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Species, Family, &c. Maori Name. English Name. Distribution: NewSand, Within Mew In Stewart or Endemic. Ze aland. Island. Distribution: UemarkS. SPBRMOPHTTA— emid. Gypbeaceab— amid. Cladium glomeratum R. Br. .. Aus., MaL, E. Asia Aus. N. G. S. Ch. N. G. S. Ch. N. C. S. Swamps. Gunnii Hook. f. Gunn's twig-rush Bog Fairly common. Vauthiera C. B. Glarke [Square - stemmed twig-rush South Island gahnia End. Bog Common. Gahnia procera Forst. Oreobolus pectinatus Hook. f. Common oreobolus End. .. End. S. Forest, especially southern forest, subalpine scrub Beg, subalpine meadow Hardly belongs to the central province of New Zealand. Extremely common. Very common. My notes also record 0. pumilio, but the identification may be wrong. 0. pectinatus only in northern province on the Thames mountains. Fairly common. N. G. S. Sub. strictus Berggr. Narrow - leaved oreobolus Mountain uncinia End. .. c. s. .. Bog Uncinia compacta R. Br. Aus., S.A. c. s. .. Subalpine meadow Subal pine scrub, meadow Forest, subalpine scrub Forest The S.A. refers to Kerguelen and Amsterdam Islands. Only on Mount Anglem. var. caespitiformis* Kiiken. End. S: cazspitosa Boott Narrow - leaved uncinia Broad-leaved uncinia End. N. G. S. I am indebted to Pastor Klikenthal for the change in nomenclature. uncinata (L. f.) Kiiken. ( = U. aiistralis Pers.) pedicellata* Kiiken.. Mataii-a-maui Sandwich Islds. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Stewart Island uncinia End. .. S. Forest The commonest species of the lowland forest. By a slip of the pen wrongly spelt " pedicillata " in certain papers of mine. leptostachya Raoul .. • riparia R. Br. Matau-ririki .. Tall uncinia Leafy uncinia .. End. Aus., L. Howe Id., N. Guinea End. .. I N. C. S. N. C. S. Forest. ' Forest Hardly in the northern province of New Zealand. rubra Boott Red uncinia G. S. .. Old dunes Grows abundantly on the inland dunes near Mason Bay. Also recorded by Kirk in list of alpine plants growing in Stewart Island at sea-level (Kirk, 55, p. 225). Grows in company with V. rubra. Hardly in the northern province of of New Zealand. Common. Fairly common. rigida Petrie filiformis Boott Stiff uncinia Slender uneinia End. End. .. C. S. .. N. C. S. Old dunes Forest, subalpine scrub Forest, subalpine scrub Wet ground near sea rupestrie Raoul var. capillacea Kiiken. Garex appressa R. Br. End. .. S. Tall sedge Aus., New ■ Cal. End. .. i End. .. 8. Sub. Common. secta Boott stellulata Good. var. australis Kiiken. ternaria Forst. f. Niggerhead Prickly sedge . . N. C. S. N. C. S. Swamp. Swamp . . Common. This is C. echinata Murr. of Cheesoman's manual. Cutting-grass . . End. N. C. S. Sub. Swamp, we) ground in dunes Common. testacea Sol. lucida Boott Slender sedge .. Shining sedge .. End. End. .. N. C. S. N. C. S. Rather wet j ground Not noted by me. . Culms elongate to a great length. uncifolia Gheesem. .. Hook-leaved sedg End. .. N. C. S. Recorded by Cheeseman (15, p. 827). I did not note this species. Plentiful on Centre Island. comans Berggr. litorosa Bailey dissita Sol. : var. monlicola Kiiken. Hair-like sedge Salt-marsh sedge Flat-leaved sedge Mountain-sedge End. End. End. .. End. N. C. S. N. C. S. N. C. S. C. S. .. Heath Salt marsh. Forest Subalp i n e scrub, subalpine meadov Forest .. j Fairly common on the mountains. Solandri Boott longiculmis* Petrie.. Solander's sedge Long-stalked sedge End. ., End. N. G. S. S. Confined as far as is known to Stewart Island, and only recorded from some of the bays of Paterson Inlet. Not noted by me, unless a plant not in flower at Glory Harbour was this species. Irifida Cav. Great sedge S.A. C. S. Sub. Wettish ground, near shore Dunes. pumila Thunb. Dune sedge Aus., S.A., E. Asia Aus., S.A., S. Africa N. C. S. Moderately common. Oederi Retz var. cataractae (R. Br.) Kiiken. Yellow sedge .. C. S. .. Swamp. & gr