[Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 34 (N.S.), Pt. I., 1921.] 



Art. VI. — The Australian Species of Carex in the 

 National Herhariwni of Victoria. 



By J. R. TOYEY. 

 [Communicated by Professor A. J. Ewart, Ph.D., D.Sc, &c.] 



[Read 12th May, 1921.] 



In his Monograph of the Cyperaceae — Caricoideae in Engler's- 

 Pflanereich IV.-20 (1909) — Kukenthal has changed the nomen- 

 clature of several of the Australian species of Carex and his 

 systematic arrangement is quite different from that given in 

 Mueller's Census of Australian Plants. 



As Engler's Pflanzereich is not readily available to many 

 botanical workers, it was thought that the following notes giv- 

 ing the systematic arrangement according to Kukenthal, and 

 also the distribution of the species in the National Herbarium,. 

 might be of some use to those interested in the above subject. 



It will be noted that several species which were included by 

 Mueller and Bentham under well known European species have 

 been considered by Kukenthal to be distinct^ and some that have 

 hitherto been recognised as valid, have been reduced to varieties, 

 whilst others that have been looked upon previously as synonyms 

 have been raised to specific rank. 



Genus CAREX. 



Sub-genus 1. Pnimocarex. 



C. AcicuLARis, Boott in Hook. f. Fl. N.Z., 280 t. 63 (1853). 



Victoria. It is also recorded from New South Wales and 

 Tasmania, but there are no specimens from either of these States 

 in this Herbarium. 



C. KARA, Boott in Proc. Linn. Soc. i., 284 (1845). 

 Subspecies C. capillacea, Boott. Illustr. Caric. i., 44 t. 110' 



(1858.) 

 New South Wales. 



C. PYRENAiCA, Wahlenb, in Vet. Akad. Handl., Stockholm, xxiv.,. 



p. 139 (1803.) 

 Var. CEPHALOTES, Kukenthal in Engl. Pflanzer, iv.-20, p. 



106 (1909), (C. CEPHALOTES, F.v.M.) 



Victoria; New South Wales. 



