92 CXLVI. JUNCACEE (BAKER). | Juncus. 
Species 200-250. Cosmopolitan, mainly in temperate regions. 
Leaves glabrous, Ovary more or less completely 3-celled, 
with many ovules in a cell . : : - - . 1. JUNCUS. 
Leaves hairy. Ovary 1-celled, with 3 nearly basal ovules . 2. LuzuLa. 
1. JUNCUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 867. 
Perianth rigid, cut down to the base; segments subequal, ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 6, rarely 3, shorter than the perianth, 
hypogynous or attached to the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments 
filiform or flattened ; anthers linear or oblong, basifixed. Ovary sessile, 
completely or incompletely 3-celled ; ovules many in a cell; style short; 
stigmas 3, filiform or linear, papillose down to the base. Seeds very 
small, often tailed by the pale outer membrane of the testa being 
produced beyond the nucleus ; albumen copious, firm ; embryo minute, 
placed near the hilum.—Perennial or annual herbs. Leaves flat or 
terete, sometimes septate, rarely reduced to membranous sheaths. 
Inflorescence terminal or apparently lateral, panicled or capitate. 
Species 170-180. Cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zone. 
*“GENUINI. Leaves all reduced to sheaths. Panicle lateral. 
The only Tropical African species . 5 : - 1. J. effusus. 
““MARITIMI, Produced leaves few, resembling the stems, Panicle lateral. 
The only Tropical African species . Z . - 2. J. maritimus. 
““SARTICULATI. Leaves septate. Inflorescence terminal. 
Leaf 1, produced from the middle of the stem . 3. J. punctorius. 
Leaves 3-5. 
Stems all erect . : 5 : : : . 4. J. oxycarpus. 
Stems often long and decumbent : : . 5. J. Fontanesit. 
*GRAMINIFOLII. Leaves not septate. Inflorescence terminal. 
Perennials. 
Leaves narrowly linear. : : 2 - 6. J. Bachiti. 
Leaves broadly linear ; : : . . 7. J. lomatophyllus. 
Annuals, 
Flowers solitary, in forked spikes : : . 8. J. bufonius. 
Flowers in a terminal cluster. é ; . 9. J. capitatus, 
1. J. effusus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 326. Perennial. Stems densely 
tufted on a short creeping rhizome, 2-3 ft. long, green, finely 
striated, with continuous pith. Leaves all reduced to sheaths, clasping 
tightly the base of the stems. Panicle dense, lateral, sessile, 
1-2 in. diam. Perianth-segments lanceolate, rigid, pale green, 31; ™. 
long. Stamens 3, much shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, 
obtuse, as long as the perianth. Seeds not tailed.—Buchen. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xii. 228. J. communis, var. effusus, E. Meyer, Monogr. June. 22; 
Kunth. Enum. iii. 320. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kukuyu district ; in Kedung Valley, 6000 ft., 
Scott-Hiliot, 6876! Mount Kenia, in the lower forest zone, 8100 ft., Gregory. 
