Cureseman.— Revision of the N.Z. Species of Carex. 491 
A. Spikelets all androgynous; female flowers above, male below. 
Leaves usually flat; spikelets approximate, green or pale 
perigynia ovate, beaked, serrate .. ^ .. 8. C. inversa. 
Leaves involute, wiry ; spikelets GERM bomi peri- 
gynia broadly ovate, not beaked, serrate . .. 4. C. colensoi. 
Leaves flat, grassy ; ; spikelets approximate, purplish- Ms i 
perigynia ovate, compressed, entire ».. b. C. parkeri, 
Leaves flat; spikelets approximate, pale a WE 
narrow-ovoid, margined, beak long, serrulate .. .. 6. C. leporina. 
Leaves narrow, keeled ; spikelets spreading, close together 
or distant; perigynia — ovate-lanceolate, corky 
at the base, nerved, beak lo PE . C. echinata. 
B. Spikelets all androgynous ; ene dava da leal below. 
Tufted, slender ; spikelets in a linear or oblong head 4 to 14 
inch long; perigynia pale, spreading, hardly nerved .. 8. C. muricata. 
Hardly tufted, slender; spikelets in an ovoid head 3 to 1 
inch long; perigynia dark brown, polished, nerved below 9. C. teretiuscula. 
uud often very tall and stout; spikelets many, in a nar- 
r loose panicle 6 to 18 inches long; perigynia 
pug turgid, nerved or nearly smooth . 10. C. paniculata. 
C. Spikelets some androgynous, others "ils visto or wholly 
staminate, or inflorescence altogether diccious. Perigynia narrow 
lanceolate, very long beaked. 
Dicecious, or with few females in the male inflorescence, and 
ales in the female; leaves semi-terete, strict; 
spikelets in a linear head 1 inch long  .. és ss 11. C. viridis. 
Most of the spikelets wholly pistillate, the staminate flowers 
"n and irregularly placed; leaves keeled ; gene: in 
open panicle 4 to 9 inches long 2. C. ka 
Section IIL, —Spikelets separate, Daly alles, als: the mae 
spikelets constantly uppermost, rarely mixed with female flowers ; the lower 
spikelets all female or with a few male flowers at the base or apex. (Sp. 
13-40.) 
A. Stigmas 2. Female spikelets often wholly unisexual, the male 
flowers, when present, usually at the top of the spikelet, rarely 
below. 
From 6 to "à inches high ; spikelets 3 to 6, short, erect; 
. 18. C. vulgaris. 
Mid grassy, T nde I to 3 feet tiin ‘tien 4 re 8, Mes ; 
glumes mucronate .. 14, C. subdola. 
Tall, stout or slender, 1 to 4 feet high; las alter 4 iak 
— ignem numerous, 8 to 25, long stalked and 
ous; glumes awned .. si .. 15. C. ternaria. 
B. Slice p^ Female spikelots often wholly unisexual ; the male 
flowers, when present, usually at the base of the spikelets, rarely 
at the top. 
