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Hab. Mountains flanking the Wairau Valley, Nelson ; alt. 3,000-4,000 

 feet. 



The habit of this species is that of small and fine leaved specimens of 

 C. breviculmis, from which, however, it differs widely in other respects. 

 From the preceding species, and from C. cirrhosa, it differs in the much 

 more slender culms and leaves, smaller spikelets, and in the perigynia being 

 trigonous and almost fusiform ; or, to take a familiar example, very near to 

 those of C. lucida in shape. 



7. Car ex petriei, n. sp. 



Culms slender or rather stout, tufted, leafy, 6-18 inches high, quite 

 smooth, usually of a reddish colour. Leaves generally longer than the 

 culms, with broad sheathing bases, blade usually narrow, but variable in 

 width, gV-xo- i nc h, plano-convex or nearly flat, in stout specimens strict 

 and coriaceous, in slender ones more flaccid, narrowed into slender points 

 that are usually curled and twisted when dry ; margins slightly scabrid. 

 Bracts long, upper setaceous. Spikelets 3-5, oblong, i-f inch long, all 

 pedunculate and sheathed, the upper ones on very short stalks, the lower 

 ones on longer filiform ones ; terminal one male, remainder all female, 

 moderately close together, or rarely the lower one remote. Glumes ovate, 

 thin and membranous, pale, often nearly white, midrib produced into a 

 moderately long hispid awn ; margins often lacerate. Perigynia longer 

 than the glumes, elliptic-oblong or ovoid, turgid, biconvex, smooth and 

 nerveless, shining, dark purplish-brown or nearly black, beak short, 2- 

 toothed. Stigmas 3. 



Hab. Mountains of Canterbury, apparently not uncommon between 

 2,500 and 4,500 feet: T.F.C. Dunstan Mountains, Lake Wanaka, and 

 near Naseby, Otago : J). Petrie. 



Apparently a very distinct species, which, when once recognized, can 

 hardly be confounded with any other. The leaves are remarkable for their 

 fine curled and twisted points, and very broad sheathing bases. The spike- 

 lets have a somewhat curious appearance from the combination of pale 

 coloured glumes with dark, almost black, perigynia. The species is named 

 after Mr. D. Petrie, of Dunedin, who has collected it in several localities in 

 Otago, and to whom I am indebted for many specimens and much valuable 

 information respecting the Carices of the district. 



