tZ Wli-us. Add*Uons tu Victorian jfafpc ffatii [ Vot'/v^' 



tciiiiitc tflumes (mid oft-;n utricles) with purplish pigmentation, and the utricles 

 IftU&A smaller (4-5 mm. lontr. c.f- W n-.ni ui C". /MinuVa}. 



10. CMiEK JACKtANA Boot*. J84S. 



Head of MifldlS Geek oe&r Rover Scout Hut. BogOng Hij?h Plait's— hill- 

 side soaks a.id morasses at about 5.000 ft. (A //. M'i/Zi.r. 2/7/1949, Cfof-jtf 

 ,\>.vw, eatly Jnn. 1953); £)aw Haw jjlaieao swampv HaU between. Mis. 

 Ba»v Raw and Sr. P^ill.ick, c;i 4900 H. \J H. Willi*. W5/\9S\) ; tyfc Rnltcr 

 at "The Springs", CJL 5o<!0 ft . aU;i Wt Snrlicv* (J. U WiUU. K/.V195.1) 



The collection hr?t cited was determiner} by H- Xehnes, 22/3 2/1949. and 

 Is recording constitutes a remarkable extension m rauj;e of a upt'cic* jiro 

 vuiusly considered endemic in the Irid'i- Malesian region (India, Ceydon, 

 Malaya and Java). t* will almost certainly V found in ivew Guinea, iiul 

 pernaps also in other parts* of the Australian aijp. Although r.imilar in habit 

 and ?iie lo <~. brwcuhuw K.R»\ £ jo<khtana differs cuAiiilestly in iU bl.ie- 

 grf-tii colour, even shorter inflorescence* which arc i|uire hidden amoruf tlie 

 bsoes of the leave*. and in its kmy. narrowly conical utricle; (to 7 rrmi.l 

 whn'o are many-venied, bt?t nol ribbed (as in C. btiMt *thms) . Indian and 

 Malayan specimens, nt C iuchimux have rather longer culm* and less c»>n- 

 scsred spikes than the Victorian. 



it CAKHX TASMANtCA Kiikattluii : 1904. 



Hcvwood township— in shallow dram beside Fo**&l OlJice t/. /i F# i7f',v. 

 J/U/I948). 



1 IviVc no doubt that the Hey wood collection is identical w:rh this inxouauoti 

 species, previously considered endemic \u Tasmania. Tips of the leaves and 

 nracrs become charatteristicaJly withered and circiuiiale, the splicer are short 

 and very dtr.se (.as Ui Pfotttauo lam-eolnhi) . the gUmie-s are short and obtuse 

 w:th long-cxcurrcul midribs, whdc tfrc small paU* rUttcntxJ utrkles (to 

 5 inni.) have thickened niacins and widely spreading* t-eitll 



12. CAREX IYMX B KcttMA, 1944. 



Gorac West, lifcaf inland- on lightly ;mibered fat o r heavy black toatn 

 (A. Ctiff B*'aut)klu>!c> N'o, Mif> 10/1/ 1 954) . fallarai {F MtirJirr, Jan 

 ia5J): etc. 



Uoth collections wxre determined riy E. M<:!mc$, 2Ji/j/l955 and \945 

 C i.v/nr dirrers Irani C hintfibrachiQla Boeckl. [syn_ C lonyifoiia, K.Br , ttpH 

 ThuilLI in it> denser-tlowered, thicker fScJS mm. w:ee) jpikes, the teinale 

 flumes more than 2 5 :rrm. tnoad and with wide hvaluie margin*,, A review 

 ot alt Victorian collcetivr,is hitherto referred to C. longifolia R.Br fi.e*- C. 

 hiiyibrachiata) m Mellxnune Herbaraini yliowy that only titfli (Tainbo Jci>tr 

 HUd Glendlg River nenr t)ar\mnor) roidoi'in to Roheri Rrown'> type n>aterir<l 

 from Tori Jackson — slender, narrow, loose-Howered spikes, with glumes test- 

 than 2 5 mm. broad. The remainder (Corae West. "Haywood. Lake Cornnjia- 

 miie, BaJl.Hrat, Batlan. Gjhuiigia. The Cnf>l)0i .is, clc.) arc all refefnljle In 

 H9ltnyQ& f $ C. fviu - — a widespread plant rn Victoria. The dilfcrenre upon which 

 C, iynr was erected seem ta me rather tTifling.. And 1 would prefer to rejraxd 

 il 3s ft variety 0^ C tt\i\qihrar.kii\t(i. 



[C. alxufrhim K. Mueit., 18?4, ^n<\ C\ cwisfxctM Boott. ftS C D. Clarke. 

 1"9U8* ace both letatned us Vic'Ofi^n specie* ni Mehnes's key oi 1944. The 

 former WW based upon five syntypes — WaJTS River, Mt. Juliett, Mt. Anold 

 Baiv Bawfr and "Tarwan" {•=. Tarrago] River. The last two of these collec- 

 tion Itcuartic the typc^ r«± Boott's C roiw^unv/, presumed lo dSfjfct Hnm 

 £'. alx4>phfh in having the terminal 3pikelet wliolK male A review of ad the 

 type material, together with several rexent collections, discloses that C 

 iWiPUufy is f>^$ed upon u"itt mconslfiuk details, which are %\0 nlotr tliftn 

 inrraspveific variations in the disposition of male flowers nnd lengths of 



