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1. R. magellanica “Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 81.—Perennial, densely 
tufted. Stems many, crowded, erect, terete, 4-9 in. high. Leaves several, 
equalling or exceeding the stems, sheathing at the base, erect, rigid, 
pungent, polished, channelled in front. Flower solitary, terminal, }in. 
long; bracts 2, the lower foliaceous, twice as long as the-flower or 
more, upper small, scarcely equalling the flower. Perianth-segments nearly 
equal, linear-oblong, acute. Stamens shorter than the seoments ; filaments 
linear ; anthers longer than the filaments, connective unguiculate. Capsule 
large, equalling or exceeding the perianth, ovoid-globose, mucronate, hard 
and almost woody, dark-chestnut, smooth and shining. Seeds obovoid, 
inappendiculate—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 291; Buchen. Monog. June. 
(1890) 70; Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 40. R. sphaerocarpa Desv. in 
Journ. Bot. i (1808) 234; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl, (1906) 722. Juncus 
magellanicus Lam. Enycl. iii (1789) 266. ae Leeda pHa. la. 0 b 220. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLANDS: Mossy and springy places on the hills, 
Hooker, B. C, Aston ! 
Also recorded from Fuegia, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia, and said 
to have been gathered on the Andes of Quito at an elevation of 13000 ft. It is included 
in Armstrong’s list of Canterbury plants (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1880) 344), but, 
I believe, erroneously. 
2. R. gracilis Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 83, t. 47.— Perennial, anqeea- - 
densely tufted. Rhizome stout, horizontal or inclined. Stems numerous, “s-"**-—-sm4 
crowded, erect, terete, smooth, 6-12in. high, base with several pale or CGuirct.)e A. 
dark fulvous sheaths. Leaves 1-3, from slightly longer to 2 or even 3 | 
times as long as the stems, slender, terete, rigid, grooved in front. Flower 
large, solitary, terminal, 4-3in. long; bract solitary, very small, 4, in. 
long, entire or 2-lobed. Perianth-segments linear-subulate, pale-chestnut, 
shining, the inner conspicuously shorter. Stamens 6, much shorter than 
the segments ; filaments very short, broad and flat; anthers linear, 3 or 4 
times as long as the filaments, connective unguiculate. Capsule about 
3 in. long, narrow ovoid-oblong, obtusely trigonous, acute, chestnut-brown, 
coriaceous, smooth and shining, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, small, pale, 
produced at both ends into a long pearly-white appendage.—Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 292; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 722; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ii 
(1914) t. 203. R. novae-zealandiae Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iv (1872) 
227, t. 16.,/Marsippospermum gracile Buchen. in Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. vi 
(1879) 374; Monog. Junc. (1890) 68. iq. Hutch DB: 106 
SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon in alpine localities, especially in the central and 
western portions of the Island, usually between 4500-7000ft. AucKLAND AND 
CAMPBELL IstaNDS: Not uncommon in rocky places, 500-1200 ft. December-— 
February. 
Kasily distinguished from the preceding species by the larger flower, relatively 
smaller capsule, and tailed seeds. Mr. Buchanan’s R. novae-zeqlandiae was published 
in the belief that the Auckland Islands plant always had the leaves solitary and 2 or 3 
times longer than the stems, but in point of fact both New Zealand and Auckland Islands 
specimens are variable in the number and length of the leaves. 
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