also — se Klalee tay 3s g ’ 
! YPERACEAE. [Cladium. 
c. tenan (He +.) “. 1916 «. bis. 
7. ©. Gunnii Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 1 (1860) 95, t. 1488.—Stems densely 
tufted, rush-like, very slender, terete, rigid and wiry, 91m. to 3ift. high. 
Leaves sometimes wholly reduced to sheathing scales at the base of the 
stem, but usually 1 long terete stem-like leaf with 2-3 sheaths below it; 
tip subulate, pungent; sheaths long, purplish-red. Panicle elongate, 
narrow, interrupted, 6-18in. long; branches remote, slender, erect, the 
lowest sometimes 6in. long in large specimens, in small ones reduced to 
lin.; bracts closely sheathing, with a short erect lamina. Spikelets not 
fascicled, distinct, sessile, 1-flowered. Glumes usually 3, lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, the 2 lowest empty; the uppermost fertile, longer and narrower than 
the others, and spreading in fruit; margins involute. Stamens 3. Style- 
branches 3. Nut pedicelled, ovoid or oblong-ovoid, smooth and shining 
when mature, 3-ribbed when young,.tip large and tumid, pale-yellow with 
dark base and tip—RHook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 304; Benth. Fl. 
Austral. vii (1878) 407; Berggr. in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. (1877) 
94, t. 6, f. 6-11; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 788. C. laxiflorum Hook. 
f. Fl. Tasm. ii (1860) 95, t. 1484. Lampocarya tenax Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. 1 (1853) 277. a). a 
Nortu anp SoutH Istanps, Stewart Istanp: From the North Cape southwards, 
not uncommon. Sea-level to 2500 ft. December—February. 
234 
Also in eastern Australia and Tasmania. In fruit the margins of the upper part 
of the flowering glume become strongly involute, firmly enclosing the 3 persistent 
stamens, which remain attached to the pedicel of the ripe nut. The nut is thus 
frequently detained swinging from the spikelet long after it has separated from the 
point of attachment. 
8. ©. juneeum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 237.— Rhizome stout, woody, 
creeping, clothed with pale-brown scales. Stems tufted, rigid, erect, terete, 
rush-like, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves reduced to 1 long and closely appressed 
sheath with a minute vertically flattened lamina, below which are 1 or 2 
much shorter sheaths. Panicle short, spike-like, sparingly branched, $—1} in. 
long; bract at the base very small. Spikelets red-brown, % in. long, 1-2- 
flowered, the lower flower alone fertile. Glumes 4-5, oblong-ovate, acute, 
membranous, keeled, puberulous, the 2 or 3 outer empty. Stamens 3. 
Stvle-branches 3. Nut oblong-ovoid, obscurely trigonous, dark-brown, 
surface rough; beak small, tumid, puberulous——Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. u 
(1860) 95; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 305; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 408 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 788. Lepidosperma striatum Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 279 (not of R. Br.). UL. Colensol Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvill 
(1874) 328. SJ E nr BerteR otina Goh. m.S. pol 
Var. elatior H. Carse in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlviii (1916) 240.—Culms much longer, 
3-5 ft. high. Panicles 2-4 in. long, much more branched than in the type. In shaded 
woods at Tauroa, Mongonui County, H. Carse / 
NortH AnD Sour Istanps: From the North Cape to the Bluff, not uncommon, 
especially in the North Island, often in brackish-water swamps. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
November—January. 
Also throughout the greater part of Australia and in New Caledonia. 
‘6 anshnate (a. Ach) Bruce 1€66 + 619 
9. ©. Vauthiera C. B. Clarke in Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 788.— 
Rhizome short, stout, creeping. Stems densely tufted, rather stout, con- 
spicuously 4-angled, smooth, wiry, rigid, 9-18 in. high. Leaves 1 or 2 like 
the stems, 2-10 in. long, sometimes reduced to sheathing scales. Panicle 
contracted into a dense oblong spike-like head 4-4 in. long, subtended by a 
