264. FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Juncee, 
6. Juncus ¿ufonius, L.; culmis fastigiatis simplicibus basi foliosis, foliis lineari-setaceis sulcatis, 
cyma terminali laxe dichotome ramosa, ramis elongatis geniculatis bracteatis, floribus majusculis subsessi- 
libus solitariis 2-3-nisve, capsula perianthio breviore.—Linn. Sp. Pl. Engl. Bot. t. 802. J. plebeius, 
Br. Prodr. ete. 
Has. Abundant throughout the Islands, Sinclair, Colenso, etc. (A native of England.) 
A very common plantin many parts of the world, and found in Australia and Tasmania. — Whole plant very pale- 
coloured. Culms a span high, tufted; leaves setaceous, grooved, short. Panicles or Cymes very large, sparingly 
branched ; branches long, with large, very distant, scattered flowers, which are solitary or few together. Capsule 
much shorter than the perianth. 
7. Juncus Nova-Zelandie, Hook. fil.; culmis cespitosis filiformibus, foliis angustissime linearibus 
subsetaceis acutis striatis fistulosis nunc articulatis, floribus 3-5 infra apicem culmi sessilibus rarius 
terminalibus, capsulis 3-locularibus obovatis apiculatis castaneis nitidis perianthium obtusum superantibus. 
Has. Northern Island. Bogs on the East Coast and interior, Colenso. 
A small, slender, tufted species, 3-6 inches high. Leaves almost setaceous, hollow, striated, often conspicuously 
jointed. Flowers three to five, towards the top of the culm: sometimes there are two series of them, at others a 
short branch is given off close to the three sessile flowers, and bearing three others. Perianth of red-brown seg- 
ments, blunt, with white membranous margins. Capsule polished red-brown, obovate, mucronate, three-celled. 
8. Juncus capillaceus, Hook. fil. ; pusillus, subcespitosus, culmis setaceo-filiformibus folis setaceis 
articulatis brevioribus, floribus lateralibus solitariis v. 2-3 sessilibus v. breve pedicellatis 2-bracteatis, 
bractea superiore (culmi apice) basi vaginato, inferiore aristato flore breviore, perianthii foliolis oblongis 
obtusis, staminibus 6, stylo subelongato. : 
Haz. Northern Island. East Coast, Colenso. 
A very small slender species, 2—4 inches high, with capillary culms, shorter than the setaceous articulate 
leaves. Flowers small, solitary, or two or three on the side of the culm, which is produced beyond them into a 
subulate bract, membranous at the base; opposite to this is a similar shorter bract. Perianth of six, egual, linear 
oblong, blunt pieces. Stamens six. Style rather long, with three long stigmas.—Allied to J. Scheuchzerioides of the 
Falkland Islands, and J. antarcticus of Campbell Island. 
Oss. J. antarcticus (Fl. Antarct. p. 79. t. 46), a native of Campbell Island, may occur on the New Zealand 
mountains; it much resembles very small states of Zuzula campestris in habit and foliage, but has short scapes and 
capitate terminal heads of three to six hexandrous flowers. Segments of the perianth subulate. 
Gen. II. LUZULA, DC. 
Perianthiwm 6-partitum, glumaceum, 2-bracteatum. Stamina 6. Ovarium basi 3-ovulatum. Stig- 
mata 3. Capsula 1-locularis, 3-valvis, 3-sperma. 
A. genus scattered over various parts of the world, most abundant in temperate and arctic climates; one 
New Zealand species is common to both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Readily distinguished from 
Juncus by the grassy, almost invariably pilose leaves, and one-celled three-seeded capsule. (Name of doubtful 
origin.) 
1. Luzula campestris, DC. ; pilosa v. glabrata, spicis capitatis subumbellatis paniculatisve inzequaliter 
pedunculatis nunc in capitulum congestis, bracteis integris, perianthii laciniis ovatis acuminatis brunneis 
albo-marginatis, capsulis obtusis—DC. Flor. Franc. Br. Prodr. Juncus, Linn. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Engl. Bot. t. 672.—Variat insigniter statura, inflorescentia spicata paniculata v. dense congesta, colore 
pallida v. castanea, et foliis brevibus subulatis elongatisve et gramineis. 
