Juncus.) CLXII. JtNCACEE, (J. D. Hooker.) 401 
' shorter than the filaments ; style Jong, slender, stigmas short. Capsule mem- 
branous, pale, shining. Seeds } in. up, includi g the very long tails.—Leaves 
often involute and very slender as in J. concinnus, but seeds very different. 
2. LUZULA, DC. 
Leaves grass-like, hairy. Perianth-segments glumaceous. Stamens 3 
or6. Ovary 1-celled, 3-ovuled.—Species about 30, temperate and Asiatic. 
| l. L. plumosa, E Meyer in Linnæa, xxii. (1849) 387 ; cyme subum- 
` lellate, branches very slender, flowers solitary, testa produced into a horn- 
. like appendage. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. 195 and xii. 85. L. 
| pilosa, var. plumosa, C. A. Meyer ex Franch. in Now. Arch. Mus. Paris, 
- X (1887) 100. L. Forsteri Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. Juncus plumosus, 
| Wall. mss.— Wall. Cat. 9003. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt, 9-10,000 ft.; from Kumaon eastwards, KHASIA 
Hits ; alt. 6000 ft., Clarke.—DrstRis. China. 
Perennial, 6-18 in. high. Leaves linear, acuminate, 1—3 in. broad, glabrous or 
sparsely ciliate with very long hairs. Branches of cyme capillary, very unequal, 
divaricate, few-fld, 3. bracts scarious, much shorter than the lowers. Sepals 5-4 in., 
ceolate, acuminate, pale brown. Stamens6. Capsule oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 
about as long as the sepals, 
2. L. effusa, Buchen. in -Engl. Bot, Jahrb. vi. 196; xii. 106; cyme 
very laxly paniculately branched, branches divaricate very long and 
slender, flowers solitary sessile or pedicelled, testa with a terminal boss. 
Be Himataya, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. MUNNIPORE; on 
Jakpho, alt, 9500 ft., Clarke. 
„Perennial, 12-24 in. high. ` Leaves linear, }-} in. broad, glabrous or sparsely 
tlliate below, Cyme long-peduncled ; branches 1-3 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, 
NC Sepals 3—5 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pale or dark brown. 
ramens 6. (apsule oblong, rather longer than the sepals, obtuse, mucronate.—The 
unnipore specimens have leaves A in. broad, and a closer inflorescence, with shorter 
“apsules; the seeds appear to be diseased. 
b S de campestris, DC. Fl. Franc. iii. 161; cyme subumbellately 
Tanched, flowers in peduncled capitate clusters, testa apiculate at the tip 
Seel at the base. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. v. 198; xii. 155; 
mat: Fl, Orient, v. 349 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix. t. 375, 376. Juncus 
“ampestris, Linn, Sp. Pl. i. 329: 
The EXPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA ; alt. 10—14,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards. 
gius, TN NILGHIRI and ANAMALLAY Hits, alt. 5-7000 ft.—DisrRIB. N. temp. 
perennial, 6-18 in. hi ‘es 1-1 in. broad, glabrous or ciliate. Branches 
Pose’ very Unequal, ai Mi i-i in. diam.: bracts very short, scarious. 
ha era sessile, Sepals 15-35 in. long, pale or dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
obtuse Qamens 6. Capsule shorter than the sepals, broadly oblong or (7 ose, 
ommon g mucronate.—I have described above only the Indian form 
"ropean one) of this widely diffused and variable plant. 
leen ii it blong droop- 
` $n a, DC. Fl. Franc. iii. 161; cyme a solitary oblong 
Km nodding bracteate head, testa rounded at the tip, caruncled at jhe 
Ws; Reigen: in Engl, Bot. Jahrb. v. 197; xii. 127; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 
H 
von, yet Te. Fl, Germ, ix. t. 379. od 
