Luzula colensoi Hook.f.
L. colensoi Hook. f. var. macrostemon Buch. in Öst. bot. Z. 48, 1898, 166.
Type locality: snow tarns, summit of Ruahine Range. Type: K, Colenso 1729. WELT 16397, Ruahine Range, Colenso may be from the original gathering.
Dense cushions c. 2.5 cm. high. Lvs 0.7–1 mm. wide, rigid, almost glab., tips obtuse. Flowering stems sunken among lvs, not elongating when fr. matures. Infl. 6–8–fld. Fls 1.5–2 mm. long; outer tepals with light brown centre and white membr. margins, inner tepals with broader membr. margins. Stamens 6, rarely 3–4. Capsule c. = tepals, reddish brown. 2n = 12.
DIST.: N., S.
Scattered localities along the centre and western side of the main ranges, 1,200–2,000 m. altitude.
The type of L. colensoi var. macrostemon Buch. is WELT 12428, Kelly's Hill, Otira River, 4,400 ft, D.P. [Petrie], no. 1592/2 to Kew, Jan., 1893.
