290 ix. junceas. [ Jioicus . 
tralia, Tasmania, all temperate and many tropical countries. European and other speci- 
mens are as pale as •/. vagin at us and australis, approaching them very closely. 
4. J. communis, E. Meyer ;—J. effusus, Linn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 263. 
Culms slender, finely striate, 1-3 ft. high, clothed at the base with cylindrical, 
rather appressed sheaths. Leaves few, terete, pungent, finely striate. Panicle 
lax effuse and spreading or contracted, sometimes capitate. Flowers not 
fascicled, but often crowded, yy- in. long. Perianth-segments lanceolate- 
subulate, acuminate, as long as the obovoid capsule. Stamens 3. Testa 
loose at each end of the seed. 
Northern and Middle Islands : abundant in stiff, wet soil, etc. The slender habit 
close sheaths, and presence of leaves, distinguish this from J. australis. One of the com- 
monest plants in all temperate countries. 
5. J. planifolius, Br ; — FI. N. Z. i. 263. Culms 6-18 in. high, leafy 
at the base, stout or slender, compressed, striate. Leaves numerous, grass- 
like, flat or concave, membranous, | in. diam. ; sheaths open. Panicles 
terminal, capitate and dense, or open, in branched 3-chotomous cymes ; in- 
volucral leaves longer or shorter than the panicles or 0. Flowers brown, 
fascicled, in. long. Perianth segments acuminate. Stamens 3-6. Cap- 
sule prismatic, mucronate, longer or shorter than the perianth. Seeds striate. 
Abundant throughout the islands, Banks and Solander , etc. Lord Auckland’s group, 
Le Guillon. A common Australian, Tasmanian, and Chili plant. Habit of a Luzula, but 
perfectly glabrous. 
6. J. bufonius, Linn.;- — FI. N. Z. i. 264. A small, pale, annual species, 
1-6 in. high, excessively branched from the base, roots fibrous. Leaves 
numerous, slender, compressed, linear-subulate, with long large sheaths, 
pith continuous inside. Flowers fascicled, usually in threes ; fascicles lateral, 
sessile, solitary, or in loose long pedicelled sparingly-branched cymes, £ in. 
long. Perianth-segments narrow, subulate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, with 
broad membranous margins. Stamens 6. Capsule elongate, prismatic, 
longer than the perianth. Seeds ovate-globose, pale, shining. — J. plebejus, 
Br. 
Damp clay soil, etc., throughout the Northern and Middle Islands. One of the com- 
monest plants in the islands, and in all temperate countries. 
7. J. antarcticus, Hook.f. FI. Antarct. i. 79. t. 46. A minute, tufted 
species. Cidms 1-2 in. high, branched at the base. Leaves 1 in. long, 
subulate, nearly terete, obtuse ; pith continuous inside ; sheath short, rather 
broad. Flowers 1-4, fascicled at the top of the culm, y^- in. long, sessile. 
Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate. Stamens 6. Capsule as long as 
the perianth, ovoid. Seeds ovoid or oblong, pale, smooth. 
Campbell’s Island : on the exposed mountaiu-tops, in wet places, J. 1. H. This ap- 
pears to be the same with a small Chilian species, (unnamed) collected by Gillies at San 
Pedro Nolasco, but the specimens are insufficient for an accurate comparison. 
8. J. Holoschoenus, Br. ; — J. cephalotes , Thunb. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 263. 
Culms erect, leafy, from a creeping perennial rhizome. Leaves and involucres 
slender, compressed, acuminate, pith jointed within. Flowers fascicled, £ in. 
long ; fascicles collected into lateral cymes, with spreading, often divaricating 
