236 Fr, Buchenau. 
§ 147. 
(v. p. 208.) 
Inflorescentia pseudolateralis, valde composita, anthelata; bractea in- 
fima longa, elongationem caulis simulans. Fasciculi subepidermales liberi 
adsunt; caules robusti elati, laeves, in statu sicco subvalleculati. Flores ca. 
3 mm longi. Stamina 3 usque 6. Fructus imperfecte triloculares vel trisep- 
tati. Semina albo-apiculata vel brevius caudata. Pl. chilensis (J. procerus) 
vel australiensis (J. pallidus). . . . . . . . . . . . . Species 34, 35. 
Juncus 
34. J. procerus E. Meyer, Plant. in Exped. Romanzoffiana observatae 
in: Linnaea IH, p. 367. Densissime caespitosus, robustus, elatus. Caules 
teretes, molles, usque 150 em alti, medullä asterisciformi, loculose interruptà 
repleti. Inflorescentia pseudolateralis, anthelata, multiflora, contracta vel 
effusa, floribus plerumque confertis. Flores pallidi. Stamina 3 (rarius 4, 
vel 5). Fruetus ovato-ellipticus vel obovatus, obtusus, plerumque breviter 
mucronatus, imperfecte trilocularis. Semina apice breviter (sed J. pallido 
longius) albo-caudata. 
Litt. Cr. Gay, historia fisica y politica de Chile; Botanica, 1853, VI, 
p. 140. J. Valdiviae E. G. SrEvpgL, Syn. plant. glum., 1855, II, p. 296. 
Fr. Bucnenav, kritische Zusammenstellung der Juncaceen aus Südamerika, 
in: Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem., 1879, VI, p. 387. 
Descr. Perennis, densissime caespitosus (an viridis vel glaucus?;. Radices 
fuscae, teretes, diam. ca. 1 mm. Rhizoma horizontale, crassum, internodiis brevissi- 
mis, caules confertos emittens. Caules erecti, stricti, molles, teretes, laeves (in statu 
sicco indistincte valleculati), basi tantum foliati, scapiformes, 120—450 cm alti, diam. 
2,5—4,5 mm, medullä eximie asterisciformi, irregulariter interruptä repleti. Folia 
basilaria cataphyllina, magna, basi fusca, superne lutea, supremum eorum usque 25 cm 
longum, vaginam latam formans, brevissime (1—3 mm) aristato -mucronatum ; folium 
unicum frondosum turionis sterilis cauliforme, caule brevius. Inflorescentia pseudo- 
lateralis, anthelata, supradecomposita, multiflora, contracta vel effusa (ramis primanis 
elongatis, flexuosis), flores plerumque conferti. Bractea infima erecta, cauliformis, 
elongationem caulis simulans, subulata, 5—15 (rarius 20) cm longa, sequentes hypso- 
phyllinae; prophylla floris late ovata, acuta, fere toto scariosa, flore pluries breviora. 
Flores pallidi, ca. 3 mm longi. Tepala glumacea, firmiora, straminea, rarius dorso 
ferruginea, dura, externa paullo longiora, lanceolata, acuta, interna ovato-lanceolata, 
acuta. Stamina 3(rarius 4, vel plura), tepalis externis ca.1/3 breviora, filamenta e basi 
latiore linearia, antherae lineares filamenta subaequantes vel eis breviores. Pistillum 
tepala subaequans; ovarium trigonum; stilus brevissimus; stigmata longa, erecta. 
Fructus ovato-ellipticus vel obovatus, trigonus, superne triqueter, obtusus, plerumque 
breviter mucronatus, perigonium aequans, vel paullo superans; imperfecte trilocularis, 
nitidus, stramineus sive ferrugineus. Semina 0,65—0,7 mm longa, ferruginea, oblique 
angusto-ovata, apice breviter caudata (appendice ferrugineo, apice albo), basi breviter 
apiculata, exacte et regulariter transversim reticulata. 
Distr. geogr. Im südlichen Chile häufig; »Jonquillo« der Einge- 
borenen. 
Collect. Bmipars, 850 (!). Parieri, 43 (5, 438 (5, 4247 (N), 1220 (1). 
Icones. Fr. Bvcnevav, l. c., Tab. III. 
