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Gaimardia pallida, Hook. f. 



Gaimardia pallida, Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 86 (1844). Alepyrum pallidum, 

 Hook, i., Fl. Nov. Zel., i, 268 t. 62c (1854). Centrolepis pallida, 

 Cheesm., Man. N.Z. FL, 757 (1906). 



Campbell Island : Boggy places on the hills ; Hooker, Kirk ! Laing ! (New 

 Zealand, mountain-bogs irom Ruapehu southwards.) 



This is doubtless found in the Auckland Islands as well, but I have seen no 

 specimens from thence. 



Cyperaceae. 

 Scirpus aucklandicus, Boeck. 



Isolepis aucklandica. Hook, f., Fl. Antarct., i, 88, t. 50 (1844) ; Handb. 

 N.Z. Fl., 302 (1864). Scirpus aucklandicus, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvi, 

 491 (1869-70). 



The Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands, Antipodes Island : Abundant 

 in moist places from sea-level to a considerable height on the hills ; Hooker, Kirk ! 

 Cockayne, Aston ! Tennant ! Laing ! (Mountain districts in New Zealand, from 

 Lake Taupo southwards ; Tasmania ; New Amsterdam.) 



This appears to be a most abundant plant all through the southern islands. 



Scirpus cernuus, Vahl. 



Scirpus cernuus, Vahl., Enum., ii, 245 (1806). S. riparius, Poir,, EncycL, 

 V, 103 (1813). Isolepis riparia, R. Br., Prodr., 222 (1810); Hook, f., 

 Handb. N.Z. FL, 302 (1864). 



The Snares : Kirk. Auckland Islands : Kirk ! Aston ! Tennant ! Antipodes 

 Island : Kirk ! (Cosmopolitan.) 



All the specimens I have seen from the southern islands are in an immature 

 condition, and it is quite possible that some of them may prove to belong to S. auck- 

 landicus, some forms of which come very near to S. cernuus. 



Scirpus antarcticus, Linn. 



Scirpus antarcticus, Linn., Mant., ii, 181 (1766). S. cartilagineus, Poir., 

 EncycL, suppL, v, 103 (1813). Isolepis cartilaginea, R, Br., Prodr., 

 222 (1810) ; Hook. 1, Handb. N.Z. FL, 302 (1864). 



The Snares : Kirk. (Throughout New Zealand, but local ; extra-tropical Aus- 

 tralia ; South Africa ; St. Helena.) 



I insert this solely on the authority of the late Mr. Kirk (Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii, 

 430), for no other botanist appears to have met with it in the southern islands. 



Carpha alpina, R. Br. 



Carpha alpina, R. Br., Prodr., 230 (1810) ; Hook, f., Handb. N.Z. FL, 299 



(1864). 



Auckland Islands : Carnley Harbour ; Kirk ! Cockayne ! Adams Island : Aston. 

 (New Zealand, mountain districts from Cape Colville southwards ; Tasmania ; 

 Victoria ; New Guinea ; Chili ; Fuegia.) 



This does not seem to have been observed by Hooker. 

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