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[. Rostkovia . 
compressed below, 6-8 in. long. Leaves longer than the culms, numerous, 
strict, erect, rigid, concave in front, pungent, polished. Flowers } in. long, 
2-bracteate ; lower bract subulate, scarcely equalling the perianth; upper 
2-4 times longer, ovate-lanceolate below, then subulate. Perianth-leaflets 
chestnut-brown, linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, outer larger. Stamens 
included ; anthers linear ; connective unguieulate. Ovary oblong, 3-gonous ; 
style stout ; stigmas exserted. Capsule prismatic, acute, longer than the 
perianth, lenticular, obtuse, even. — Rostkovia spharocarpa, Desvaux; Jurteus 
Magellanicus, Lamarck. 
Campbell's Island : bogs on the hills, J. D. H. Also fonud in the Falkland Islands, 
and Fuegia, and on the Andes of Quito, at 13,000 ft. elevation. 
2. R. gracilis, Hoolc. f. FI. Antarct. i. 83. t. 47. Much larger than 
R. Magellanica. Leaves 9-12 in. long, three times longer than the culms, 
very slender, terete. Flowers f— 1 in. long. 
Lord Auckland's group : rocky places and bare ground on the hills, J. D. 3. Allied 
to the Fuegian R. grandiflora. 
3. LUZULA, De Candolle. 
More or less hairy, tufted, grass-like herbs. Leaves flat or involute, sheath- 
ing at the base. Flowers in terminal branched panicles cymes or heads, 2- 
bracteate at the base. — Stamens 6. Ovary 1-celled; style 1, stigmas 3, 
filiform ; ovules 3, basal. Capsule 1-celled, 3-seeded. 
A genus of temperate and frigid regions, not found in tropical climates. The species are 
excessively variable ; the following are very possibly all referable to one. 
Leaves usually flat, 1 or more in. long , ciliate with long hairs. 
Culms slender. Bracts nearly entire or toothed, slightly ciliate . . . 1. L. campestris. 
Culms stout. Leaves broad, with cartilaginous margins. Bracts sub- 
ciliate and toothed 2. L. Oldfieldii. 
Culms stout. Leaves broad, with cartilaginous margins. Bracts lace- 
rate and ciliate 3. L. crinita. 
Leaves less than 1 in. long, subulate, very concave, not ciliate. 
Perianth leaflets acuminate 4. L. pumila. 
Perianth-leaflets obtuse or acute 5. L. Colensoi. 
1. L. campestris. Re Cand. ,—Fl. N. Z. i. 264. Culms slender, 
leafy, 2-16 in. high. Leaves ^—12 in. long, flat and grass-like, with long 
white hairs on the margins and sheaths towards the base. Flowers fascicled, 
arranged in small heads on the long or short branches of irregular cymes, or 
collected into dense ovoid heads. Bracts membranous ; margins slightly 
ciliated, entire or nearly so. Perianth -jig— £ in. long ; leaflets varying from 
oblong to lanceolate, acuminate or almost aristate, white chestnut-brown or 
transparent with brown centre. Anthers longer than the filaments. Capsule 
broadly obovoid or nearly globose, 3-gonous or 3-lobed. 
Var. a. Perianth-segments lanceolate-acuminate, chestnut-brown, with narrow white mar- 
gins. 
Var. /3. picta. Perianth-leaflets lanceolate, long-acuminate, almost awned, with very broad 
white margins and narrow brown midrib. — L. picto, A. Bich. — FI. N. Z. i. 265. 
Var. y. pallida.. Perianth-leaflets often white, shorter, broader, acute or acuminate. 
Inflorescence usually more capitate. 
