flS?"] Wi!.i.i; ( 4Mti»»x to Vtrtariau &if§t FrW* 71 



R. -CAR EX D1VU1.SA Govern., 1794 



IWchuA Marsh U WilU t K/\>/\W—iict, S T- Hla/e. 4/9/1944; Yacka.*- 

 dandah (per (rtppshnd & Neflhwn t J h: Urf., 4/10/1940 — rfW. L NVlnies. 

 J8/8/l'J4G) ; "Melljonme J.totHJHC (Jarden* — western e\tii v initv of main lake. 

 Opposite l.uiiK Island point |7K<. pfttfj <-> U WWf, 17/J1/W2) 



\nothet fofrduafl -species, distnignishcd by Uiu »tnail, pair sessile spikes 

 borne #n(t v » I Li|ti(?*lh alonj; ;i slender culm. 



[C iiMciy.hii Nchnes. 1939, wa* foj ten years known only by the type 

 eollecnon^/;r/ra/v/'nt.r ju-ththta forest along iwj Omeo-Mi. Hoiham Rtarf, 

 near Cabungra ac about 4,00<i it (A*, .4. Black, No. 1 150.000-7, 30/1/1938,). 

 Then, almost Mmultaiicousk, it \yos found again by the original collector at 

 The Steppes ('29(H) fi ). Western Tiers of central T&fimwtfi i28/l/i94*J> — 

 new for thai State, and by the present writer at Btdwcll. Victoria (.18/I/I94H),, 

 bordering sphagnum bogs near the Delegate River hridpe on the Bnuan$ to 

 f5endoe K'oad (jfbtttsR .5,000 ft.). The very slender nature oi leave;: and ctdms 

 is distinctive. 



C hyficntifti V, Muell. ex ttciulv. 1S7B, was Attributed hv Bom ham to 

 ^Victoria— Munyun« Mountains . . - 6.000-7.000 ft:, (•*. hhidin" |Jan, 1S7«|. 

 Al the time when .N f elmc» revved our Atttftfttifttl C^Urs (1944). only tin* 

 Mti^Ie type collection wa$ known, and lie repeal* its origin a* "VictonV 

 However, the type location ("Munyang Mtns-") is definitely not in ihat 

 State, but on tJie Kosciusko plateau. KV5.W.; so the species rshould be deleted 

 lioni Virtoriau hsis— as \sas done in EwarVs flora of Victoria (1930) 

 Amnnu the lair Or C §. Smton's collections (recently acquired by \U-I* 

 bourne J-lerlurium) is on undoubted specimen of C. hvpandro from Cradle 

 Mountain, 1 asm an in (Feb 1919)— a new record lor the bland State This 

 luyh alpine, ami appatciitly tpiito we, little r.e<lgc nvay he recognised at pOOS 

 by n$ thick very congested and dark-coloured in florescence, with minute 

 glumes and utricles. 



C. rcrn«rr»w L, 1753 (nnn Autn. Ausi ), was collected by F. \lueller i» 

 December 1854 on 'Snowy Plains, between the- Cabongra |— Ccbungra River] 

 and Bogong Range", Victoria. It is one of those boreal \peoes which are 

 shaTcd with Australia where they occur only as rarities on our alps — Ok 

 fems. Sonyrnttt/w lunorw and Cystvpteris itai/ilis belony also to this category 

 C* L-aiu'Siftts d«.»es not *eetn to have hern found 3i?atn in Victoria mikc I8S4. 

 It appears under the synonymous name C, btrxbau->mi Wahlenb. »i H wart's 

 Flora, while his "C. ttmescrns" is referable to C CiTfJn GoodCii — a wnlesprcad 

 specie tlk^OOt^nOUt oiir hiijhci* ^Ifniic bOft« ] 



9. CARFX lilCl-IHN'OVLWA Btttii ftv liovk i\ 1^8 



Wimmera l/V. di/cnn, 1Sfi9) ; Dininoola (St h D'.Ahw, 1889) ; Gonlbiun 

 Hirer at Mnrcrur-un (R. st jy/irrA*. 4/11/19421; Broken Uivcr. S. of Uooltie 

 {P. € SftfnJtPfr 6/10/iVSl). 



The firsi two of tlir^e collecimns were ex^niined and detcrininM hy 

 KuUenthal — as variety rMcfcnr-ofhiim of Carer Pumtfa Thnnh.. but he does 

 tioi ttieittion a Victorian occutrence in hi< Carer mnnography (Pfttntzcnretch') 

 <ti J909 However, J K. 7 ovey recorded C />mum'/<t, v?,r hidicnovioim (Booif 

 ex Hook r.) Kitkeniit for Victoria in Pun. Roy, Sot\ VUi. n, Kfcf ffiz 4n 

 I' 1921). Ewar: ignored this record in Nora irf )'ictoria (1930), so have ,1. M. 

 Hlark (1943) and Nelnies (1944) It is thus MnsidcTetl appropriate to repeat 

 ihe reference. The species is abu.nlant on bVufy %ro\m<\ near W»tcr<onvfcs m 

 I Ik' WinMi^er.y, Murray Valley and CouJr)urn V<th'ey disukv aiirl it is 

 sometimes a nuisance in (^aniens. Closely related to C fr'tw'Ui (Ihc sand 

 sedjt;e>. C. lnch***ioMinu» tnjy he distinguished by U?> laMer growth, rather 

 ii.iuowei Kvves which an.- never cirenmate %\ ihf- ar' rc ' culms prokciing 

 well beyond ilie leai-sheatht, male <jivl:cx nsiwlly sever;:! (more than 4). 



