94 CXLVI, JUNCACE (BAKER). [ Juncus. 
5, J. Fontanesii, /. Gay ex Laharpe in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 
Par. iii. (1827), 130. Perennial, densely tufted. Leaves 3—5 toa stem, 
short, subulate, septate. Stems moderately stout, scarcely at all striated, 
erect or long and decumbent. Infloresence a lax terminal panicle, com- 
posed of few or many globose heads ; flowers many to a head ; bracts 
ovate, acuminate, pale green, as long as the flowers. Perianth-segments 
janceolate, very acute, brownish-green,} in. long. Stamens6. Capsule 
oblong, acute, dark brown, as long as or longer than the perianth. Seeds 
not tailed—Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 328; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 158; Pfl. Ost-Afr.C.137 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. rie 
App. ii. 59,107. J. articulatus, Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. 313. J. quarti- 
nianus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 339. J. pyramidatus, Laharpe 
in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. ii. (1827), 128; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 359. 
Mile Land. Eritrea: vicinity of Saganeiti, 7000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 
$15! 892! Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Anadehr, 7800 ft., Schimper, 555! Harre 
Shoa, 6500 ft., Schimper, 850; Shireh province, Quartin-Dillon. British East 
Africa : Karia Ndusi, near Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6623! steppes 
between Ndoro and Guaso Thegu, Gregory. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Leboma, Holst, 2556! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Mount 
Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
‘Also in the Mediterranean Region and Western Asia. 
6. J. Bachiti, Hochst. in Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 305. Peren- 
nial, densely tufted. Produced leaves 3-5 to a stem, short, narrowly 
linear, not septate. Stem slender, 1-14 ft. long, leafless, finely striated. 
Inflorescence a sparse terminal panicle; flowers many in a globose 
cluster; bracts ovate, green, shorter than the flowers. Perianth- 
segments lanceolate, 4 in. long, dark brown. Stamens 6, much shorter 
than the perianth. Capsule ovoid, dark brown, as long as the perianth. 
Seeds not tailed—Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii, 437 ; Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 137. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; in swamps on Mount Bachit, 10,700 ft., 
Schimper, 114! Begemeder ; Selamuko, 8700 ft., Schimper, 1332! Mount Gana, 
Schimper, 11,300 ft., 1557! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara, Holst (ex Engler); Kili- 
manjaro; Marangu, 7700 ft., Volkens, 1309. 
7. J. lomatophyllus, Spreng, Newe Endeck. ii. 108. Perennial, 
tufted, and stoloniferous. Leaves many in a basal tuft, linear, flat, 
3-1 ft. long, }-$ in. broad, not septate. Stem moderately stout, 
leafless, deeply sulcate, 1-2 ft. long. Inflorescence terminal, laxly 
panicled ; flowers 6-12 in a cluster; bracts ovate, cuspidate. Peri- 
anth-segments 4 in. long; outer lanceolate, acute; inner oblong. 
Stamens 6, rather shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, brown, 
shorter than the perianth. . Seeds not tailed.—Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. 
xii. 429; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 137; Baker in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 27. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara (ex Engler). 
Widely spread in South Africa. 
