Uncinia . ] 
XI. CYPERACEiE. 
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Leaves ig~i s in. broad. Spikelets 1-2 in. Bract 0. Glumes 
equalling utricle 7 ■ TJ. rupestris. 
Leaves ■ ? V" 3 1 o in. broad. Spikelets f-lij in. Bract 0. Glumes 
equalling utricle 8 . TJ. filiformis. 
Leaves -jo-jo in. broad. Spikelets 2-3 in. Bract 0. Glumes 
4 as long as utricle 9. 771 Banlcsii. 
Leaves shorter than culm, red when dry 10. TJ. rubra. 
1. U. leptostacliya, Raoul, Ckoix, 12. t. 5 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 286. Culms 
filiform, scaberulous upwards, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves longer than the culms, 
narrow, T \- in. broad. Spikelet 1|— 4 in. long, very slender, lax-flowered, 
upper male part filiform ; bract setaceous. Glumes small, distant, ovate- or 
subulate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, membranous. Utricle about as long as 
the glume, fusiform, nearly \ in. long, scabrid above, margins ciliate, faintly 
nerved. 
Var. P. distans. Spikelet 1-2 in. long. Utricles as long as the acuminate glumes. — U. 
distans, Boott, El. N. Z. i. 285. 
Var. 7 . scabra. Spikelets 1-2 in. long. Utricle longer than the acute glumes. — TJ. scabra, 
Boott, El. N. Z. i. 286. 
Northern and Middle Islands: probably common; top of the Buahine range and 
Titiokura, Colenso ; Akaroa, Raoul. I can hardly distinguish the above varieties as such. 
2. U. Sinclairii, Boott, mss. Culms 4-8 in. high, stout, smooth. 
Leaves flat, grassy, t ’q in. broad, shorter than the culm. Spikelet f— 1 in. ; 
long, robust ; male portion very short, narrow, cylindric ; bract 0. Glumes im- 
bricate, broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse, green with white membranous margins. 
Utricle longer than the glumes, } in. long, narrow obovate-lanceolate, 3-go- 
nous, scabrous above, edges ciliate ; style tumid at the base. 
Middle Island: Tarndale?, Sinclair ; Lake Tennyson, alt. 4400 ft., Travers. 
3. TJ. compacta, Br. ; var. divarieata. — U. divarieata, Boott; — FI. 
N. Z. i. 286. Culms short, stout, 4-6 in. high, smooth. Leaves much 
longer than the culms, flat, T L— i n - broad, rigid. Spikelet short, in., 
rather stout, } in. diarn., upper finale; bract 0. Glumes closely imbri- 
cate, lanceolate, acute, deciduous, pale, the lower cuspidate. Utricle i in. 
long, rather turgid, lanceolate, quite glabrous, spreading when old ; bristle 
incurved, as long, stout. 
Northern Island: top of the Ruahiue range, Colenso. Middle Island: Milford 
Sound, Lyall. This differs from the Tasmanian plant only in the pale-green, not brown, 
glumes; it is also near the TJ. King'd of Fuegia. 
4. U. australis, Pet-soon ; — FI. N. Z. i. 287. Culms 6-12 in. high, 
rigid, smooth. Leaves very numerous, twice as long as the culm, flat, -jt-y 
in. broad, smooth or scabrid. Spikelet 3-6 in. long, cylindrical, g- in. broad, 
upper lr or 7 slender male ; bract long, foliaceous. Glumes closely imbri- 
cating, ovate, subacute, yy in. long, pale-green, faintly browned. Utricle as 
long as or shorter than the glume, elliptical-oblong, or fusiform and turgid in 
the middle, equally narrowed at both ends. — TJ. compacta, A. Rich., not Br. ; 
Car ex nncinata, Forst. 
Northern and Middle Islands : common in woods. 
5. U. ferruginea, Boott. in FI. N. Z. i. 388. t. 64 B. Very similar 
in habit, stature, and dimensions, to U. australis, but the glumes are much 
