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JUNCACEÆ.
[Juncus.
†† Capsule equalling the perianth or very slightly exceeding it. | |
Stems rather stout, 2–4 ft. × 110–16 in. Flowers 110–18 in., collected into many-flowered globose heads. Stamens usually 3. Capsule broadly oblong | 3. J. vaginatus. |
Stems slender, 1–3 ft. × 120–18 in. Flowers 112–110 in., usually in the cyme. Stamens 3. Capsule small, thin, almost globose | 4. J. effusus. |
** Leaves 1 or 2, terete like the stem. | |
Tall salt-marsh plant, 1–3 ft. Cyme large, many-flowered. Stamens 6. Capsule ovoid-trigonous | 5. J. maritimus. |
B. Graminifolii. Stem leafy at the base and sometimes upwards as well. Leaves flat or semiterete, not septate within. | |
Annual, much branched. Leaves setaceous. Flowers pale, distinct | 6. J. bufonius. |
Perennial, simple. Leaves grassy, flat or involute. Cyme terminal, lax. Flowers pale, distinct | 7. J. tenuis. |
Tall, 6–18 in. Leaves flat, all radical. Flowers brown, in distinct clusters. Stamens 3 | 8. J. planifolius. |
Tall, 6–18 in. Leaves flat or involute, all radical. Flowers brown, in distinct clusters, contracted (in the N.Z. form) into a compound head. Stamens 6 | 9. J. cæspiticius. |
Small, 1–4 in. Leaves all radical, almost terete. Flowers brown, in a terminal 2–8-flowered head | 10. J. antarcticus. |
Articulati. Stem leafy at the base and often upwards as well. Leaves terete or compressed, septate within, the septa usually prominent externally. | |
Stems 9–24 in., compressed, 2-edged. Leaves 110–16 in. across, flat, multitubular. Cyme very large and compound; flowers brown. Stamens 3 | 11. J. prismatocarpus. |
Stems 6–18 in. Leaves linear, overtopping the stems, terete or slightly compressed, unitubular. Cymes small, contracted; flowers greenish. Stamens 6 | 12. J. holoschænus. |
Stems very slender, 6–18 in. Leaves linear-subulate, shorter than the stems, terete or compressed, unitubular. Cymes divaricate; flowers brown. Stamens 6 | 13. J. lampocarpus. |
Stems much branched, 2–8 in. Leaves narrow, compressed. Flowers pale, in 3–8-flowered fascicles. Capsule pale, equalling or slightly longer than the perianth | 14. J. scheuchzerioides. |
Stems much branched, 1–6 in. Leaves filiform, terete. Flowers brown, in 2–5-flowered fascicles. Capsule dark-brown or black, much exceeding the perianth | 15. J. novæ-zealandiæ. |
Stems much-branched, 1–6 in. Leaves filiform, terete. Flowers pale, in 2–3-flowered fascicles. Capsule pale, slightly exceeding the perianth | 16. J. pusillus. |
1. J. pallidus, R. Br. Prodr. 258.—Pale greyish-green, densely-tufted, very tall and robust, 2–5 ft. high. Rhizome short, very stout and woody. Stems often ¼ in. diam., cylindric, finely striate, with several large and lax sheathing scales at the base, which are usually dark-chestnut below, straw-coloured above, sometimes pale through-