724 JUNCACEZE. [Juncus.. 
++ Capsule equalling the perianth or very slightly exceeding it. 
Stems rather stout, 2-4ft. x ~,-fin. Flowers j-}in., 
collected into many-flowered globose heads. Stamens 
usually 3. Capsule broadly oblong . 7 2 
Stems slender, 1-3ft. x »~,-4in. Flowers 4,-,in., 
usually in the cyme. Stamens 3. Capsule small, 
thin, almost globose be 36 - .. 4. J. effusus. 
3. J. vaginatus. 
** Leaves 1 or 2, terete like the stem. 
Tall salt-marsh plant, 1-3ft. Cyme large, many-flowered. 
Stamens 6. Capsule ovoid-trigonous .. a .. 5. Jd. maritimus. 
B. Graminifolii. Stem leafy at the base and sometimes upwards as well. 
Leaves flat or semiterete, not septate within. 
Annual, much branched. Leaves setaceous. Flowers 
pale, distinct aE 4 oe 4c oe 
Perennial, simple. Leaves grassy,. flat or involute. Cyme 
terminal, lax. Flowers pale, distinct sa we 
Tall, 6-18in. Leaves flat, all radical. Flowers brown, in 
distinct clusters. Stamens 3 be ts at 
Tall, 6-18in. Leaves flat or involute, all radical. 
Flowers brown, in distinct clusters, contracted (in the 
N.Z. form) into a compound head. Stamens 6 fe 
Small, 1-4in. Leaves all radical, almost terete. Flowers 
brown, in a terminal 2-8-flowered head % .. 10. J. antarcticus. 
6. J. bufonius. 
7. J. tenuis. 
8. J. planifolius. 
9. J. cespiticius. 
Articulati. Stem leafy at the base and often upwards as well. Leaves. 
terete or compressed, septate within, the septa usually prominent extern- 
ally. 
Stems 9-24in., compressed, 2-edged. Leaves ~-} in. 
across, flat, multitubular. Cyme very large and com- 
pound; flowers brown. Stamens 3 45 .. ll. J. prismatocar- 
Stems 6-18in. Leaves linear, overtopping the stems, as 
terete or slightly compressed, unitubular. Cymes 
small, contracted ; flowers greenish. Stamens 6 .. 12. J. holoschenus. 
Stems very slender, 6-18in. Leaves linear-subulate, 
shorter than the stems, terete or compressed, unitu- 
bular. Cymes divaricate; flowers brown. Stamens 6 13. J. lampocarpus. 
Stems much branched,2-S8in. Leaves narrow, compressed. 
Flowers pale, in 3-8-flowered fascicles. Capsule pale 
equalling or slightly longer than the perianth .. .. 14. J. scheuchzerioi- 
des. 
Stems much branched, 1-6in. Leaves filiform, terete. 
Flowers brown, in 2-5-flowered fascicles. Capsule 
dark-brown or black, much exceeding the perianth .. 15. J. nove - zealan- 
dia. 
Stems much-branched, 1-6in. Leaves filiform, terete. 
Flowers pale, in 2-3-flowered fascicles. Capsule pale, 
slightly exceeding the perianth 5c ae .. 16. J. pusillus. 
1. J. pallidus, &. Br. Prodr. 258.—Pale greyish-green, densely 
tufted, very tall and robust, 2-5 ft. high. Rhizome short, very stout 
and woody. Stems often in. diam., cylindric, finely striate, with 
several large and lax sheathing scales at the base, which are usually 
dark-chestnut below, straw-coloured above, sometimes pale through- 
