son hes, 
Cladium. | CYPERACEAE. 233 
outer ones empty. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut elliptic-oblong 
when mature, obtusely trigonous, smooth and polished, reddish or reddish- 
yellow ; tip tumid, acute, pubescent.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 275 ; 
Fl. Tasm. ii (1860); Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 304; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1806) 786. Schoenus rubiginosus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 493 (name 
only). Fuirena rubiginosa Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. (1807) 29; A. Cunn. 
Precur, (1836) n. 271; Raoul Choi (1846) 40. Baumea rubiginosa Boeck. 
nm Linnaed, XXXVjil (1874) 241 ——— Ku IA on ?, 
i; Nose "tay Sourr fences: Stewart IstAND, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Swampy 
places, margins of lakes, &c., plentiful in the North Island, less common in the South 
Island. Sea-level to 2000 ft. November—January. | 
Best distinguished by the narrow interrupted panicle, broad spathaceous bracts, 
and 2—-3-flowered spikelets. It extends to Australia and Tasmania, the Malay Archi- 
pelago, and northwards to China and Japan. 
5. ©. Huttoni T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix (1877) 551. — Stems 
tufted, slender, terete, rather wiry, striate, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves few 
towards the base of the stem, long, terete, striate; tips subulate, acute. 
Panicle elongated, rather lax, drooping, 10-18 in. long; lower branches 
remote, solitary or fascicled, 3-6in. long or more; bracts large and 
sheathing, membranovs, acuminate. Spikelets numerous, fascicled, brown, 
$-¢ in. long, 2-5-flowered, rarely more than 2 of the flowers fertile. Glumes 
4—7, ovate, acuminate, membranous, striated ; margins ciliate. Stamens 
3 or rarely 2. Style-branches 3. Nut small, oblong, obtusely trigonous, 
smooth when mature, pale; beak very small.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. 
(1906) 787. 
Norra Istanp: Auckland—Mongonui County, in swamps near the sea, not 
uncommon, H. Carse!) Whangape, Waikare, Waihi, and other lakes in the Middle 
Waikato, 7. Kirk! T. F.C. ; Lake Tikitapu, Lake Taupo, 7. Kirk! T. F.C. Sea- 
level to 1600 ft. December—February. Sas ae 
Very close to C. glomeratum, but distinguished by the larger size, longer panicle 
with drooping branches, smaller many-flowered spikelets, and smaller paler nut. 
6. ©. teretifolium &. Br. Prodr. (1810) 237.—Stems densely tufted, 
terete or slightly compressed, rush-like, firm, striate, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 
few at the base of the stem, long, terete except towards the sharp subulate 
tip, which is often obscurely 3-4-angled; sheaths rather loose. Panicle 
oblong, 2-6 in. long, much branched, dense ; lower branches closely placed, 
not distant as in C’. glomeratum ; bracts short. Spikelets very numerous, 
fascicled, dark-brown, 4 in. long, 1- or rarely 2-flowered, but in the latter 
case the upper flower is sterile. Glumes ovate, acuminate or awned, mem- 
branous, ciliate or almost glabrous, the 2 or 3 outer empty. Stamens 3. 
Style-branches 3. Nut very small, oblong-orbicular, not trigonous, corky, 
conspicuously corrugated ; beak very minute, smooth—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Ze\. 1 (1853) 276 ; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 304; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 
406; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 787. Ivar ip ee Q 
etn ss oO Ue Lon 
Norra Istanp: Abundant in swamps from the North Cape to Hawke’s Bay and 
Taranaki. Sourn Istanp: Aorere Valley, 7. Kirk! near Westport, W. Townson ! 
Hokitika, 7. Kirk! Franz Josef Glaéier, Cockayne / Canterbury, J. B. Armstrong ! 
Southern Alps, Sinclair and Haast (Handbook). Sea-level to 2000 ft. November— 
January. | 
This has the habit and general appearance of C. glomeratum, but ‘the stems and 
leaves are firmer, the panicle shorter and much more dense, bracts smaller, spikelets 
usually l-flowered, and nut very different. It is also found in eastern Australia and 
Tasmania. 
