Juncus. | CXLVI. JUNCACE (BAKER). 93: 
Cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zone. Occurs also in Mada- 
gascar and South Africa. 
2. J.maritimus, Lam. Hncycl. iii. 264. Perennial, densely tufted 
on a short rhizome. Leaves few, basal, terete, resembling the stems, 
dilated at the base into pale brown sheaths. Stems terete, pale green,, 
wiry, finely striated. 2—3 ft. long. Panicle very compound, lateral, sessile, 
reaching } ft. long, bracts rigid, pale green, ovate-lanceolate. Perianth- 
segments lanceolate, acute, pale green, ;/, in. long. Stamens 6. Capsule 
oblong, acute, as long as the perianth. Seeds distinctly or indistinctly 
tailed.—Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 256; Baker in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 
19. J. Kraussti, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 342. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 511! 
Nile Land. Somaliland ; Maid, Hildebrandt, 1475! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; marshy places at Aguadas near 
Mossamedes and by ponds near the River Bero, Welwitsch, 3007! 
Also in South Africa and the North Temperate zone of both hemispheres. 
3. J. punctorius, Linn. fil. Suppl. 208. Perennial, tufted on a 
short creeping rhizome. Produced leaf one from the middle of the 
stem, terete, septate ; basal leaves reduced to clasping sheaths. Stem 
stout, terete, hardly at all striated, 1-4 ft. long. Inflorescence an 
ample terminal panicle; flowers many ina cluster; bracts ovate-cuspi- 
date, pale green, much shorter than the flowers. Perianth-segments 
lanceolate, acute, pale green, rigid, 54, in. long. Stamens 6, rather 
shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, acute, brown, as long as 
the perianth. Seeds not tailed.—Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. 
Bremen, iv. 424, t. 8; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 277 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 158 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 59, 107; Baker in 
Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 20. J. Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 
No. 56; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 338. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Saganeiti, 7400 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1747 ! 
1802! Godofelassi, Rohlfs & Stecher. Abyssinia: Tigre; near Adowa, Schimper, 56! 
Magdala, Steudner, 927. Somaliland: Golis Range, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. E. 
Lort-Phillips ! 
Also in South Africa, North Africa, and Western Asia. 
4, J. oxycarpus, 4. Meyer ex Kunth, Enum. iii. 336.  Peren- 
nial, densely tufted. Produced leaves 3-5 to a stem, short, subulate, 
septate. Stems moderately stout, terete, 1-2 ft. long, pale green, 
hardly at all striated. Inflorescence a sparse terminal panicle ; flowers 
about 20 in a cluster; bracts ovate-acuminate, as long as the flowers, 
Perianth-segments lanceolate, brownish-green, } in. long. Stamens 
usually 3, much shorter than the perianth, Capsule oblong, dark 
brown, as long as the perianth. Seeds not tailed—Buchen. in Abhand. 
Naturw. Ver. Bremen, iv. 431, t. 8; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 336; Pfl. Ost- 
Afr. C. 137; Baker in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 20. 
Wile Land. Usambara (ex Engler). 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; plentiful in wet sandy situations through- 
out the district, Welwitsch, 3008! 
Also in South Africa. 
