Juncus. | CXLVI. JUNCACEH (BAKER). 95 
8. J. bufonius, Zinn. Sp. Pl. 328. Annual, densely tufted, 
without any creeping rootstock. Leaves all basal, subulate, not septate, 
the outer as long as the stem. Stem slender, 3-12 in. long. Flowers 
usually single, arranged in lax forked spikes ; bracts minute. Perianth- 
segments pale green, lanceolate, acuminate, } in. long. Stamens 3-6, 
much shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, brown, obtuse, 
minutely cuspidate, rather shorter than the perianth. Seeds not 
tailed.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 339; Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 
174; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158; Baker in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 
23. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; in marshes near Adowa, 10,000-11,000 ft., 
Schimper, 1088! Samen; near Debra Eski, 9700 ft., Schimper, 33 ; swamps on 
Mount Bachit, 11,700 ft., Schimper, 117 ; Shireh province, Quartin-Dillon (ex 
Engler), 
Cosmopolitan, 
9. J. capitatus, Weiy. Obs. 28, Annual, tufted, without any 
rootstock. Leaves all basal, subulate, very slender, much shorter than 
the stem, not septate. Stem very slender, 2-6 in. long. Flowers 
usually 4-8 in a single globose terminal cluster, subtended by a subu- 
late bract. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, brownish, 4 in. 
long, recurved at the tip. Stamens 3, much shorter than the perianth. 
Capsule ovoid-trigonous, brown, much shorter than the perianth. 
Seeds not tailed.—Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 450; Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 2094! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; summit of Mount Semayata, near Adowa, 
10,400 ft., Schimper, 539! 
Also Central and Southern Europe and North Africa. 
2. LUZULA, DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, iii. 868. 
Perianth rigid, cut down to the base; segments ovate, subequal. 
Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth, hypogynous or attached to the 
base of the perianth-segments; filaments filiform; anthers linear or 
oblong, basifixed. Ovary sessile, l-celled; ovules 3, arising from a 
short basal placenta; style short, subulate; stigmas 3, filiform. Seeds 
3 or fewer, subglobose or angled on the inner side, sometimes tailed ; 
testa minutely striated; albumen copious; embryo minute.—Densely 
tufted perennial herbs. Leaves linear, ciliated. Inflorescence terminal, 
laxly or densely panicled. Perianth brown in the Tropical African 
species, 
Cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zones. Species about 50, 
Flowers solitary, forming a lax panicle . ° . 1. L. Johnstoni, 
Flowers many in a cluster. j 
Clusters of flowers usually peduncled , . . 2. L. campestris, - 
Clusters of flowers sessile. 
Stamens much shorter than the perianth . . 3. L. spicata. 
Stamens slightly shorter than the perianth . 4. L. Volkensii. 
