216 CYPERACEAE, [ Mariscus. 
margins and keel sharply and minutely serrulate. Inflorescence a large 
terminal umbel often more than 6in. diam.; rays 6-10, each bearing an 
oblong spike 1-2 in. long of very numerous red-brown spikelets ; bracts 
numerous, forming an involucre at the base of the umbel, very long and 
leafy, the lowest frequently over 2ft. Spikelets linear-lanceolate, 4—1 in. 
long, 5-20-flowered. Glumes distichous, ovate-oblong, obtuse or mucronate, 
smooth and shining, grooved. Stamens 3. Nut linear-oblong, trigonous ; 
style-branches 3.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 766. Cyperus ustulatus 
A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. (1832) 101, t. 17; A. Cunn. Precur, (1836) n. 270 ; 
Raoul Choiaz (1846) 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 268 ; Hando. N.Z. Fl. 
ce wheosa ‘ KinkKin. en Coarse - 
Kermapec Istanps: Plentiful, 7. F. C., W. R. B. Oliver! Nortu IsLanp: 
Abundant in lowland districts at low levels throughout. Sour Is~tanp: Chiefly 
near the coast, extending as far south as Okarito (Hamilton) and northern Otago 
(Buchanan). Stewart Istanp: Half-moon Bay, Miss Chase ! Sea-level to 1500 ft. 
Toeloe-upoko-tangata ; Toetoe-whatu-manu. November—January. | 
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oneqra bis Shot fT ELEOCHARIS R. Br. £10. 
i jaewr coc” = baie RL Ver. — ian 6 
Stems simple, erect, without perfect leaves. Sheaths few, the upper- 
most. cylindric, truncate or produced on one side into a short tooth. 
Inflorescence a single terminal many-flowered terete spikelet. Glumes 
many, imbricate all round the rhachis; the lowest | or 2 empty, shorter “ 
than the spikelet ; many succeeding ones hermaphrodite and fruit-bearing ; 
the uppermost male or sterile. Hypogynous bristles usually 6, but varying 
from 3 to 8, rarely absent. Stamens 3 or fewer. Style swollen at the base ; 
branches 3 or 2, linear. Nut obovoid, trigonous or plano-convex. 
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rel ‘t+oce, Moy. — or | ee a ; 
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A ELEOCHARIS (after Blake) ee ae | 
St 
: 1. Glumes hardened, many-nerved - sphacelata 
: - Glumes membranous, uninerved - 2. | 
2 
y «se style e~fid, orifice of sheath not mucronat 
a) el See ozelandica,. 
obyle 5-fid, or if 2-fid, the °4 
St sheath mucronate - 3. ; n orifice of 
: Be Nuts obscurely trigonous - pusilla. 
— rcs arte bad trignous or planot 
e vorsal angles of nut ribbed - eracilis. © 
Dorsal angles of nut not rubbed aaa 7 
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, Ss subsphacelata Shend. 1855, p.317. 
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