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12. Juncus modicus, A E. Brown, n. sp. 
Dense ezspitosus. Caules 3-5 poll. longi, filiformes vel setacei. 
Cataphylla basilaria truncata, setaceo-mucronata. Folia caulina 2, 
setacea vel filiformia, inferius 23-44 poll. longum, superius 1-1 
poll. longum. Capitula 3—8-flora. Bractee flores subequantes 
vel breviores, lanceolate, acute, pallide. Pertanthii segmenta 
14-22 lin. longa, 1 lin. lata, linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 
pallida. Stamina 6, exserta; filamenta filiformia; anther lineares. 
Fructus 2-21 lin. longus, perianthium equans; stylus exsertus 
À lin. longus. 
Huren: Fang, 8000-9000 ft. (4. Henry, 6834, 6854, 6868 A !). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Allied to J. sphenostemon, Buchenau. 
13. Juncus pauciflorus, R. Br. Prodr. p. 259; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. iii. p. 320; Buchenau, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. (1890) p. 238 ; 
Palibin, in Act. Hort. Petrop. xix. (1901) p. 116. 
CHEKIANG: in running streams near Ningpo (Oldham, 76!) ; 
Kranest: Kiukiang (Shearer!); HvPEu: Ichang (4. Henry, 
222, 592, 3653!) ; SzEcHUEN: Mount Omei, 3400 ft. (Faber, 
1137!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO (Oldham, 895 !), Tracey Island, 
in a marshy place near the beach (Oldham, 1067!). Herb. Kew. 
Japan, New Caledonia, Australia, and New Zealand. 
14. Juncus Potanini, Buchenau, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xi. 
(1890) p. 394, et xxix. (1900) p. 238. 
KawsuH: by the Lumbu River and Jombunon River (Potanin 
ex Buchenau); SZECHUEN : Kzeruzo (Potanin ex Buchenau). 
I have not seen an authentic example of this plant, but prob- 
ably a specimen from the following locality should be referred 
to it :— 
Hurren: Kuei, on wooded precipices, 6000 ft. (A. Henry, 
6169 !). Herb. Kew. 
15. Juncus prismatocarpus, R. Br. Prodr. p. 259; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. iii. p. 387; Buchenau, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. (1890) 
p. 310; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 395. 
Juncus Leschenaultii, J. Gay, in Laharpe, Monogr. Jone. p. 137; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 936 ; Benth, Fl, Hongk. p. 380, 
Juncus sinensis, J. Gay, in Laharpe, Monogr. Jonc. p. 137 ; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. iii, p. 336; Buchenau, in Engl, Bot. Jahrb, xii. (1890) p. 313. 
