“= 
ley . «J. Ate atus L.. (see ug , fred. FI. Contec 
on Se at gil Pee er 
1, 26qy :1q10 ) 
Juncus. | JUNCACEAE. 299 
about din. long. Perianth-segments equal, lanceolate, acuminate. Sta- 
mens 6, about 4 the length of the perianth-segments. Capsule equalling 
the perianth or rather longer than it, narrow, prismatic, triquetrous, 1-celled, 
the placentas not very conspicuous inside the cells. Seeds ovoid-oblong, 
grooved and transversely rugose, apiculate at each end.—Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 290; Buchen. Monog. Junc. (1890) 357; Pflanzenr. Heit 25 
(1906) 207; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 730. J. prismatocarpus- 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 131 (in part). J. cephalotes Hook. f. ls 
Nov. Zel. i (1853) 263 (not of Thunb.). “or: 6b. bli Rec. C-L e sg PMP 
Nortu Istanp: Swamps from the Bay of Islands southwards to Wellington, not 
common. Sea-level to 2500 it. November—February. 
Also found in Australia and Tasmania. Bentham unites it with J. prismatocarpus, 
from which it appears to me to be abundantly distinct, as pointed out under that 
~_species. 
X-~ 14. J. lampoearpus EBhr. Calam. (1791) n. 126.— Perennial, more or 
less densely tufted. Stems erect or ascending, rarely decumbent at the 
base, slender, terete or compressed, soft, leaty, 6-18in. high. Leaves 
shorter than the stems, 3-9in. long, s-qyin. broad, linear -subulate, 
* 1 anelertonote unitubular. strongly septate ; 
Juncus lampocarpus, Ehr. 
Foon r 
Perhaps not native to N.Z. see T.N.Z.I : 
. i 
vol. 57, p. 65. (Ckn. & Allan). ‘ 
er Wiuws LSS ye _ 4 
(1906) 731. 
NorrH snp Sournu Istanps, Stewart Istanp: From Mangonui southwards, 
not uncommon in wet places. Sea-level to 3500 ft. Novem ber—February. 
A common plant in many parts of the North Temperate Zone, but in the Southern 
Hemisphere apparently restricted to New Zealand. Perhaps not truly indigenous, 
although now widely spread, even in remote mountain districts. 
15. J. scheuchzerioides Gaud. in Ann. Ser. Nat. Ser. i, 5 (1825) 100.— 
Stems usually much branched below, often prostrate and rooting, 2-8 in. 
long or more, leafy throughout. Leaves strict, erect, 1-5 in. long, far 
exceeding the culms, narrow-linear, attenuated at the apex, compressed, 
striate, pale-green, soft and herbaceous, pith with transverse joints ; 
sheathing base long and broad, membranous, with 2 rounded auricles at 
the tip. Scape very short, much overtopped by the leaves, bearing 1 or 
2 pale-coloured 3-8-flowered heads. Flowers crowded, $in. long. Perianth- 
segments equal, lanceolate, acuminate, with scarious margins. Stamens 6, 
almost as long as the perianth-segments. Capsule equalling the perianth 
or rather longer than it, ovoid-trigonous. Seeds numerous, ovoid, obtuse, 
finely reticulated.—Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 80; Handb. N.Z. FI. (1864) 
991; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 731 ; Buchen. Monog. Junc. (1890) 
286; Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 171, t» 56. 
Sourn IstanpD: Otago—Lake district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan (Handbook). 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IstANDS: In boggy places, Hooker, Cockayne, B. C. Aston ! 
Antrpopes IstaAnp: 7’. Kirk! MacquaniEe ISLAND, H. Hamilton ! 
