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is ; Fae 
304 | JUNCACEAE, [Luzula, 
than the stems, generally flat and grassy, but varying in breadth from v5 
to 3 n., gradually narrowed into an obtuse and usually callous tip; margins 
flat or thickened, more or less ciliate with long hairs and often copiously 
so. Inflorescence very variable, in the most developed forms of numerous 
clusters on the branches of an umbellate cyme, the branches very unequal 
in length; but frequently the clusters are greatly reduced in number, and 
the branches are often so short that the inflorescence is congested into a 
pyramidal or ovoid entire or lobed head. Lower bracts foliaceous; upper 
membranous, entire or lacerate, more or less ciliate. Flowers in. 
long. Perianth-segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, subequal, margins 
usually membranous, often white. Stamens 6. Capsule equalling the 
perianth, broadly ovoid or obovoid, trigonous, obtuse, usually shortly 
mucronate.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 264; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 292: 
Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 292; Buchen. Monog. Junc. (1890) 155, and 
wm Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. (1898) 161, t. 7; also in Pfhlanzenr. Hett 25 (1906) 83: 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 736. 
: (on. ¢£ 2-Lich) | -im Oashy. Bet. Zaue, 
Var. picta flook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 292.—Slender, often flaccid, 3-18 in. 
high. Leaves flat, grassy. Inflorescence lax, the clusters rather few, the lateral ones 
peduncled. Flowers 3-3 in. long. Perianth-segments linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 
with very broad white membranous margins and a narrow stripe of dark or pale 
chestnut-brown down the middle. Capsule shorter than the perianth, obovoid, trigon- 
ous.—L. picta A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 146; A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 295 ; 
Raoul Choix (1846) 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1858) 265; Buchen. Monog. June. (1890) 
146. L. subclavata Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xviii (1886) 276. LL. campestris DC. 
var. picta Buchen. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. (1898) 217, and in Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 88; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 737. 
NortH AND SourH Istanps, Srewarr Istanp: Abundant throughout, usually 
in shaded places. Sea-level to 3500 ft. 
“T. WA ogy 
Var. Banksiana/Buchen. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. (1898) 218.— Stout. Stems strict, 
about 8-10in. high. Leaves numerous, equalling the stem or sometimes exceeding 
them, broad, sometimes din. broad; margins thickened, long-ciliate. Inflorescence 
congested into a large conglobate head; bracts 2-3, not exceeding the inflorescence. 
Perianth-segments narrow-lanceolate, acute, a chestnut stripe down the centre, the 
remainder white. Capsule shorter than the perianth.—Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 90; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 737. L. Banksiana &. Mey. in Linnaea, xxii (1849) 
412. L. picta var. Banksiana Buchen. Mongg, June. (1890) 147. . 
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a Bi Pacer ee AR 
Nort eee : Banks and Solander, fide Buchenau. Stewart Istanp: Cock- 7 
ayne. I have not seen specimens of this, which is probably an intermediate form 
between picta and australasica. | 
Var. australasica ,Buchen. l.c. 216..—Rather stout, 3-12 in. high or more. Leaves 
flat, coriaceous, $-} in. broad; margins thickened, cartilaginous, conspicuously ciliate. 
Inflorescence contracted intc an ovoid head 4-2 in. diam., often with several smaller 
lateral pedunculated heads. Upper bracts ciliate. Flowers about tin. long. Perianth- 
segments lanceolate, acuminate, margins broad, white, membranous, central stripe 
chestnut-brown or red. Capsule ovoid-trigonous, slightly shorter than the perianth.— 
Buchen. in Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 92; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 737. 
L. australasica Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii (1855) 294. LL. Oldfieldii Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii 
(1860) 68; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 293; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 122; Buchen. 
Monog. Junc. (1890) 154. 
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NortH snp Sovurn Istanps, CuatHam Istanps, Stewart Istanp: Hilly and . 
mountainous districts from Taupo southwards, ascending to 4000 ft. Buchenau remarks, 
in his paper “ Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten,”’ that this form can no longer be 
regarded as a distinct species. Its chief characteristics are the compact inflorescence, 
the thickened margins of the leaves, and the colour of the perianth-segments, which are 
brownish beneath, and more or less pure-white above, with a narrow chestnut stripe | 
down the centre. It varies into the varieties picta, migrata, and crinita. , 
