Juncus.] 
IX. JUNCEJS. 
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branches ; involucral leaf solitary. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate. 
Stamens 6. Capsule prismatic, as long as the perianth. Seeds linear-ob- 
long ; testa striate and rugose, produced at each end. 
Northern Island: east coast, Colenso. I have only tops of culms, and so cannot cer- 
tainly identify this plant, which is common in Australia and Tasmania. It is probably the 
same with Thunberg’s /. cepkalotes, which extends over Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, and 
parts of America. 
9. J. scheuzerioid.es, Gaud.; — FI. Antarct. i. 79. Culms short, 
tufted, leafy, fastigiately branched at the base, 1-8 in. high. Leaves com- 
pressed, linear-subulate, much longer than the culms ; pith jointed inside. 
Flowers 2-8, in a small, terminal fascicle, —— -i- in. long; bract setaceous 
or 0. Perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Stamens 6. Style 
evident.^ Capsule as long as the perianth, ovate-oblong. Seeds ovoid, 
smooth ; testa with a delicate outer membrane. 
middle Island : Otago, lake district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan. Lord Auck- 
land’s group and Campbell’s Islands : in boggy places, J. B. H. Probably common in 
alpine bogs throughout the islands. Also found in the Falkland Islands, Fnegia, Chili, and 
the Andes of Ecuador. 
10. J. novse-Zelandiae, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 264. Culms very 
slender, tufted, 2-6 in. high, leafy. Leaves longer or shorter than the culms, 
very slender, filiform, terete, striated ; pith evidently jointed inside where 
the leaf is broad enough to observe it. Flowers 3-5, in a small terminal 
fascicle, T C- in. long, rarely fascicles 2, superimposed; bracts setaceous or 0. 
Perianth-segments obtuse, red-brown, with white membranous margins. 
Stamens 6. Capsule broadly obovoid, very turgid, longer than the perianth, 
nearly black, shining. Seeds small, pale ; testa scarcely produced at the ends. 
Northern Island : bogs, east coast, Manawata and Waipona rivers, etc., Colenso. 
Middle Island : Otago, lake district, Hector and Buchanan. Probably common in sub- 
alpine bogs throughout the islands. 
11. J. capillaceus, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 264. Culms very slender, 
tufted, 2-6 in. high, leafy. Leaves longer or shorter than the culms, se- 
taceous or filiform, terete, striated ; pith jointed inside. Flowers 1-3 to- 
gether, pale, lateral, yL in. long. Perianth-segments acute or acuminate. 
Stamens 6. Capsule prismatic, narrow ovoid, pale, longer than the perianth. 
Seeds broadly oblong, smooth, minutely striate and reticulate. — FI. Tasman, 
ii. 65 t. 134 B. 
Northern Island : east coast, skirts of woods near Eparairua, Colenso. Easily dis- 
tinguished from J. nova-Zelandice by the pale flowers and capsule. 
2. ROSTKOVIA, Desvaux. 
Characters of Juncus , except that the flowers are large, solitary, terminal ; 
the ovary 1 -celled, and the style long; all have creeping rhizomes, and erect, 
rigid, terete culms and leaves. Testa very thick. 
A small genus, native of the islands south of New Zealand and of Fuegia. 
Flowers i in. long 1 . R. magellanica. 
Flowers 1-1 in. long 2. B. gracilis. 
1. R. magellanica. Hook./. FI. Antarct. i. 81. Culms simple, tufted, 
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