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XI. CYPERACE.E. 
[Carex. 
Culms short, leafy. Spikelets short, obtuse, green 17. C. cataracta. 
ft Utricles erect, pubescent. Culms short 18. C. breviculmis. 
ftt Utricles erect, glabrous. Culms slender ( except in C. trifida), long. 
Spikelets 6-10, stout, very large, brown, 2-4 in. Glumes 2-lid. 19. C. trifida. 
Spikelets 6-10, slender, pedieelled, f-j in. Glumes entire . . 20. C. Neesiana. 
Spikelets 5-8, stout, suberect, ^-1 in. Glume 2-lid . . . .21 . C. dissita. 
Spikelets 5-8, stout, suberect, 1-1^ in. Glumes 2-fid . . . 22. C. Lambertiana. 
Spikelets 5-9, drooping, l-2£ in. Glumes entire 23. C. vaciUans. 
1. C. pyrenaica, Wahlenberg ; — FI. N. Z. i. 280. Culms small, 3-6 
in. high, 3-gonous, quite glabrous. Leaves flexuous, longer than the culm, 
coriaceous, flat, grooved below, edges scabrid. Spikelet terminal, solitary, -§-f 
in. long, linear-ovoid, pale red-brown ; male flowers at the top. Glumes 
ovate, acuminate or obtuse. Utricle longer and narrower than the glume, 
stipitate, lanceolate, compressed, nerveless ; beak pale, membranous, emargi- 
nate. Stigmas 3, rarely 2. 
Northern Island: tops of the Ituahine mountains, forming clumps in snow runs, 
Colenso. A native of Europe and North America. 
2. C. acicularis, Boott ; — FI. N. Z. i. 280. t. 63 C. Culms small, 
2-6 in. high, rigid, wiry, very slender, nearly terete. Leaves as narrow as 
the culm, nearly terete, grooved in front, quite smooth. Spikelet solitary, ovoid, 
1- in. long, pale red-brown ; male flowers at the top ; bract long or short. 
Glumes few, lanceolate, acuminate, lower foliaceotts ; utricle stipitate, lan- 
ceolate, 3-quetrous, acuminate; edges serrate above; beak 2-fid. Nut 3- 
gonous, with a linear bristle at its side. Stigmas 3. 
Northern Island: tops of the Euahine range, Colenso. 
3. C. inversa, Br. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 2S1. Small, rather slender, 1-10 
in. high, quite smooth. Bhizome stout, creeping. Culms leafy below only, 
slender, 3-gonous, grooved. Leaves shorter, flat, keeled, very narrow, in. 
broad. Spikelets solitary, or broken up into 2 or 3, in- long, ovoid, 
pale ; male flowers below ; bracts very long, unequal. Glumes ovate, acumi- 
nate, cuspidate or awned. Utricle as long as the glume, oval, beaked, nerved, 
margins serrate above. Stigmas 2. 
Northern Island: Hawke’s Bay and Euahine range, Colenso. Also a native of Tas- 
mania and Southern Australia. 
4. C. Colemsoi, Boott; — FI. yV. Z. i. 281. t. 63 B. Small, slender, 
wiry, flexuous, 6-12 in. high; rhizome stout, creeping. Culms leafy at the 
base only, very slender, 3-gonous, grooved. Leaves longer or shorter, as 
narrow as the culms, involute, deeply grooved. Spikelets solitary or broken 
up into 2-5, ovoid, turgid, 3 in. long; male flowers below; bracteate or not. 
Glumes ovate, acuminate, pale-brown ; margins broad, white. Utricle shorter 
and narrower than the glumes, broadly ovate or oblong, not beaked, obscurely 
nerved ; margins serrulate above. Stigmas 2. 
Northern Island : dry plains, road from Patangata to Manawarakau, Colenso. Middle 
Island: Southern Alps, 3000-3500 ft., Sinclair and Haast ; Acheron valley, 4000 ft., 
Travers. 
5. G. stellulata, Goodenongh ; — FI. N. Z. i. 281. Culms very slender, 
tufted, glabrous, leafy at the base only, 3-gonous, grooved. Leaves as long 
and narrow as the culms, or broader, flattish or involute, grooved. Spikelets 
