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Sout Istanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur, Mount Peel, Mount Owen, 7. F. C. ; 
Mount Mantell, W. Townson / 3000-4500 ft. December—March. 
In my revision of the New Zealand species I erroneously referred this to C. muri- 
cata, from which it differs altogether in the much smaller differently shaped utricles, 
which do not spread when ripe, and are minutely papillose on both surfaces. 
7. C. Muelleri Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii (1886) 298. — Pale 
whitish-green. Rhizome stout, woody, creeping, clothed with brownish 
sheathing scales. Culms densely tufted, slender, strict and wiry, terete 
below, compressed or plano-convex above, grooved, perfectly smooth, 
6-24 in. high. Leaves shorter than the culms, narrow, zin. broad, 
strict and wiry, concave in front, convex on the back, grooved; margins 
smooth or slightly scabrid above. Inflorescence nearly dioecious or alto- 
gether so; spikelets 6-10, collected into a linear terminal spike 3-1} in. 
long, sessile, few-flowered, about }+in. long; those of the male plant 
with an occasional female flower or altogether unisexual, those of the 
female sometimes with a staminate flower at the top of the spikelets ; 
bracts short. Glumes lanceolate, acuminate or awned, thin and mem- 
branous, pale whitish- green. Utricle narrow - lanceolate, plano - convex, 
nerved, winged above and tapering into a very long bidentate beak, 
both surfaces minutely papillose above; margins ciliate-serrate. Styles 2. 
Nut linear-oblong, smooth, lenticular.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
812; Kukenth. in Pflanzenr. Heft 38 (1909) 141. CC. viridis Petrie im 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 332; Cheesem. an Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi 
(1884) 428 (not of Schlecht. and Cham.). : 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Awatere Valley, Cockayne ; Clarence Valley, 7. F. C.; 
valley of the Stanley, T. Kirk! Canterbury—Mackenzie Plains, Lakes Tekapo and 
Pukaki, 7. F. C. Otago—Rough Ridge, Clarke’s Diggings, Carrick Range, Nevis 
Valley, Mount Cardrona, Petrie / 2000-4000 ft. December—February. 
Easily distinguished by the strict whitish-green culms and leaves, almost dioecious 
inflorescence, and long and narrow utricles. It and C. kaloides are close allies of the 
North American art!’ north Asiatic CO. siccata Dewey. " ' sepr)yB Le 
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8. C. Kaloides Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 332.—Pale-green, 
forming tussocks very similar to those of Poa australis. Culms densely 
tufted, slender, drooping at the tips, obtusely trigonous, grooved, smooth, 
leafy towards the base, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves shorter than the culms, 
zz—t+in. broad, flat or involute, grassy, deeply grooved; margins scabrid 
above. Inflorescence in small specimens forming a lax linear spike 3—5 in. 
long; in larger ones a panicle 4-9in.; branches few, the lowest some- 
times 2in. long. Spikelets +-4in. long, numerous, usually rather distant, 
pale, few-flowered, either androgynous with the male flowers at the top, 
or some (usually the upper) wholly male; and others (usually the lower) 
wholly female; bracts very long, foliaceous, often exceeding the panicle. 
Glumes ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, membranous, pale, almost hyaline. 
Utricle narrow-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, plano-convex, nerved, 
gradually tapering upwards into a long subulate bidentate beak, the 
margins of which are ciliate-serrate. Styles 2. Nut dark-brown, oblong, 
lenticular.—Cheesem. nm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 429; Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 813; Kukenth. in Pflanzenr. Heft 38 (1909) 141. 
. Sours Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts throughout. 800-3500 ft. 
December—February. 
Closely allied to the preceding species, but amply distinct in the larger size and 
coarser habit, broader flatter leaves, and usually paniculate inflorescence. 
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