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6. Ju n cn s bufonius, L . ; oulmis fastigiatis simplicibus basi foliosis, foliis lineari-setaceis sulcatis,
cyma terminali laxe dicbotome ramosa, ramis elongatis gemciüatis bracteatis, floribus majusculis subsessilibus
solitariis 2-3 -u isv e, capsula periantbio breviore.— * » » . Sp. P l. Fngl. Bo t. t. 802. J . plebeius,
B r . Frodr. etc.
H ab. Ab u n d an t tliro u g h ou t th e Islands, Sinclair, Colenso, ete. (A native of England.)
-A very common plant in many parts of the world, and fonnd in -Australia and Tasmama.—Whole plant very pale-
coloured. Culms a span high, tufted ; leaves setaceous, grooved, short. Panicles or Cymes very large, sparingly
branched ; branches long, with large, very distant, scattered flowei's, which are solitaiy or few together. Capsule
much shorter than the perianth.
7. Ju n cu s Novoe-Zelandioe, Hook, fil.; culmis cæspitosis filiformibus, foliis angustissime linearibus
subsetaceis acutis striatis fistulosis n u n c articulatis, floribus 3 - 6 infra apicem culmi sessilibus rarius
terminalibus, capsulis 3-locularibus obovatis apiculatis castaneis nitidis perianthium obtusum superautibus.
H ab. N o rth e rn Island. Bogs on th e E a st Coast and interior, Colenso.
A small, slender, tufted species, 3 -6 inches high. Leaves almost setaceous, hollow, striated, often conspicuously
jointed. Plowers three to five, towards the top of the culm ; sometimes there are two series of them, at others a
short branch is given off close to the three sessile flowers, and bearing three others. Ferianth of red-brown segments,
blunt, with white membranous margins. Capsule polished red-brown, obovate, mucronate, three-celled.
8. Ju n cu s capillaceus, Hook. fil. ; pusillus, subcæspitosus, culmis setaceo-filiformibus foliis setaceis
articulatis brevioribus, floribus lateralibus solitariis v. 2 -3 sessilibus v. breve pedicellatis 2-bracteatis,
bractea superiore (culmi apice) basi vaginato, inferiore aristato flore breviore, perianthii foliolis oblongis
obtusis, stamimbus 6, stylo subelongato.
H ab. N o rth e rn Island. E a s t Coast, Colenso.
A very small slender species, 2 -4 inches high, with capillary culms, shorter than the setaceous artieidate
leaves. Flowers small, solitary, or two or three on the side of the culm, which is produced beyond them into a
subulate bract, membranous at the base ; opposite to this is a similar shorter bract. Perianth of six, equal, linear
oblong, blunt pieces. Stamens six. Style rather long, with three long stigmas.—Allied to J. Scheuchzerioiies of the
Falkland Islands, and J. antarcticus of Campbell Island.
Obs. j . antarcticus (Fl. Antarct. p. 79. t. 46), a native of Campbell Island, may occur on the New Zealand
mountains ; it much resembles very small states of Luzula campestris in habit and foliage, but has short scapes and
capitate terminal heads of three to six hexandrous flowers. Segments o f the perianth subulate.
Gen. I I . LUZULA, BC.
6-partitum, glumaceum, 2-bracteatum. Stamina 6. Ovarium basi 3-ovulatum. S tig mata
3. Capsula l-locula ris, 3-valvis, 3-spenua.
A genus scattered over various parts of the world, most abundant in temperate and arctic climates ; oue
New Zealand species is common to both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Readily distinguished from
■Juneus by the grassy, almost invariably pilose leaves, and one-celled three-seeded capsule. (Name of doubtful
origin.)
1. Luzula campestris, D C .; pilosa v. glabrata, spicis capitatis subumbellatis paniculatisve inæqualiter
pedunculatis nunc in capitulum congestis, bracteis integris, perianthii laciniis ovatis acuminatis brunneis
albo-marginatis, capsulis obtusis.— BC. Flor. Franc. B r . Prodr. Ju n cu s, L in n . B a n h et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
Fngl. Bo t. t. 6 7 2 .— V a riat insigniter statura, inflorescentia spicata paniculata v. dense congesta, colore
pallida V. castanea, et foliis brevibus subulatis elongatisve e t gramineis.
H ab. A b u n d an t th ro u g h o u t th e Islands, B a n h a n d SoUnder, ete. (A native of En g lan d .)
A very familiar plant to the English Botanist, which is likely to puzzle the New Zealand student from its
singularly protean h a b i t . - f t « * 1 -1 6 inches high. Leaves short and almost subulate, or long and grassy generaUy
with long scattered hahs. Inflorescence a dense, sessile, rounded or lobed head or spike, sohtary or with one or
more pedunculate spikes rising from its base, or broken up into many little pedunculate spikelets. Pdmers very
pale, or deep ehestnnt-brown. Perianth with a broad central brown area, and comparatively narrow white b o r d e r .-
All the New Zealand varieties are found in Europe, and most of them in Australia, Tasmania, and other parts of
the world. One of these, gathered by Mr. Colenso on the Euahine and other mountains, is tufted and not an inch
hi«h, nearly glabrous, has subulate leaves, and a small dense spike sunk amongst the leaves; this latter closely
resembles Alpine specimens of the Auckland Islands X. crinita ; I have examined a similar state of X. carnpestns
from the Norwegian Alps.
2 . Hrxixia p ic ta , A. B ic h .; gracüis, laxe pilosa, spiculis paucifloris gracile pedunculatis v. rarius
congestis, bracteis integris, periantliiis acuminatis subarista tis albidis fascia castanea angnsta . L . picta
A . R ich . F l. L . Banksiana, F . Meyer in L innoea, v. 2 2 . yi. 4 1 2 . J u n cu s campestris var., B a n h et Sol.
M S S . et Ic.
H ab. N o rth e rn and Middle Islan d s, frequent, B a n h a n d Solander, H U rm lle , etc.
A very variable plant, possibly a variety of X. campestris, but much smaUer, more slender, and narrower-leaved,
with sparmgly branched, rather eymose infloreseence.-ftyiifelefe few-flowered, on fiUform spreading peduncles, rarely
clustered mto one spike. Perianth pale, glistening, of very sharp, almost aristate segments, with a narrow chestnut-
bl'owii stripe down the middle.
Obs.—Xiirai« crinita (Fl. Antarct. p. 85. t. 48), wHch is abundant in Lord Auckland’s and CampbeU’s
Islaud, has not yet been gathered in New Zealand ; it is much too nearly aUied to X. carnpestns, bnt it is a more
robust, very viUous plant, with thicker, more coriaceous, and keeled perianth, and fimbnate bracts.
Obs. The genus Rostkovia, of which two species inhabit Lord Auckland’s and CampbeU’s Islands, has not
been gathered in New Zealand, but probably exists iu the Middle and South Islands. I t may be recognized by its
long terete leaves, large soUtary ilowers, long style, and three long stigmas.
N a t . O r d . X C I I I . RESTIACEÆ, Br.
Gen. I . L E PTO C A E PU S , B r .
Flores dioici, fascioulati, amentacei. Pe rianthium 6-gIume. g Stamina 3 ; antheræ 1-loculares,
peltatæ. ¥ 1-ovulatum ; stylus 1 ; stigm ata 3. A5a-Crustacea, basi styli coronata.
Rush-like dicecious plants, with a stout, scaly, creeping rhizome, and erect, simple or branched, cylindrical,
jointed, sheathed culms. In the only New Zealand species the male plants have a loosely panicled inflorescence of
pediceUate spikelets; scales imbricating, lanceolate or ovate, long or broad, acuminate or awned, spreading; glumes
acute, three outer larger, inner shorter; stamens three, with short filaments surroundiiig a thick disc, which is a
deformed ovai-y. Female plants with sessile, crowded or remote, simple or fascicled, short spikelets. Scales broad,
concave, acute, mucronate or awncd ; flowers flattened ; three outer glumes concave, acuminate, erect, spreading at
the tips ; inner shoi'ter, connate at the base, acute or acuminate in the flower, often becoming blunt, and always
hard, and enclosing the ripe fruit. Ovary trigonous, with short style and three long deciduous stigmas. Achenium
onc-!cUed, indéhiscent, with one pendulous seed. The other species are aU Australian and Tasmanian. (Name
from XcTTTOf, slender, and Kapiro<s, fru it.)
1. Leptocarpus simplex, B r.; culmis e rhizomate repente simplicibus g racihbus v. ro bustis, spiculis
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