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Specimens Examined
Herb. Bot. Division: 1693 Spey Valley, W. A. Thomson; 1742 Hinds River, H. H. Allan; 1743 Lake Sarah, Cass, H. H. A. 9610 bush above Routeburn huts, V. D. Zotov; 20960 bog on Mt. Hamilton, A. J. D. Barker No. 507; 28828 Mt. Arthur tableland, Nelson, 4,000 feet, R. Mason; 28830 Starvation Ridge, Tasman Mountains, 4,000 feet, R. M.; 34804 Scarface, Tawera County, R. M.; 41479–41482 Waimakariri River near Kaiapoi, A. J. Healy; 51645 Otaitai Bush, Riverton, A. J. H.; 56011–56013 Ada Saddle, N. Talbot; 63235–63238 north-east Ruahine Range, 3,900–4,800 feet, A. P. Druce; 64895 Reporoa Bog, Ruahine Range, W. F. Harris; 67573 and 67577 Leslie Clearing, Caswell Sound, A. L. Poole; 70084 Saddle between Rongatea and Colenso. Ruahine Range, c. 3,500 feet, N. T. Moar No. 645; 70134 Ngamatea, Inland Patea, N. T. M. No. 684; 71115 Leslie Clearing, Caswell Sound, V. D. Zotov; 73153 Lake Harris near L. Wakatipu, D. Petrie; 74524 Motutapu, Lake Wanaka, V. D. Zotov; 74583 Lake Lochie, Eglinton Valley, V. D. Z.; 74622 Old Man Range above 4,000 feet, V. D. Z.; 74919 Red Lake, Mt. Sebastopol, R. Mason No. 1446; 75443 Molesworth, Awatere Valley, L. B. Moore; 75915 Berwick-Henly Road, Taieri Plain, R. Mason & N. T. Moar No 930; 76658 head of Otapiri Stream, R. M. & N. T. M. No. 1156; 77211 Molesworth. L. B. Moore; 77784 upper Okuru River, Westland, M. J. A. Simpson; 79422 and 79429 Aniwaniwa Valley, Waikaremoana, 2,100 feet, A. P. Druce; 79423–79425 Maungawaru Plateau, 4,500 feet, A. P. Druce; 81800 Base Camp, Stillwater River, Caswell Sound, V. D. Zotov; 82075 Boyle River, Canterbury, A. J. Healy; 81526 Fairdown, Buller County, R. Mason and N. T. Moar No. 2069; 82613 Takahe Valley, J. H. Sorensen.
Herb. Dominion Museum: Western Amuri County, W. G. Morrison; Dee Valley, Clarence River, B. C. Aston; Mt. Arthur Plateau, A. Wall, T. F. Cheese-man; Nelson District, F. G. Gibbs; Lake Brunner, L. Cockayne No. 1578; Castle Hill, Canterbury, T. Kirk, L. Cockayne No. 1603, J, D. Enys; Starvation Gully,
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Text-Fig. 2.—Fig. 1—Carex sinclairii. A, habit; B, glume; C, utricle; D, nut; E, sheath of lowermost bract. [Drawn from Bot. Div. 41480 (A, B, D and E) and Bot. Div. 73153 (C).] Fig. 2—C. subdola, F, habit; G, glume; H, utricle; I, nut. [Drawn from Bot. Div, 73149.]
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Mt. Torlesse, L. Cockayne No. 8395; Arthur Pass, T. F. Cheeseman; Lake Pearson, T. Kirk; Bealey Valley, W. R. B. Oliver; Westport, W. Townson; Catlins River, T. F. Cheeseman; Mt. Ida, B. C. Aston; Taieri, D. Petrie; Lake Harris, D. P.; Sealey Range, D. P.; Naseby, D. P.; Longwood Range, D. P.; The Hump, T. Crosby Smith; Mt. Cleghorn, Waiau River, Southland, T. Crosby Smith; Ada Saddle, R. M. Laing.
Herb. Auckland Museum: 2597 Lake Tekapo, T. F. Cheeseman; 2600 Patetere Plateau, T. F. C.; 2601–2603 Mt. Arthur Plateau, 3,500–4,000 feet, T. F. C.; 2604 Boundary Peak, Nelson, 4,000–4,500 feet, W. Townson No. 87B; 2602 Red Hills, Wairau Valley, Marlborough, 3,500 feet, T. F. Cheeseman; 2607 Broken River, Canterbury, 2,500 feet, T. F. C; 2608 Hanmer Plains, T. F. C; 2609 Lake Alexandrin near L. Tekapo, T. F. C.; 14531 Mt. Cook, J. Adams.
Herb. Canterbury Museum: Mt. Arthur Plateau, Nelson, A. Wall; Routeburn, A. Wall; Museum index 91.14.21.1 Castle Hill, A. Wall; 91.14.21.2 Starvation Gully, Mt. Torlesse, L. Cockayne; in Herb. H. Carse 421/1 Waikaremoana, E. A. Hodgson (a mixed sheet including C. gaudichaudiana); 421/3 Maniototo, Otago, B. C. Aston; 421/4 Peel Forest, Canterbury (?) H. H. Allan; 422/10 Waimakariri tableland 600m. L. Cockayne No. 1603; 425/1 Nelson Mountains, F. G. Gibbs; 425/2 western part of Amuri County, W. G. Morrison.
A much misunderstood species, usually mistaken for C. subdola, although small plants have been referred in the past to C. gaudichaudiana. Kukenthal made this mistake, as witness L. Cockayne No. 1603 which he places in C. subdola and again L. C. No. 1578, which he cites as C. gaudichaudiana, although he referred C. sinclairii to C. ternaria as differing only in secondary characters from the latter.
I have had the opportunity of examining those specimens forwarded to C. B. Clarke by Cheeseman and annotated by the latter on the former's notes These specimens, Nos. 2603, 2606 and 2609 in Herb. Auckland Museum agree admirably with my concept of the species.
Carex subdola Boott in Proc. Linn. Soc. i (1845) 255; Trans. Linn. Soc. xx (1846) 142; in Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 282; Steudel Syn. Glum. ii Cyper. (1855) 216; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. i (1864) 314; Cheesem. Trans N.Z. Inst. xvi (1884) 430; Man. N.Z. Fl. i (1906) 819; Kukenth. in Engler's Pflanzenr. Heft 38 (1909) 366; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. ii (1925) 263.
Basal sheaths elaminate. Leaves 3–4 mm. broad, longer than the culms. Culms rather stout, sheath of lowest bract closed, usually longer than broad. Spikelets stalked, 3–5 cm. × 0.5 cm., 5–8 in number, the lowest solitary, terminal 2–3 male rarely solitary. Glumes 3 mm. × 1 mm., narrow-ovate, awned. Utricles ovate, tapering above, 3–5 mm., × 2 mm narrowly biconvex, many-(5–8) nerved on both faces, the lateral ridges rather prominent, faces typically ferruginous when mature, the mouth with two minute teeth or entire. Nut ovate, plano-convex. Text-fig. 2, Fig. 2.
Habitat. Lowland swamps below 2,000 feet.