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Luzula. | JUNCACES. 737 
NortH anp SourH Istanps, Srewarr IstaAnp, CHATHAM ISLANDS: 
Abundant throughout, from sea-level to 4500 ft. 
Var. Petriana, Buchen 1.c.—Rather stout, tufted, 4-12in. high. Leaves 
narrow, ;—4 in. broad, sparingly ciliate. Inflorescence less developed, usually 
with the lateral clusters shortly stipitate, but sometimes contracted into a con- 
slobate head. Upper bracts more or less lacerate. Perianth-segments lanceo- 
late, acute, very dark chestnut-brown without white margins or with very 
obscure ones. Capsule shorter than the perianth. L. Wettsteinii, Buchen. l.c. 
appears to be a tall excessively slender state of this. 
NortuH anp South IsnLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, AUCKLAND ISLANDS: 
Abundant in hilly or mountain districts, ascending to 4500 ft. 
Var. picta, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 292.—Slender, often flaccid, 3-18 in. 
high. Leaves flat, grassy. Inflorescence lax, the clusters rather few, th: 
lateral ones peduncled. Fiowers 4-Ain. long. Perianth-segments linear-lanceo- 
late, long-acuminate, with very broad white membranous margins and a narrow 
stripe of dark or pale chestnut-brown down the middle. Capsule shorter thai: 
the periauth, obovoid, trigonous.—L. picta, A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 146; 
A. Cunn. Precur. n. 295; Raoul, Choix, 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zeal. i. 265; 
Buchen. Monog. Junc. 146. L. subclavata, Col. wu Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii. 
(1886) 276. 
NortH anp SoutH Isuanps, Srewart Isnanp: Abundant throughout, 
usually in shaded places. Sea-level to 3500 ft. 
Var. Banksiana, Suchen. l.c.— Rather stout, 3-12in. high or more. 
Leaves numerous, broad, sometimes 4in. across, almost equalling the stem. 
Inflorescence congested into a conglobate head. Flowers large, 4in. long.— 
L. Banksiana, EZ. Mey. in Linnea, xxii. (1849) 412. L. picta var. Banksiana, 
Buchen. Monog. Junc. 147. 
Locality ?—I am not acquainted with this, which is probably an inter- 
mediate form between picta and australasica. 
Var. australasica, Buchen. l.c.—Rather stout, 3-12in. high or more. 
Teaves flat, coriaceous, 4-1in. broad; margins thickened, cartilaginous, con- 
spicuously ciliate. Inflorescence contracted into an ovoid head +—#in. diam., 
often with several smaller lateral pedunculated heads. Upper bracts ciliate. 
Flowers about tin. long. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, margins 
broad, white, membranous, central stripe chestnut-brown or red. Capsule ovoid- 
trigonous, slightly shorter than the perianth.—L. australasica, Steud. Syn. Pi. 
Cyp. 294. lL. Oldfieldii, Hook. f. Hl. Tasm. ii. 68; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 298; 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 122. 
Nortu anp Sout Is~tanps, CHaTtHam IsLanps, Stewart IsLtanpD: Hilly 
and mountain districts from Taupo southwards, ascending to 4000 ft. 
Var. crinita, Buchen. |.c.—Stout, strict, 3-14 in. high. Leaves numerous, 
flat or involute, ;,-}in. broad; margins thickened, densely and conspicuously 
ciliate. Inflorescence contracted into a compact ovoid head, sometimes with 
1-3 smaller lateral psduncled ones. Lower bracts long, ciliate, involucrate ; 
upper membranous, lacerate and densely ciliate. Flowers ;,in. long. Perianth 
segments lanceolate, long-acuminate, dark chestnut-brown, sometimes almost 
black. Capsule almost equalling the perianth.—L. crinita, Hook. f. Hl. Antarct. 
i. 84, t. 48; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 293; Buchen. Monog. June. 151. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, MacQuaRIE IstAND: Sea-level to 
1400 ft. The typical form appears to be confined to the above localities, but 
intermediates between it and australasica and migrata are not uncommon in the 
mountains of the South Island. 
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