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240 Foede 55 CYPERACEAE, [Gahnia. 
Nouv. Zel. (1832) 112; A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 284; Raoul Choix (1846) 
40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 278; Handb. N.Z. Fi. (1864) 306; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 306; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) t. 212. 
Soutu Istanp: Probably abundant on the western side of the Island. Nelson— 
Buller Valley, 7. F. C. ; Mount Rochfort and vicinity of Westport, W. Townson! West- 
land—Hokitika, 7’. Kirk! Kelly’s Hill, Cockayne / Otago—Dusky Sound, Jorster ; Port 
Preservation, Lyall ; Clinton Valley, Petrie. Svmwart Istanp: Port Pegasus, Petrie / 
Pearson ! Sea-level to 2500 ft. December—February. 
A very distinct species, remarkable for the large purplish-black spikelets and long 
empty glumes, which are only two in number. There is an unnamed specimen, 
presumably from the North Island, in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium. 
7. G lacera Steud. Cyp. (1855) 164.—Stems rather slender, leafy, 
densely tufted, 2-41ft. high. Leaves equalling or exceeding the stems, 
flat or involute, $-3in. broad, narrowed into long filiform points, mareins 
scabrid. Panicle elongated, narrow but rather dense, 9-18 in. long ; 
branches short, erect or inclined ; bracts long and leafy. Spikelets alternate 
on the branches of the panicle, shortly pedicelled, brown, 1-flowered. 
Glumes 4-5; 2 or 3 outer empty, subequal, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate or awned, rather membranous, minutely scaberulous on the 
back; 2 inner shorter, concave, obtuse, margins scarious and lacerate, 
Stamens 4; filaments greatly elongate in fruit. Style-branches 3. Nut 
small, gin. long, oblong-obovoid, obtuse, shining, black, very obscurely 
transversely striate within.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 306; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 795. Lampocarya lacera A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 
(1832) 109; A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 281; Raoul Choir (1846) 40; Hook. 
f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 277. < eh ort pnae Dal wr. 
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NortH Istanp: From the North Cape to Cook Strait, not ungummneee * Sea- 
level to 2000 ft. July—August. 
This is quoted from the South Island in the Handbook, but I have seen no 
specimens from thence. _ | 
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8. G. gahniaeformis A. A. Heller in Minnes. Bot. Stud. i, 802.—Stems 
short, densely tufted, obtusely trigonous, leafy, 6-18 in. high. Leaves very 
humerous, spreading, much exceeding the stems, narrow, rigid, scabrid, 
sheaths short, submembranous. Panicle narrow, contracted, rigid, leafy, 
3-9 in. long; branches few, short, erect; bracts very long and leaty. 
Spikelets clustered on the branches, elliptic-lanceolate, turgid, acute, 
chestnut-brown, 1-flowered. Glumes 6, firm and coriaceous, minutely 
puberulous, ciliclate on the margins; 4 outer small, oradually increasing 
in size, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, awned; 2 inner much longer, rigid in 
fruit, acuminate. Stamens usually 3; filaments scarcely lengthening after 
flowering. Style-branches 3. Nut small, ovoid, obscurely trigonous, 
minutely apiculate, smooth, black, not transversely grooved within.— 
G. Gaudichaudii Steud. Cyp. (1855) 164; Hillebr. Fl’ Hawaii (1888) 481 ; 
Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 795; C. B. Clarke Ill. Cyp. (1909) t. xein, 
f. 5-6. G. affinis Steud. Cyp. (1855) 164. G. arenaria Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 306. Lampocarya affinis Brong. in Duperr. Voy. Coq. Bot. 
(1829) 166, t. 29; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 277. Morelotia gahniae- 
formis Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. (1826) 416, t. 28 ; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 
(1852) 115; A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 285: Raoul Choix (1846) 40. 
North AND Sourn Isnanps: Dry hills from the North Cape to Banks Peninsula, 
but not common to the south of Cook Strait. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
Also in the Sandwich Islands. 
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