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XI. CYPERACEAb 
[GaJtnia. 
1. G. setiftolia, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 279. A very large, tall, 
coarse, cutting sedge, 2-6 ft. high, forming huge tussocks in woods. 
Culms erect, terete, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves very long, convolute, 
with cutting edges and long scabrid points. Panicle 1-2 ft. long, much laxly 
branched, very slender ; bracts leafy, with long black sheaths. Spikelets 
pedicelled, ovoid, nearly ^ in. long, 2-flowered. Glumes coriaceous, short, 
black-brown; outer downy, awned; inner acuminate. Upper flower perfect, 
lower male. Stamens 4 ; filaments lengthening much after flowering. Nut 
£ in. long, narrow elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, when ripe red-brown, 
polished, grooved on one side, transversely furrowed within. — Lampocarya se- 
tifulia, A. Eich. 
Northern Island : abundant in woods. Banks and Solander, etc. Middle Island : 
Nelson, Travers (panicle broader, excessively branched; nut smaller). Very near the Tas- 
manian G. psitlacor/im. 
2. G. procera, Forst. ;—Fl. N. Z. i. 278. Habit and foliage of G. se- 
tifulia, but smaller. Culms only 2-3 ft. high ; panicle more slender, with 
fewer, shorter branches ; bracts more spathaceous ; spikelets much larger, 
on longer pedicels. Spikelets | in. long, of a dark purple-brown colour. 
Glumes coriaceous, few ; outer longer than the spikelet, acuminate and awned. 
Stamens 4 ; filaments very long. Nut pale-brown, scarcely shining (perhaps 
not ripe), transversely grooved within. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Forster ; Port Preservation, Lyall. 
3. G. lacera, Steudel. — Lampocarya lacera, A. Eich. ; — PI. N. Z. i. 277. 
A tall, coarse, harsh, denselv-tufted sedge, 3-5 ft. high. Culms stout, leafy, 
as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves very long, involute, with cutting edges and 
long scabrid points. Panicle erect or inclined, 1-1^ ft. long, much branched, 
leafy. Spikelets alternatej pedicelled, pale-brown. Glumes membranous, 
downy, ovate, acuminate, awned, r in. long. Stamens 4 ; filaments much 
elongating. Nut -g- in. long, elliptic-oblong, black, shining, obscurely 3-go- 
nous, not transversely furrowed within. 
Northern and Middle Islands : abundant in woods, Banks and Solander, etc. 
4. G. xanthocarpa, Hook. f. — Lampocarya xantliecarpa , PI. N. Z. 
i. 278. A very stout, tall, densely-tufted, harsh, leafy sedge. Culms robust, 
4-6 ft. high, as thick as the little finger. Leaves very long, involute, with 
scabrid, cutting edges. Panicle leafy, 2-3 ft. long, with numerous very long, 
pendulous and flexuous branches, a span long. Spikelets alternate, pedi- 
celled, v in. long, dark-brown. Glumes rather coriaceous ; outer ovate, 
awned ; inner acute. Stamens 4 ; filaments much elongating. Nut in. long, 
unripe pale-yellow, not transversely furrowed within. 
Northern Island : cast coast, Banks and Solander ; Auckland, Sinclair ; interior, Colenso. 
A noble plant. 
5. G. arenaria. Hook. f. — lampocarya ajjinis, Prong.; — FI. N. Z. 
i. 277. A densely-tufted, harsh, very leafy, subsquarrose sedge. Culm 
leafy, 1-1| ft. high, obtusely 3-gonous, scabrous. Leaves excessively nume- 
rous, much longer than the culms, narrow, involute, scabrid ; sheaths very 
short. Panicle erect, leafy, rigid; branches distant, very short; bracts ex- 
