232 CYPERACEAE. [Cladium. 
Norra Istanp: From the North Cape southwards to Taupo, Hawke’s Bay, the 
Wanganui River, and the Ruahine and Kaimanawa Mountains, not uncommon on 
cliffs, bank-sides, &c. Sea-level to 2500 ft. October—January. 
A handsome species, remarkable for the broad flat leaves. When out of flower 
it might easily be mistaken for an iridaceous plant. Mr. Colenso’s C. gahnioides is 
absolutely indistinguishable from the type. 
2. C. complanatum Berggr. in Minnesk. # istog. Sallsk. Lund. (1877) 28, 
t. 6, f. 1-5.—Stems tall, rather stout, compressed and 2-edged, smooth, 
finely striate, 2-4 ft. high, {1n. diam. at the base. Leaves about the length 
of the stem, distichous and equitant at the base, narrow-ensiform, acuminate, 
flat or slightly convex, }-} i. broad, pale-green, smooth, striate ; margins 
even, not scabrid. Panicle long and narrow, 6-12in., much branched ; 
branches fascicled, erect ; bracts sheathing, with ciliate margins. Spikelets 
numerous, chestnut-brown, §—-+ im. long, ovate-oblong, 2—3-flowered, | or 2 of 
the flowers fertile. Glumes usually 5, ovate, acumunate, striate ; margins 
ciliate ; 2 or 3 outer empty. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut almost 
sessile, ovoid, trigonous, puberulous, pale-chestnut, narrowed upwards 
into a rather stout pyramidal beak.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 785 ; 
Ill. N.Z. Fl. u (1914) t. 210. 
Norra Istanp: Auckland—Ohaeawai and Taheke, Berggren! Puhipuhi Forest, 
T. Kirk! Maungatapere, H. Carse / Septem ber—November. 
Apparently a very local plant, not yet found outside the Bay of Islands and 
Whangarei Counties. 
° ©. articulatum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 237.—Stems tall and stout, 
terete, transversely septate, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves long, almost equalling 
the stems, terete, the transverse septa usually very distinct ; sheaths large 
and long, pale; tip subulate, acute, pungent. Panicle large, lax, terminal, 
much branched, drooping, 9-18in. long; branches numerous, closely 
‘ placed ; bracts sheathing, the lowest with a terete septate lamina 4-1} mm. 
long. Spikelets excessively numerous, rich red-brown, in. long, 2-4- 
flowered, but usually only one flower is fertile. — Glumes 4-7, ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, keeled, membranous, puberulous, the 2 outer 
empty. Stamens 3. Style-branches 38. Nut broadly obovoid, trigonous 
with the angles thick and corky, red-brown; beak short, umbonate.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 276; Handb, N.Z. Fl. (1864) 304; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 403; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 786. Baumea 
loculata Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxviii (1874) 248. Gahnia articulata 
F. Muell. Second Census Austral. Pl. (1889) 216. 
Nortu IsnANp: Margins of lakes and ponds from the North Cape to Taupo and 
Hawke’s Bay, not uncommon. Sea-level to 1800 ft. November—January. 
Also in Australia, New Caledonia, and the New Hebrides. Small states some- 
times have the stems and leaves obscurely septate. 
4. C. glomeratum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 237.—Stolons creeping, clothed 
with pale striated scales. Stems tufted, terete and tush-like, slender, 
rather soft, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves few from the base of the stem, long, 
terete, with acute subulate tips. Panicle contracted, 3-10 in. long; lower 
branches distant, usually long and narrow, erect ; upper closer together, 
shorter and broader; primary bracts large and sheathing, almost spath- 
aceous, reddish-brown. Spikelets numerous, fascicled, red-brown, ¢-} ™. 
long, ovate-oblong, 2-3-flowered, 1 or rarely 2 of the flowers fertile. Glumes 
usually 5, ovate, acuminate, membranous, striated ; margins ciliate ; 2-3 
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