736 JUNCACER. [Luzula. 
Closely allied to L. pumila, from which it differs in the more compound 
inflorescence, and in the much broader perianth-segments, with very con- 
spicuous silvery-white margins. 
5. L. leptophylla, Buchen. and Petrie in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. 
1898.—Small, slender, stoloniferous, 1-4 in. high. Leaves all radi- 
cal, much shorter than the stems, 4-2 in. long, very narrow, almost 
filiform, tip obtuse, margins convolute, glabrous or nearly so, mouth 
of the sheath with a tuft of slender hairs. Inflorescence terminal, 
of a single 3-8 flowered head, or more rarely the head consists of 
2 closely compacted clusters; bract at the base of the head small, 
leafy. Flowers small, about in. long. Perianth-segments about 
equal or the outer a little shorter, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
central portion dark chestnut-brown or almost black; margins 
broad, pale, membranous. Stamens 3, filaments filiform. Capsule 
equalling the perianth, rounded-obovoid, shining, dark - chestnut, 
sometimes almost black. 
SourH Istanp: Otago—Mount Kyeburn, Petrie! 2000-3500 ft. De- 
cember-January. 
A very curious little plant, of which I have seen no specimens except Mr. 
Petrie’s. It appears to differ from reduced states of L. campestris in the ex- 
ceedingly slender stems, almost filiform leaves, and 3 stamens. 
6. L. campestris, D.C. Fl. Fr. iii. 161—Excessively variable 
in all its parts. Stems more or less densely tufted, stout or 
slender, very variable in size, usually from 6-14 in. high, but often 
reduced to 2in., and sometimes reaching 18 or 20in. Leaves 
mostly radical, always shorter than the stems, generally flat and 
grassy, but varying in breadth from 1, to din., gradually narrowed 
into an obtuse and usually callous tip; margins flat or thickened, 
more or less ciliate with long hairs and often copiously so. In- 
florescence very variable, in the most developed forms of numerous. 
clusters on the branches of an umbellate cyme, the branches very 
unequal in length ; but frequently the clusters are greatly reduced 
in number and the branches are often so short that the inflores- 
cence is congested into a pyramidal or ovoid entire or lobed head. 
Lower bracts foliaceous; upper membranous, entire or lacerate, 
more or less ciliate. Flowers ;-+in. long. Perianth-segments 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, subequal, margins usually mem- 
branous, often white. Stamens 6. Capsule equalling the perianth, 
broadly ovoid or obovoid, trigonous, obtuse, usually shortly mucro- 
nate.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1. 264; Handb. N.Z. Fil. 292; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii. 123; Buchen. Monog. Junc. 155. 
Var. migrata, Buchen. in Oe0csterr. Bot. Zeit. 1898.—Stems 4-15 in. 
high. Leaves 4-1in. broad; margins flat, not usually cartilaginous, ciliate but 
not conspicuously so. Inflorescence well developed, usually lax, the lateral 
clusters pedunculate. Flowers ;4-4in. long. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 
acute, dark chestnut-brown with white membranous margins.—L. campestris. 
var. a, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 292. L. rhadina, Buchen. l.c. (a form with 
very narrow erect leaves). - 
