3. CAEEX, Mich.
1. Carex ternaria, Forst.; spicis 9-10 cylindraceis acutis pedunculatis alteniis evaginatis ferrugineis longissime foliaceo-bracteatis simplicibus gerninatisque, mascuks 3—4 remotiuscuks, fcemineis 5-6 geminatis unica solum simpKci, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis {peradolescentibus) oblongis ore integro squama lanceolata acuta v. obtusa ferruginea longe bispido-aristata multeities brevioribus. Boott, MSS. C. ternaria, Sol. MSS., Forst. Prodi: uo. 519. C. gerninata, Sckku/ir, Curie, p. 83. no. 51. Tab. IF. 8f P. p. A. Cunn. Prodi: Flat: Nov. Zel. in Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2. p. 373.
Hab. Lord Auckland's group; on the margins of woods near the sea, but not common, growing with the C. trifida.
Culm/us bipedalis et ultra, basi foliorum rudimentis purpuras lanceolatis, ad margines lacerato-reticidatis tectus, firmus, apice gracilis, triqueter, scaber ; pars spicas gerens pedalis. Folia 3—1 liu. lata, culmo longiora, carina rnargimbusque scabra. Bractea foliacese, longissima?, evaginatse, superiores setacea;, spicis suis (nisi 2 supremis niasculis) longiores. Spica? 2-2-i- poll, longas, 1|— 2 lin. lata?, altemae; supremae 3^< maseuke, simplices; reliquae fcemineae, 2 superiores geminates, inferior simplex ; vel infima superioresque geniinatse, una media simplex. Pedtuicnli triquetri, scabri, 1-2 poll, longi. Squama ferruginese, obtnsae v. acuta?, nervo viridi in aristam plus minus longam serratam producto. Perigynium immaturum. — Boott.
For the above description I am indebted to Dr. Boott, who has most kindly given me the aid of his great skill and experience in determining such species of this fine genus as were collected during the voyage. With his sanction I have retained Banks and Solander's manuscript name of this plant, as adopted by Forster in his Prodromus, and which was changed by Schkuhr into geminata, certainly without sufficient authority, and of which he says, " Cette plante me parvint sous le nom de C. ternaria, mais ne trouvant rien en elle qui ait quelque rapport avec ce nom, je me sms era fon.de a douter que ce soit la plante que Forster indique," &c. M. Schkukr's specimens seem to have been in a very imperfect state, but given him from Forster's herbarium. Our own entirely agree with those preserved in the British Museum. It appears to be rather a common plant in many parts of New Zealand.
2. Carex trifida, Cav.; spicis 6-10 oblongo-cylindraceis obtusis alternis breviter vaginatis ferrugineis longissime foliaceo-bracteatis soktariis, masculis 2—1 sessilibus approximatis, foemineis 5-6 breviter pedunculatis, stigmatibus 3, squamis lineari-oblongis integris v. apice trifidis segmento intermedio in aristam subulatam liispidam producto, perigyniis pedicellatis obovato-oblongis longe rostratis, rostro bidentato. C. trifida, Cavanilles Icones, vol. v. p. 41. t. 465. Brong. Foy. de la Coqitille, Bot. Phan. p. 158. JFilld. Sp. PI. v. 4. p. 301. Spr. Sj/st. Feg. v. 3. p. 829. C. iucrassata, Banks and Sol. MSS. in Bill. Banks. C. aristata, HUrv. Fl. Lis. Mai. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Paris, vol. iv. p. 599. Gaud, in Freyc. Foy. Bot. p. 131. Hab. Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island ; by the margins of the woods near the sea in moist places.
Rhizomata densissime congesta et intertexta, ca?spites convexos, supra terram elatos, 1-2 pedales diametr. formantia, crassitudine pollicis humanse, inclinata v. prostrata, fnsca, fibras crassas, diametr. pennse anatinse demit-tentia, et in fibras subsimiles desinentia. Culmi 15-30 v. phues, fascicidati, erecti, 2-1 pedales, copiosissime foliosi, glaberrimi, basi crassi, una cum vaginis folioruni |— 1 unc. diametr., triquetri, reliquiis pallidis vaginisque scariosis ssepe laceris fohorum vetustonun obtecti, supeme graciles, inclinati, pars spicas gerens 1— 1-j pedalis. Folia plurima, circiter 12-20 quotas culmo, longe vaginantia, valde elongata, cuhuiun longe superantia, 3-5 pedalia, diffusa, flexuosa, supra medium curvata et pendula, gradatim in apicem trigonmn filiformem hispidurn producta, profunde striata, rigida, kete viridia, subtus pallidiora, subglaucescentia, ad costam subtus prominentem marginesque recurvas scabrido-ciHata, inferne carinata, superne medio per totam longitudinem canaliculata. Vagina fohorum inferiorum
