398 CLXIIL. JUNCACEH. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Juncus. 
320; stem tall slender 1—-3-leaved, leaves filiform acute, cyme many-fid. 
white exceeded or not by the lower bract, sepals oblong-lanceolate obtuse 
membranous inner longer, capsule usually far exserted long-beaked, seeds 
with very long tails. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xii. 397. J. Hoffmeister, 
Klotzsch in Bot. Reis. Pr. Waldem. 60, t. 98; Buchen. l.c. vi. 990. J. 
benghalensis, Kunth Enum. iii. 360; Buchen. l. c. vi. 211; xii. 400. J. 
sphenostemon, Buchen. l. c. xii. 401. J. concinnus, in part Herb. Hook. f. 
& T. Isolepis sp. Wall. Cat. 348 A. 
LEMPERATE and SUBALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 6-13,000 ft., from Kashmir to 
Sikkim. 
Stems 5-20 in., tufted, stoloniferous, at length fistular; basal sheaths mem- 
branous. Leaves slender, channelled, or flattish above, tubular; sheath long, 
»uricled. Cyme 8-24-fld, ; lower bracts variable, floral ovate-lanceolate, hyaline ; 
flowers shortly pedicelled; sepals nearly 4 in. long; anthers half as long as the 
filaments, style and stigmas short. Capsule often half as long again as the sepals, 
l-celled, Seeds ji in. long, tails longer than the nucleus. ` J. sphenostemon 
appears to me to be only a poor small state of membranaceus, the anthers are not 
cuneate, but almost exactly linear; its seeds are not ripe. J. benghalensis was 
founded on a Wallichian specimen of membranaceus with a false locality. 
*** Cyme compound of several heads. 
+ Stoloniferous. Flowers large (4 in. long and upwards). Stamens 
included. 
19. J. sphacelatus, Decne. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 172, t. 172; ee 
stout terete leafy, leaves involute, cyme of 2-5 clustered or distant an 
superposed erect dark brown 2-5-fld. heads, lower bract elongate, sepa 
narrowly lanceolate much longer than the stamens and prismatic bea ei 
capsule, seeds long-tailed. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. 225; xi. 7" 
—Juncus, Wall. Cat. 9001 in part. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 12-16,000 ft.— DISTRU' 
Affghan, Turkestan. . 
Stems 8-16 in., tufted, smooth, fistular; stolons as thick as a crow-quill. on 
strict, obtuse or acute, unitubular, obscurely septate. Cyme with the heads usua d 
distant, sessile or peduncled ; floral bracts lanceolate, acuminate ; sepals 3 to acd 
3 in, long, thinly glumaceous, tips finely acuminate, of inner hyaline; ant en 
iucluded , about equalling the filaments. Capsule dark brown, obtuse, mucronat, 
3-septate. Seeds t in. long, tails very slender. 
20. J. himalensis, Klotzsch & Garcke in Bot. Reis. Pr. Waldem. 60 
t. 97; stem tall stout rigid, leaves filiform or involute, cyme of 2 oF ai 
dark brown 3-8-fld. heads, lower bract elongate, outer sepals lanceo eg 
inner linear-oblong with broad membranous margins and tip rather long 
than the stamens and the ovoid long-beaked capsule, seeds long-taiec- 
Buchen. in Engl. Bot Jahrb. vi. 999, t. 3; xii. 405. J. scirpoides, acquem: 
mss. J.castaneus, Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. et Thoms. Juncus No. 7.—J uncus 
Wall. Cat. 9001, in part. 
ALPINE and SUBALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 7-14,000 ft.; from Kashm! 
Western Tibet to Bhotan, bul 
Stems 8-20 in., erect, leafy below, 1-leaved above, hollow. Leaves t" mm ; 
channelled above, obscurely septate ; auricles obscure. Cyme irregularly branc e 
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