Saag ay CENTROLEPIDACEAE. 289 
2. 6. ‘pallida Hook. f Fl yea i (1844) Os a ee pale-green 
cushion-shaped masses. Stems short, densely packed, 4-1} in. high, leafy 
throughout. Leaves closely imbricate, distichous, 4-41 1 long’ ; sheaths 4 
the length of the leaf or more, white and transparent, eeuibienots, glabrous ; _ 
lamina laterally compressed, ensiform-lanceolate or subulate, acute. Scape 
terminal, usually shorter than the leaves. Floral bracts 2, close together, 
unequal, the lower one the largest. Flowers 2, the upper one always with 
a stamen, the lower one frequently without; filament very long, the anther 
far-exserted. Ovary of 1-3 (rarely 4) superimposed and connate carpels ; 
styles as many as the carpels, connate at the base-—Alepyrum pallidum 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 268, t. 62c; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 296. Centro- 
lepis pallida Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 757. 
Nortu Istanp: Boggy places near the base of Tongariro and Ruapehu, 7. F. C., 
Cockayne ; Ruahine Mountains, Colenso. SoutH Istanp: Otago—Maungatua, 
Mount Kyeburn, Clinton Valley, Blue Mountains, Petrie / CAMPBELL ISLAND : 
Hooker, T. Kirk! R. M. Laing ! December—March. 
3. G. setacea Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 267.— Perennial, densely 
tufted and compacted, forming broad moss-like patches sometimes 1-8 ft. 
across. Stems very numerous, branched, erect, leafy throughout, 1-3 in. 
high. Leaves numerous, erect, densely imbricate, +-2in. long, linear- 
setaceous with acicular tips; sheaths broad, ierabistioas quite glabrous, 
entire, produced at the tip into a free ligule. Scape terminal, rigid, erect, 
longer+h=~ tha laawaa  Waral hraets 2 ar 8 alternate eanvalute annressed 
- o |) 
GENTROLEPIDACEAE (after Hutchinson) 
- Perennial, with tufted branches, moss-like . % 
Annual, with radicle leaves, scapigerous * op Pte , 
- Stamens a, tls. actinomorphic .. . ard i 
Stamen 1, "fils. zyzomorphie . +» « « 
« Anthers 2—-celled, fls.in ahead... « 
Anthers 1-celled, — within 2 bracts 
(after Gilg ~ Benedict) 
» Antherea dithecisch . ..++s 
Antherea monothecisch . ... « " 
: pent eahrigs laa arena cate Blattun . . * % 
‘ , ‘ o's centre} apis 
Mehriahrige, Rasen bildend s * * & & eS 
. Bluten unregelmassig, oder eingard a 
* od % > es # % ® e 2 * ad e @ 
Bluten regelmassig, 2 zahlig .. 
Hutchinson unites Hydatella with Juncella) 
i 1 609, 
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