732 JUNCACER, (Juncus. 
branous, with 2 rounded auricles at the tip. Scape very short, 
much overtopped by the leaves, bearing 1 or 2 pale-coloured 3-8- 
flowered heads. Flowers crowded, din. long. Perianth-segments 
equal, lanceolate, acuminate, with scarious margins. Stamens 6, 
almost as long as the perianth-segments. Capsule equalling the 
perianth or rather longer than it, ovoid-trigonous. Seeds numerous, 
ovoid, obtuse, finely reticulated.—Hook. f. Fil. Antarct. 1. 80; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 291; Buchen. Monog. Junc. 286. 
SoutH Is~tanp: Otago—Lake district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan 
(Handbook). AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: In boggy places, Hooker. 
_ANTIPODES IsLAND: Kirk ! 
I have seen no specimens but Mr. Kirk’s, which have the habit of J. nove- 
zealandi@. Professor Buchenau appears to doubt the identity of the New Zea- 
land plant with the South American J. scheuchzerioides, to which it was referred 
by Hooker. I have had no opportunity of comparing specimens. 
15. J. novee-zealandiz, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 264.—Stems 
very slender, much branched, densely tufted, often forming large 
patches, creeping and rooting at the base, erect above, 1-6 in. high. 
Leaves longer or shorter than the stem and sheathing it for the 
greater part of its length, very slender, filiform, terete, striate, pith 
with transverse joints; sheathing base long, membranous, with 2 
rounded lobes at the tip. Flowers ;4,in. long, chestnut-brown, 
in 2—5-flowered fascicles ; fascicles either solitary and terminal or 
2-3 superposed. Perianth-segments ovate or ovate - lanceolate, 
obtuse, usually chestnut- brown, margins broad, membranous, 
hyaline. Stamens 6, equalling the perianth-segments or slightly 
exceeding them. Capsule $-2in. long, much longer than the 
perianth, broadly ovoid-trigonous, obtuse, shortly mucronate, dark 
chestnut-brown or almost black, smooth, shining. Seeds minute, 
ovoid, pale-brown; testa minutely reticulate.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
291; Buchen. Monog. June. 289. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLanps, Stewart Istanp: Mountain-swamps from 
the Hast Cape and Taranaki southwards, abundant. Sea-level to 4500 ft. 
December—March. 
16. J. pusillus, Buchen. in Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vi. (1879) 
395.—Very similar to J. nove-zealandie in habit and general 
appearance, but paler, rather smaller, and still more slender. 
Leaves longer or shorter than the stems, capillary, terete, striate, 
pith with transverse joints; sheaths thin and membranous, with 
hyaline margins and 2 rounded lobes at the top. Flowers pale- 
coloured, small, about ;4,in. long, solitary or in 2-3-flowered 
fascicles; fascicles seldom more than one. Perianth - segments 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, pale-green ; 
margins membranous. Stamens 6, equalling the perianth-seg- 
ments or rather longer. Capsule in. long, slightly exceeding 
the perianth, narrow ovoid-trigonous, shortly beaked, pale, smooth. 
