. 1635!, 1650!). Ruapuke Insel in der 

 Foveaux-Strafle (Cockayne n. 8345!). Stewart Insel. (Cockayne n. 8348!). 

 nf r y ai v Inu ^ UChananii ( R erggp.J Kukentl.. - C Barhamou Berggren in Journ. 

 of Bot. XVIII. (.880) 104; Cheesem. Man. 1. c. 824 - C tenax Berggr in Minuet 

 Fysiogr. Sallsk. Lund (1878) 27 t. VII, fig. |— 7, nee Rent nee Chapm. - Folia 

 semiteretia percoriacea. Squamae L albeseo.ites .carinsae aristalae. Utriculi plano- 

 convexi in rostrum longius marginibus scabrum pn.riiii.lius hidrnlatiim abrupte contracti. 

 ™nn' m! el: r G&nle ^ nr ^ Beale J (Cockayne n. 1590!); Nelson, Wairau Valley, 

 3000 (Hector! pro C. Raoulu Boott); Central-Otago (Petrie in herb. Cockayne 



C. lucida c 



C. Buchananii formis 



'• flagcllifera Colenso in Trans. 



• devia Cheesem. in Trans. New Zeal. Instit XV (1883) 301 et XVI. 

 et in Man. New Zeal. Fl. (1906) 823. — Rhfcoma caespitosum. Culmus 

 altus stnetus gracilis obtuse triqueter laevis, ad basin vaginis piirpun'is 

 itis obtectus. Folia eubim bivviora p<>i"iii"iisla ranalimlata apice subcirci- 

 a. Spiculae 3—4, terminalis f suh.-l.-natu-.-vlindri.-a »U cm longa pe- 



%• 8-U°rht^er C T Berggrenm Min»eskr , ."F,siJg,.. Sallsk!" Lund '(1 878) t 

 ■ • e. 432 etin Man. 1. c . 822. — Rhizoma caespitosum. 



