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2. E. neo-zealandica, C. B. Clarke ex T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi. (1894) 260.—Rhizome slender, creeping, 1—3 in. long. Stems shore, 1—2½ in. high, striate; sheath membranous, mouth oblique. Spikelet solitary, terminal, ⅙–¼ in. long, broadly ovoid, much wider than the stem. 4–8-flowered. Glumes broadly ovate, concave, obtuse, red-brown with a paler centre and scarious margins. Hypogynous bristles wanting. Stamens 3. Style with 2 linear arms and a very small swollen base. Nuc obovoid, biconvex, smooth, pale-brown.

3. E. acicularis, R. Br. Prodr. 224.—Rhizome very slender, almost filiform, creeping, stoloniferous. Stems numerous, tufted, extremely slender, capillary, 2–6 in. high; sheaths membranous, acute. Spikelet small, slender, ⅛–⅕ in. long, compressed, pale to dark-brown. 3–6-flowered. Glumes ovate, obtuse, membranous, brown with a greenish or pale centre and narrow scarious margins. Hypogynous bristles 2–4, short, deciduous. Style-branches 3; style-base small, conic, depressed. Nut small, pale, obovoid-oblong, longitudinally ribbed and with minute transverse striae between the ribs.—Kunth, Enum. ii. 141; ''C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind.'' vi. 628.

4. E. acuta, R. Br. Prodr. 224.—Rhizome creeping. Stems numerous, tufted, 4–18 in. high, rather stout or slender, striate; sheath closely appressed to the stem, with a horizontally truncate mouth, the margin of which is thickened and usually dark- coloured, with a small erect mucro or rudimentary lamina on one side.