The present author suspects, on the basis of the above difference and also that of size, that the New Zealand and South American plants are not con-varietal but as the specimen SGO 46025 is unfortunately in a very immature state it has not been deemed advisable to venture any opinions until more conclusive evidence is available. Carex coriacea sp. nov. C. ternaria var. pallida Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 431; Man. N.Z. Fl. i (1906) 820; Man. N.Z. Fl. ii (1925) 265. C. t. var. minor Boott forma pallida (Cheesem.) Kukenth. in Engler's Pflanzenr. Heft 38 (1909) 369. C. ternaria var. minor Boott Ill Car. iv (1867) 176, t. 597 pl. sinistra. Rhizomes stout, long, producing tufts of leaves at intervals of 15–20 cms. Leaves 20–40 cm. × 0.3–0.5 cm., strict, hard and coriaceous, shining, lower leaves tapered rather abruptly above, much exceeding the culms. Culms slender, nodding. Spikelets 8–10, 2–3 cm. × 0.3–0.5 cm., geminate or ternate, upper 2–4 male, more or less clavate, remainder female, sometimes with male flowers at the apices. Glumes ovate or obovate, 2 mm. × 1 mm. with a short hispid awn 0.5–1 mm. long, brown with a light 3-nerved midrib and hyaline margins, occasionally pale to almost completely hyaline. Utricles orbicular to broadly ovoid, stipitate and narrowed above into a beak, turgid, coriaceous, smooth and shining with prominent lateral ridges which are sometimes scabrid on the beak. Nut ovate to broadly ovoid to orbicular, completely filling the utricle. Text-fig. 1, Fig. 1. Habitat: Watercourses and river banks in open tussock country, 1,000–4,000 feet. Specimens Examined Herb. Bot Division: 17483 Ben More, H. H. Allan; 17601 Lewis Saddle, G. Simpson; 21765 Flock House Estate, Bulls, A L. Poole; 22481 Tapui-o-maruhine Hut, Ngaruroro River, Kaimanawa Range, 3,500 feet, A. L. P.; 28278 Blue Mountains, L. B. Moore; 33862 Red Hills, Wairau Valley, Marlborough, J. H. McMahon; 37089 Arthur Pass, V. D. Zotov; 37209 Waiau, Marlborough, A. J. Healy; 37210 North Branch, Kowai River, North Canterbury, A. J. H.; 58378 Upper Clarence Valley, R. Mason; 64897 Reporoa Bog, Ruahine Range, W. F. Harris; 67581 Leslie Clearing, Caswell Sound, 2,000 feet, A. L. Poole; 68661 Ngamatea Swamp. Inland Patea. B. G. Hamlin; 68884 Tikitiki Bush, Ngamatea, Inland Patea, B. G. H.; 73856 Molesworth, Awatere Valley, B. G. H.; 74525 Motutapu, Lake Wanaka, V. D. Zotov; 75257 Shag River near Palmerston, Otago, V. D. Z.; 75444 Molesworth, Awatere Valley, B. G. Hamlin; 75352 Motutapu. Lake Wanaka, V. D. Zotov; 75831 Reserve Road south of Timaru, R. Mason and N. T. Moar No. 923; 75898 Blue Mountains, Tapanui, R. M. and N. T. M. No. 1264; 76623 Clinton-Mataura Road, R. M. and N. T. M. No. 1048; 76634 Waikaka Valley, Southland, R. M. and N. T. M. No. 1112; 76732 Oreti Beach. Southland, R. M. and N. T. M. No. 1242; 76746 Blue Mountains, Tapanui, R. M. and N. T. M. No. 1279; 79496 Moawhanga River, S.W. Kaimanawa Range, B. G. Hamlin and A. P. Druce; 82684 Otautau, Southland, raised bog, N. T. Moar No. 2467. Herb. Dominion Museum: Waimarino, D. Petrie; South-West Nelson and Buller River, W. Townson; Cedar Creek, Denniston, P. G. Morgan; Lake Rotoiti, Nelson, 1,800 feet, T. F. Cheeseman; Upcot, Awatere Valley, D. Petrie; Hanmer Plains, C. Christensen; western part of Amuri County, W. G. Morrison; Bealey