Krink.— Hecent Additions to the New Zealand Flora. xli 
South Island—In swamps near Christchurch ; Rangitata, Mr. Armstrong. 
For my specimens of this interesting addition to our flora, I am indebted 
to its discoverer, Mr. Armstrong, and to Dr. von Haast. It is mentioned by 
Mr. Armstrong in his list of Christchurch plants, Trans. N.Z. Inst., IL., 
p. 126, but so far as I am aware no description has yet been published. 
JUNCER, 
Juncus glaucus, L. ; Kirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., X., p. 893. 
South Island—Between Hokitika and Ross. 
Juncus lamprocarpus, Ehrhart ; Kirk, Trans. N.Z. Inst., VIL., p. 878. 
North Island—Port Nicholson. South Island—Marlborough; West 
Coast ; Invercargill; the Bluff, ete. 
Juncus involucratus, Kirk; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 550. 
South Island—A muri, 3,000 feet. 
Juncus pauciflorus, Kirk ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 551. 
South Island—Castle Hill Basin, Canterbury. 
ResrrAcEA. 
Sporadanthus traversii, F. Müeller, MS. 
Lepyrodia traversii, F. Müell.; Fragmenta Phytographie# Australis, VIIL., p 
Stems glabrous, 2—4 feet high, stout, terete, smooth ; branches Nene dn 
sheaths distant, acuminate. Male flower, panicle Mira nal, elongated, üii- 
giate, 98-9 inches long; spikelets peduncled; outer glumes ovate-acuminate, 
with scarious margins; perianth segments 6, linear lanceolate, two of the 
outer series rather longer than the others ; stamens equalling the perianth; 
female flower not seen ; fruit a nucule (Müeller.) 
Chatham Islands— H. H. Travers! 
Baron von Müeller points out that this is doubtless the supposed 
Calorophus collected by Dieffenbach, as mentioned by Hooker ; Handbook 
New Zealand Flora, p. 295. 
Rostkovia nova-zelandie, J. Buchanan ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., IV., p. 227. 
Mr. Buchanan and myself are agreed iu referring this to R. gracilis, 
Hook. f., previously only known to occur in the Auckland islands. 
: CyPERACE E. 
Cyperus buchanani, Kirk; C. gracilis, J. Buchanan iu Trans. N.Z. Inst., 
p. 210; not of R. Brows. 
Culms 1-2 feet high, trigonous ; leaves flaccid, shorter than the culms, 
keeled, margins smooth; involuere of 9-6 spreading grassy leaves, 3-6 
inehes long ; umbels of 4-8 unequal rays, 1-4 inches long, usually compact . 
spikelets }-3-inch long, sessile, arranged in involucellate 6-12-rayed umbels 
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