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Uncinia.]

5. U. purpurata, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 272.—Culms tufted, slender or rather stout, scabrid above, leafy at the base, 6–14 in. high. Leaves usually shorter than the stems but sometimes equalling or even exceeding them, flat or slightly concave, grassy, striate, $1⁄20$–$1⁄12$ broad; margins scabrid; sheaths at the base dusky-brown. Spike ¾–2 in. long, linear-oblong, usually dense, continuous. Male portion short, cylindric; bract absent, or present and exceeding the spike. Glumes oblong or obovate, obtuse or subacute, dark-brown with pale scarious margins, shorter than the utricle. Utricle lanceolate, tapering al both ends, plano-convex, quite glabrous, faintly nerved, about ¼ in. long; bristle nearly twice as long as the utricle.

6. U. cæspitosa, ''Boott in Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 287.—Culms tufted, slender, leafy, 6–14 in. high. Leaves longer or shorter than the culms, flat, grassy, very variable in width, from $1⁄12$–$1⁄8$ broad; margins scabrid. Spike 1½–3 in. long, narrow-oblong or almost linear, rather dense or lax but not interrupted; male portion very short; bract variable, broad and foliaceous or narrow and setaceous. Glumes lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, membranous, green or pale-green, usually equalling the utricle. Utricles about ¼ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, suddenly narrowed above, smooth or faintlv nerved; bristle about twice the length of the utricle.—''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 310; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc.'' xx. 393. U. horizontalis, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 334.