730 JUNCACER. [ Juncus. 
about #in. long, dark chestnut-brown. Perianth-segments equal, 
lanceolate, acute. Stamens 3, rarely 6; anthers ovate. Capsule 
equalling the perianth, ovoid-trigonous, subacute. Seeds ovoid, 
obtuse, shining, obsoletely reticulate.—Hanib. N.Z. Fl. 290; 
Buchen. Monog. Junc. 432. J. pauciflorus, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. ix. (1877) 551 (not of &. Br.). J. brevifolius, Kirk, l.c. xiv. 
(1882) 382. 
Nortu IstanD: Rangipo Plain, near the foot of Ruapehu, Petrie! Sour 
Istanp: Nelson —Mount Arthur, Mount Owen, 1’. Ff. C.; Lake Rotoiti, Kirk. 
Canterbury—Broken River, J. D. Enys ! Kirk! T. F.C.; Tasman Valley, T. F.C. 
Otago—Not uncommon in the central and southern districts, Buchanan ! 
Petrie! Srewart Istanp: Kirk! AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: 
Hooker, Kirk! Usually from 1500-4000 ft., but descends to sea-level in Otago 
and the islands to the south. December-February. 
A very distinct species. The Campbell Island plant is said to have 6 
stamens and the culms hardly longer than the leaves, whereas in New Zealand 
the stamens are nearly always 3, and the culms usually (but not invariably) 
exceed the leaves. -I agree with Professor Buchenau in considering Kirk’s 
J. brevifolius to be a mere state of J. antarcticus. 
11. J. prismatocarpus, &. Br. Prodr. 259.—Perennial, laxly 
tufted. Stems erect or sometimes decumbent and rooting at the 
nodes towards the base, leafy, compressed, often 2-edged, not 
jointed, 9-24in. high. Leaves always shorter than the stems, 
3-9in. long, ;,-4in. broad, gradually narrowed to an acute tip, 
strongly compressed, flat, soft, multitubular, incompletely and often 
indistinctly septate; sheathing base long, compressed, tip with 
2 obtuse lobes. Cyme very large and compound, with 1 or 2 short 
leafy bracts at the base; branches long, slender, divaricating. 
Flowers 4-4 in. long, greenish or greenish-brown, in many-flowered 
globular clusters. Perianth-segments about equal, linear-lanceolate 
or subulate-lanceolate, acuminate. Stamens 3, much shorter than 
the segments. Capsule usually considerably longer than the peri- 
anth, pale, narrow, prismatic, triquetrous, l-celled, placentas very 
feebly developed. Seeds ovoid, apiculate.—Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 
151 (in part); Buchen. Monog. Junc. 311. 
NortH Isuanp: Wet places in lowland stations from the Bay of Islands 
to Wellington, not uncommon. SoutH Isnanp: Nelson — Motueka Valley, 
ES IURICE November—January. 
Easily distinguished from J. holoschenus by the strongly compressed stems, 
flattened and inc»mpletely septate leaves, large spreading cymes, and by the 
stamens being 3 only. It is widely diffused in Australia and eastern Asia. 
12. J. holoschoenus, #. Br. Prodr. 259.—Stems laxly tufted, 
creeping at the base, strict and erect above, terete or subcom- 
pressed, smooth, leafy, 6-18in. high. Leaves few, equalling or 
exceeding the stems, erect from a long sheathing base, tapering 
into a long acuminate point, terete or slightly compressed, fistular, 
