ty. J. artenlatn L. (dee Eng . frcd. Fl. Comsee 
— — ——— 
1, 26q : 19410 ) 
wh , Sorte, +% 
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, 
erooved and transversely rugose, apiculate at each end.—Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 290; Buchen. Monog. June. (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. Ll. 
Nov. Zel. i (1853) 263 (not of Thunb). Mov: 6. Wat! Ree i nIEE, tees ESE I 
Norra Istanp: Swamps from the Bay of Islands southwards to Wellington, not 
common. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 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. 
»y~ 14. J. lampoearpus Ehr. Calam. (1791) n. 126.— Perennial, more or 
less densely tufted. Stems erect or ascending, rarely decumbent at the 
base, slender, terete or compressed, soft, leafy, 6-18in. high. Leaves 
shorter than the stems, 3-9in. long, so-gyin. broad, linear - subulate, 
straight or curved, compressed or nearly terete, unitubular, strongly septate ; 
sheathing base long and narrow, with 2 obtuse auricles at the tip. 
Cyme terminal, compound; branches slender, divaricate, bearing small 
95-flowered heads at the tips and in the axils; lower bract much shorter 
than the cyme, leafy. Flowers small, 75-gin. long, chestnut-brown. 
Perianth-segments equal, lanceolate, acute. . Stamens 6, much _ shorter 
than the segments. Capsule exceeding the perianth, narrow, pyramidal, 
triquetrous, mucronate, reddish-brown, glossy, 1-celled. Seeds obovoid, 
reticulate.—T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. vii (1875) 378; Buchen. Monogq. 
June. (1890) 376; Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 217 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. 
(1906) 731. 
Norra aNxp Sours Istanps, Stewart Isnranp: 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. secheuchzerioides 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 | or 
2 pale-coloured 3-8-flowered heads. Flowers crowded, 4in. 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. i (1844) 80; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
991: Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 751 ; Buchen. Monog. Junc. (1890) 
986; Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 171, t 86. 
Sourn Istanp: Otago—Lake district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan (Handbook), 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IstANDS: In boggy places, Hooker, Cockayne, B. C. Aston ! 
Antipopes IstANnpD: 7. Kirk! Macquarie IsLanD, H. Hamilton ! 
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