Gamardia. | CENTROLEPIDACEAE. 289 
4104 ish. gatilit. EC Z 
2. G. pallida Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 86—Forming pale-green 
cushion-shaped masses. Stems short, densely packed, 4-1$ in. high, leafy 
throughout. Leaves closely imbricate, distichous, 4-1 in. long; sheaths 7 
the length of the leaf or more, white and transparent, membranous, 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. 
Nort 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. i (1853) 267.— Perennial, densely 
tufted and compacted, forming broad moss-like patches sometimes 1-3 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, membranous, quite glabrous, 
entire, produced at the tip into a free ligule. Scape terminal, rigid, erect, 
longer than the leaves. Floral bracts 2 or 3, alternate, convolute, appressed, 
obtuse, each 1-flowered or the uppermost empty. MHyaline scales absent. 
Stamens 2. Ovary of 2 connate collateral carpels; style 1 to each carpel, 
filiform. Fruiting carpels 2, or 1 by abortion—AHandb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
297 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 758. 
Soutu Isnanp, Stewart Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain bogs throughout. 
2500-4500 ft. December-March. 
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4. G. ciliata Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 85.—Forming soft gree 
cushions in subalpine bogs sometimes several feet in diam. and 1-2 in. 
thick or more. Stems very densely compacted, erect, branched, leafy 
throughout. Leaves numerous, erect, imbricating, with broad scarious 
sheathing bases, +-41in. long, linear-subulate, channelled in front or terete, 
tip obtuse or acute, sheaths and sometimes the lower part of the lamina 
more or less clothed with soft white hairs. Scape terminal, usually 
exceeding the leaves. Floral bracts 2, alternate but close together, jointed 
at the base, the lower one with an obtuse often hooked point. Flowers 1 
or more rarely 2 to each bract, each flower with a hyaline scale almost as 
long as the bract. Stamen 1, sometimes deficient in one of the flowers ; 
filament very long. Carpel usually solitary, sometimes 2 connate in the 
lower flower; style 1 to each carpel, long, filiform.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
1864) 295. Centrolepis monogyna 7. Kirk in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix 
1882) 286. C. viridis T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii (1891) 441; 
theesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 758. 
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Var. ligulata 7. Kirk l.c. 442.—- More slender than the type. Leaves 3-3 in. long, 
preading, filiform, with larger sheaths, which are marginate, the upper part of the 
largin forming a kind of ligule. 
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