is apice gracilescens triqueter laevis, basi vaginis ajilnllis 

 superantia 2 — 3 mm lata plana vel complieata rL'i.la. 

 Cf anguste cylindrica, laterales Q (bad breviter J 1 pm 

 ae 5 mm latae, superiores .i|>|m-..\mii it i<- s.'--ih-s. iulerkuvs 

 jrectae. Bracteae foliaceae culmum superantes. ima vagi 



viridi trinervi vix mucnmatae. 1'triculi squamas | 

 superantes oblique patentes coriacei ovales biconvexi S 1 /^ mm lon &' straminei hi| 

 fusci glabri, praeter carinas prominentes fere enervii, basi atlenuali, mari:iiiil>us e i 

 spinulosi, in rostrum brevissimum latum pallidum bidentatum subsensim abeunles. 

 intus laevia. Stigmata 2. 



insel: Siimpfe und seichte Lagunen vom Meeresspiegel bis 3500' (Petrie In 



716. C. testacea Soland. ex Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Novae Zeland. I. (1853) 

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

 XVI. (1884) 434 et in Man. 1. c. 822. — Rhizoma caespitosum. Culmus 10 — 4 

 altus gracilis triqueter laevis vel apice BCabriusculua, ad basin vagmis i ■■» ' i ■> ap 

 fuscis vel brunneis obtectus. Folia culmum superantia animslH .-..uipli. ai.i-|.l„ii.. 

 rubiginosa arcuatim reeuvvat.i rici.la. Spiculae 3—'). terminalis j lmoan-.-vlm 

 breviter pedunculata, laterales Q (basi flores paucos tf gerentes obl< - 

 2 r 2 cm longae perdensiflorae subapproximatae sessiles, raro una remoia mclu>.' pem 

 lata. Bracteae culmum longe superantes, ima vaginans. Squamae ( _ laic ovafae 

 excisae pallide ferrugineae purpureo-punctatae marginibus hyalinis scanuv,,,. . , , 

 stramineo tricostato in aristam longam, scabram excurrenle>. Pnmli Bqaamu 



no n. IC.OM, 160 



superne atro-fusci glabri lucidi utrinque plurinervosi ncr\i i nianmialrv p, miiuih'im s , 

 basi contracti, in roslnim brevissimum latum )iiiirgiiiibn> - .d-ruin 1...I. iiia^ini ->i .-.■n-im 

 attenuati, crura subulata intus scabra. Nux arete inclusa late oval a lenUCOiaru i ense 

 granulosa. Stvli basis aequalis. Stigmata 2. — Fig. lit A— S. 



Neuseeland: Auf beiden Inseln haufig bis 3500' (Cheesema.i i 

 n - 1593!, 1617!, Petrie in berb. Cockayne n. 1565., 1639., •, •;> 



Centre Island in der Foveaux-StraCe (Cockayne n. 8397. 



717. C. wakatipu Petrie in Trans. New Zeal. Instit. XIV. i>si 

 ••<-. XVI. (1884) 434 et in Man. I.e. 823. — Bbi/.-ma .•a.-pn.>.m. - '■ ^ 



40 cm altus limn,. Iriq.ielor. I olia 2-6 mm lata plana culmum to . . ■ • 

 coriacea, vaginae basilar's aphyllae fuscae. Spiculae 3-5 «»W ITtl 

 neari-cylindrica, laterales Q (basi brevRer £) ^*^, e Ionge f e ^ 



marginibus hyalinis scariosae, e dorso stramhij /'^ereo-Yirides 



rentes. Utriculi squamas aequantes i 



718. C. Raoulii Boott in Hook. 



Fl. New Zeal. Fl. 1.(1853) 283 et in 1 



»'• (1862) 109 t. 333; Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. 



433 et in Man. I.e. 821. - C. Goyeni Peine m lrans.^ m*j^ ■ ^^ 



- Rhizoma caespitosum. 

 scabriusculus ad basin 



Culmus lii 



