a 4° Zelch. Kur Sen ge. &- Vhs, 
Luzula.| JUNCACEAE. 305 
Var. Peiriana Buchen. l.c. 219.—Rather stout, tufted, 4-12 in. high. Leaves narrow, 
7~s-}in. broad, sparingly ciliate. Inflorescence compound, usually with the lateral 
clusters shortly stipitate, or rarely the inflorescence may be contracted into a conglobate 
head. Upper bracts more or less lacerate. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acute, dark 
chestnut-brown without white margins or very narrow ones. Capsule shorter than the 
perianth.—Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 92; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 737. 
Norrn anp Soutu Istanps, Stewart Istanp, AUCKLAND IsLANDS: Apparently 
abundant in hilly or mountain districts throughout, ascending to 4500ft. I have 
seen no specimens from the Auckland Islands, but Buchenau refers to one collected 
by T. Kirk. To var. Petriana I refer his L. Wettsteinii (Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 81). 
Var. floribunda Buchen. in Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 93.—Stout, densely tufted ; 
stems firm, 10-15in. high. Basilar leaves numerous, rather broad, apex channelled, 
obtuse at the tip. Lowest bracts 2-4, large, leafy, equalling or exceeding the 
inflorescence ; bracts of the flower small, scarcely ciliate. Heads very numerous 
(Buchenau has counted as many as 55), 20- to 25-flowered, +-4+in. diam. Perianth- 
segments lanceolate, acute, chestnut, the inner segments paler at the tip. Caruncle 
of seed small. 
Sours Istanp, Stewart Istanp, AUCKLAND IsLanps: Apparently not uncommon 
in mountain districts throughout. Wairau Gorge, Mount Peel, Waimakariri Glacier, 
I’. F.C. ; Craigieburn Mountains, Cockayne! Otira River and Kelly’s Hill, Petrie / 
Auckland Islands, B. OC. Aston! J. S. Tennant. Dr. Buchenau considers that the 
affinity of this plant is me var. crinita. 
Var. erinita,Buchen. in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. (1898) 215.—Stout, strict, 3-14 in. 
high. Leaves numerous, flat or involute, j4-}in. broad; margins thickened, densely 
and conspicuously ciliate. Inflorescence contracted into a compact ovoid head, some- 
times with 1-3 smaller lateral peduncled ones. Lower bracts long, ciliate, involucrate ; 
upper membranous, lacerate and densely ciliate. Flowers jin. long. Perianth- 
segments lanceolate, long-acuminate, dark chestnut-brown, sometimes almost black. 
Capsule almost equalling the perianth—Buchen. in. Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1996) 93; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 737. LL. crinita Hook. f. Fl. Antaret. i (1844) 84, 
t. 48; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 293; Buchen. Monog.TJunc. (1890) 151. 
- AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLANDS, Macquarie Istanp: Abundant from sea- 
level to 1500 ft. The typical form appears to be confined to the above localities, but — 
specimens with intermediate characters between it and australasica, floribunda, and 
migrata are not uncommon in the mountains of the South Island. 
Var. migrata Buchen. l.c. 242.—Very closely allied to the northern L. campestris 
var. multiflora, differing chiefly in the shorter and more slender stems, often bulbous 
at the base, narrower leaves, and smaller inflorescence. Stems tufted, 4-15 in. high. 
Leaves $-+in. broad; margins flat, not usually cartilaginous, ciliate, but not con- 
spicuously so. Inflorescence weil developed, usually lax, the lateral clusters 
pedunculate. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acute, dark chestnut-brown with white 
membranous margins.—Pflanzenr. Heft 25 (1906) 94; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. (1906) 
737. L. campestris var. a Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 292. L. rhadina_ Buchen. 
lc, 212 (a form with very narrow erect leaves). | 
NorTH AND SovutH Istanps, Stewart Istanp, CuaraHam Istanps: Abundant 
throughout, from sea-level to 4500 ft. 
L. campesiris is widely distributed in temperate and montane districts in most parts 
of the world, and particularly in New Zealand, where it has developed into a bewildering 
variety of closely allied forms. In arranging the New Zealand forms I have mainly 
followed Buchenau’s memoir entitled ‘“‘ Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten,”’ 
published in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit., 1898. It is necessary for the student to bear in 
mind that the characters given for the varieties are those of prominent forms only, 
that intermediates between all of them are plentiful, and that aberrant states are not 
uncommon. 
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i. Be Traversii,Cheesem. n- comb.—Stems densely tufted, very variable 
in size, usually from 6 to 12in., but sometimes attaining 18 in. and 
occasionally dwarfed to 4in., slender, often attenuate above. Leaves 
