Monographia Juncacearum. 413 
Juncus 
der grasartig flachen Blütter darf die Pflanze nicht zu den J. alpinis gestellt werden, mit 
denen sie im Baue der Samen sehr übereinstimmt. 
§ 55. 
(v. p. 440.) 
Perennis; stolonifer. Vaginae apertae. Caules superne plurifoliati. 
Auriculae desunt. Lamina plana, graminea, sensim angustala. Inflorescentia 
umbelloides, rarius simplex; capitula plerumque 4- usque 8flora. Flores 
magni, 6, cum fructu maturo 8 usque 12 mm longi, straminei. Stamina 6, 
tepala superantia. Ovarium sensim in stilum longum attenuatum. Fructus 
elongato-lageniformis, perigonio multo longior, unilocularis, Semina scobi- 
formia. — Sikkim-Himalaya. . . . . ......... Species 139. 
139. J. Clarkei Fn. Bucnexau, die Juncaceen aus Indien ete., in: ENGLER. 
bot. Jahrb., 1885, VI, p. 210. Stolonifer; stramineus. Caules erecti, 40 
usque 25 (rarius 30) em alti, plurifoliati. Lamina longa (in foliis superiori- 
bus caulem plerumque superans), plana, graminea, superne sensim angu- 
stata. Inflorescentia composita, umbelloides; capitula 4 usque 3 (rarius 4 
vel 5), plerumque 4- usque 8flora. Tepala externa lineari-lanceolata, in- 
terna lineari-oblonga, paullo longiora. Stamina tepala superantia. Ovarium 
sensim in stilum longum attenuatum. Fructus elongato-lageniformis, peri- 
gonio multo longior, unilocularis. 
Descr. Perennis, stolonifer. Tota planta stramineo-viridis, vaginae foliorum 
rubescentes. Radices tenui-filiformes, vel capillares, fuscae, fibrosae. Stolones... 
Caules erecti, 410—285 (rarius usque 30) em alti, diam. usque 4 mm, teretes, indistincte 
sulcati, medullä parenchymatosá (serius plus minus evanescente) repleti, foliati. Folia 
basilaria (infima) cataphyllina, suprema 4—2 et caulina 2—3 (rarius 4) frondosa, longa 
(usque 20, rarius 25 cm), supremum (vel suprema 2) plerumque inflorescentiam superans; 
vagina ca. 4—2 cm longa; auriculae desunt; lamina plana graminea, plerumque 2 mm 
lata, inferne costata, supra laevis, cellulis teneris instructa, superne sensim angustata, apice 
subulata. Inflorescentia terminalis e capitulis paucis (plerumque 1—3, rarius 4 
vel 5) composita, umbelloides, tota straminea. Bractea infima plerumque frondosa, 
inflorescentiam superans, rarius hypsophyllina, illam aequans. Capitula 4- usque 8- 
(lateralia interdum 2—3-)flora. Bracteae flores aequantes, lanceolato-lineares, pluri- 
nerves. Flores conspicue pedunculati, straminei. Tepala membranacea, trinervia, 
externa lineari-lanceolata, 5—6 mm longa, interna lineari-oblonga, paullo longiora. 
Stamina 6, tepala interna paullo vel conspicue superantia ; filamenta linearia, ferrugineo- 
straminea ; antherae lineares, stramineae, filamentis duplo vel triplo breviores. Pistil- 
lum stamina superans ; ovarium anguste-ovatum, sensim in stilum filiformem attenua- 
tum; stigmata (sicca tenuia. Fructus unilocularis elongato-lageniformis (8—12 mm 
longus), sensim attenuatus, lateribus rotundatis, medio sulcatis; pericarpium tenue nili- 
dum, aureo-stramineum. Semina scobiformia, alba, 2,5 usque 3 mm longa. 
Distr. geogr. Sikkim-Himalaya; Jakpho, Assam; ca. 2800—4200 m; 
J. D. Hooker et C. B. CLARKE. 
Icones. Fr. Bucnenav, l. c. Tab. II, C (anal.). 
Nota !*. Eine ausgezeichnete Art, welche an den ungemein langen, flachen und 
oft schlaffen Laubblättern, sowie den ungemein großen Früchten (welche an die Frucht- 
schläuche von Carex ampullacea uud Grayi erinnern) leicht kenntlich ist. — Ich weiß 
