CuxxsEMAN.—Hevision of the N.Z. Species of Carex. 489 
A very distinet species. Easily separated from C. dissita var. lamberti- 
ana, by its different habit; shorter, much stouter, pale brown spikelets, and 
longer beak to the broader and somewhat stipitate perigynia. From C. 
trifida it is removed by its smaller size and more slender habit, less nume- 
rous and smaller spikelets, broader glumes, and very different perigynia. 
The short broad blunt spikelets remind one of those of some species of the 
Vesicaria section, but the perigynia are unlike. 
84, C. trifida, Cav. Ic., 41, t. 465; Boott in Hook. fil. Fl. Antarct., i., 
89; Fl. Nov. Zeal., i, 284; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, 916. C. incrassata, 
Solander, mss. C. aristata, D’ Urv. 
South Island.—Totaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound) Banks and Solan- 
der (Handbook); Akaroa, Raoul; Dusky Sound, Lyall; near Dunedin, 
D. Petrie! G. M. Thomson!. Auckland and Campbell Islands, Sir J. D. 
Hooker (Flora Antarctica). 
Also common in temperate South America, from Chili and Fuegia to 
the Falkland Islands. Its large size, stout habit, and numerous massive 
€ readily distinguish it from any other species found in New Zealand. 
. C. breviculmis, R. Br. Prodr., 242; Boott in Hook. fil. Fl. Nov, 
Pe i, 283, t. 63; Fl. Tasm.,i., 101; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, 316; Boott, 
Ill, Car., iv., 181; F. Muell. Fragm., viii., 255; Benth. Fl. Austral., vii; 445. 
North and South Islands.—Abundant in dry places from the North Cape 
to Stewart Island. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 3,000 feet. 
Easily distinguished by its pubescent perigynia. It has a wide range 
outside New Zealand, being found in Lord Howe Island, South-eastern 
Australia and Tasmania, the Himalaya Mountains, and in China and 
Japan. 
86. C. pumila, Thunb. Flora Japon., 88; Benth. Fl. Hongkong, 482 ; 
Fl. Austral., vii., 445; Boott, Ill. Car., iv., 217; Hook. fil. Handbook N.Z. 
Flora, 315. C. littorea, Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl., ii., 69, t. 219; R. Br. Prodr., 
248; Hook. fil. Fl. Nov. Zeal., i., 284; Fl. Tasm., ii., 200. 
North and South Islands.—Abundant on sandy shores and on sand- 
dunes, from the North Cape to Stewart Island. 
A well-marked plant. The long running rhizomes sending up TUBE 
stems ; the glaucous keeled leaves ; and large, smooth and turgid perigynia, 
exceeding in size those of any other New Zealand species, are conspicuous 
characters. Common in Eastern Australia, in Tasmania, and in some 
parts of extra-tropical South America, and also found on the coasts of 
China and Japan. 
87. C. flava, L. Species Plant.; Kunth Emm., ii, 446; Benth. Fl, 
Austral., vii., 444. C. cataracte, R. Br. Prodr., 242; Hook. fil. Fl. Tasm., 
ii., 101, t. 151; Handbook N.Z. Flora, 315; Boott, IU, Car., iv., 204, 
