Iphigenia.} LILIACEA:. 721 
1. I. nove-zealandiw, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. (1879) 
451.—Bulb (corm) subglobose, 4in. diam.; sheaths reddish, mem- 
branous. Stem 1-2in. high. Leaves 2 or rarely 3, 4-3 in. long, 
narrow-linear, sheathing the greater part of the stem and exceed- 
ing it. Flower solitary, tin. diam. Perianth-segments 4-6, ob- 
lanceolate, acute, with 6-8 longitudinal veins. Stamens 4-6, 
slightly shorter than the segments; anthers white, subglobose. 
Ovary broadly oblong, 2-3-celled; styles 2, rarely 3, subulate. 
Capsule broadly oblong, usually 2-celled, §-4in. diam.—Anguil- 
laria novee-zealandiw, Hook. f. ex T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x. 
(1878) App. xi. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Lyall; swamps near Christchurch, 4Arm- 
strong! near Burnham, Kirk! Banks Peninsula, Cockayne! Lake Grassmere, 
J. D. Hnys! Rangitata Valley, Haast! Otago—Otepopo, Petrie ! Sea-level 
to 2500 ft. November—December. 
OrperR LXXXIII. JUNCACEA. 
Perennial, rarely annual herbs. Rootstock short, stout, scaly. 
Stems usually simple, slender, stiff, erect, cylindrical or compressed, 
sometimes septate within. Leaves usually all radical, often rigid 
and terete like the stems, sometimes flat and grassy, occasionally 
absent or reduced to sheaths. Flowers small, green or brown, 
regular, hermaphrodite or more rarely unisexual, in axillary or ter- 
minal cymes or clusters, rarely solitary. Perianth inferior, cori- 
aceous or scarious, persistent ; segments 6 in 2 series, imbricate. 
Stamens usually 6, inserted on the bases of the perianth-segments, 
the 3 interior sometimes wanting; filaments free, flattened or fili- 
form; anthers 2-celled, introrse. Ovary superior, 1-celled or 3- 
celled; style short or long; stigmas 3, filiform; ovules few or 
many, anatropous. Fruit a 1- or 3-celled capsule, loculicidally 
3-valved. Seeds few or many, erect; testa membranous, often lax 
at each end ; albumen copious, fleshy; embryo minute. 
An order of moderate size, comprising 14 genera and about 250 species, 
The two typical genera (Juncus and Luzula) are widely dispersed, especially in 
temperate or extratropical regions; the remainder of the order is mainly Aus- 
tralian. The species have no important properties and cannot be said to 
possess any economic value. 
Glabrous. Flower solitary. Ovary 1-celled, ovules many. 
Stylelong.. 3 
: af bic ae .. 1. RostKoyia, 
Glabrous. Flowers several or numerous. Ovary often 3- 
celled, ovules many. Style short : at .. 2. JUNCUS. 
Hairy. Flowers several or numerous. Ovary 1-celled, 
ovules 3. Style short ci i 3. Luzua. 
1. ROSTKOVIA, Desy. 
Densely tufted perennial herbs. Rhizome short, horizontal, 
branched. Stems crowded on the rhizome, strict, erect, terete. 
Leaves 1 or more, together with several sheathing scales at the 
