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†† Capsule equalling the perianth or very slightly exceeding it.
Stems rather stout, 2–4 ft. × 1/10–1/6 in. Flowers 1/10–1/8 in., collected into many-flowered globose heads. Stamens usually 3. Capsule broadly oblong	3. J. vaginatus.
Stems slender, 1–3 ft. × 1/20–1/8 in. Flowers 1/12–1/10 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 1/10–1/6 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-