Cheeseman. — Revision of the N.Z. Species of Carex. 439 



A very distinct 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 

 Vesicarice section, but the perigynia are unlike. 



34. C. trifida, Cav. Ic, 41, t. 465; Boott in Hook.fil. Fl. Antarct., i., 

 89; Fl. Nov. Zeal., i., 284; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, 316. 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 

 spikelets readily distinguish it horn any other species found in New Zealand. 



35. C. breyiculmis, R. Br. Prodr., 242 ; Boott in Hook. fil. Fl. Nov. 

 Zeal., i., 283, t. 63; Fl. Tasm., ii., 101 ; Handbk. N.Z. Flora, 316 ; Boott, 

 III. 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. 



36. C. pumila, Thunb. Flora Japon., 38 ; Benth. Fl. Hongkong, 482 ; 

 Fl. Austral., vii., 445; Boott, 111. Car., iv., 217; Hook. fil. Handbook N.Z. 

 Flora, 315. C. littorea, Lab. Fl. Nov. HolL, ii., 69, t. 219 ; R. Br. Prodr., 

 243 ; 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 distant 

 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. 



37. C. flava, L. Species Plant. ; Kunth Enum., ii., 446 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austral., vii., 444. C. cataractse, R. Br. Prodr., 242; Hook. fil. Fl. Tasm., 

 ii., 101, t. 151 ; Handbook N.Z, Flora, 315 ; Boott, III. Car., iv., 204. 



