734 JUNCACEX. |Luzula. 
1. L. Colensoi, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 293.—Small, moss- 
like, densely tufted, nearly glabrous, forming rounded cushions 
1-3 in. across. Stems very short. Leaves much longer than the 
stems, 1-3 in. long, subulate, tapering from a broad sheathing base 
to an obtuse tip, rigid and coriaceous, channelled in front, convex 
on the back, glabrous above the middle, margins of the sheath and 
lower part of the leaf sparingly ciliate. Inflorescence of 2 to 6 few- 
flowered fascicles compacted into a dense head concealed among 
the leaves; lower bracts leafy, exceeding the flowers; remainder 
small, white, membranous, lacerate. Flowers about ,,in. long. 
Perianth-segments equal, ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, chest- 
nut-brown with pale membranous margins and tips. Stamens 6, 
from slightly shorter to slightly longer than the segments. Capsule 
almost equalling the perianth, ovoid-globose, trigonous, red-brown. 
Seeds ferruginous, obliquely ovoid.—Buchen. Monog. Junc. 145. 
NortH Isuanp: Mount Egmont, 7. #. C.; Ruapehu, AH. Hill! Rev. F. A. 
Spencer! Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Mount Holdsworth, W. Townson ! 
SoutH IsntAnp: Nelson Gordon’s Nob, Mount Owen, Mount Peel, 7. F. C. 
Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Petrie ! Cockayne! Otago—Longwood Range, Kirk f 
4000-6000 fc. January-February. 
Easily distinguished by its small size and very short stems, the flowers 
being sunk among the leaves. Buchenau’s var. macrostemon (Oesterr. Bot. 
Zeit. 1898), separatsd on account of the stamens slightly exceeding the 
perianth, does not appear to me to be really distinct, the stamens often varying 
in length. 
2. L. micrantha, Buchen. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. 1898. — 
Densely tufted, forming compact rounded patches. Stems rigid, 
erect, 3-14 in. high, leafy at the base. Leaves equalling the stems, 
straight, rigid, erect, narrow-linear, obtuse at the tip, broadly 
sheathing at the base, flat or slightly concave in front, rounded or 
almost flat at the back; margins cartilaginous, glabrous; sheaths 
membranous, striate, slightly ciliate at the tip. Inflorescence 
simple, terminal, capitate, 3-8-flowered; the lowest bract (or the 2 
lowest) foliaceous, overtopping the inflorescence, the remainder 
small, membranous, lacerate. Flowers about ;4,in. long. Perianth- 
segments equal, lanceolate, acute, reddish-brown, with very narrow 
hyaline margins. Stamens 6, rather more than half as long as the 
perianth-segments. Capsule elliptic-trigonous, almost equalling 
the perianth, acute, shining, red-brown, paler at the base. 
Var. triandra.—Size and habit of the type, but leaves rather narrower, 
often curved, and usually canaliculate. Heads 6-12-flowered. Stamens 3.— 
L. triandra, Buchev. l.c. 
Var. crenulata.—Very densely pulvinate. Leaves very narrow, subulate, 
canaliculate. Inflorescence 2-6-flowered. Perianth-segments crenulate at the 
tips. Stamens 6. Capsule obovoid, trigonous, obtuse.—L. crenulata, Buchen. l.c. 
SourH Isutanp: Otago—Mount Cardrona, Petrie! Vars. triandra and 
crenulata: Rock and Pillar Range, Petrie ! 4000-6000 ft. December— 
February. 
