96 CXLVI, JUNCACEE (BAKER). [ Luzula. 
1. L. Johnstoni, Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 79. Nearly allied to 
L. Forsteri, DC. Stcloniferous. Leaves many in a basal rosette, linear, 
3-4 in. long, slightly hairy. Stem very slender, erect, a foot or more 
long, bearing 2-3 remote reduced leaves. Panicle small, lax, terminal ; 
branch-bracts subulate; branches very slender, ascending; flowers 
solitary, sessile; flower-bracts ovate, acuminate, bright brown, shorter 
than the perianth. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acute, bright brown, 
din. long. Stamens 6, much shorter than the perianth. Capsule sub- 
globose, stramineous, much shorter than the perianth.—Eng]. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 157; Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 137. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 8000-9000 ft., Johnston, 
28! 
2. L. campestris, DC., var. Mannii, Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 
159. Leaves many in a basal rosette, linear, 4-12 in. long, 4 in. broad, 
densely ciliated towards the base. Stem 3-1 ft. long, erect, bearing 1-2 
reduced leaves. Panicle subumbellate, composed of several peduncled 
clusters or congested by the suppression of the peduncles ; branch-bracts 
linear-subulate, 1-3 in. long, densely ciliate towards the base ; flower- 
bracts ovate, acuminate, scariose, pale green, as long as or shorter than 
the flowers. Perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, dark brown, $in. 
long. Stamens 6, rather shorter than the perianth. Capsule ovoid- 
trigonous, rather shorter than the perianth.— Engl. Hochgebirgs#. 
arop. Afr. 157. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 10,000-13,500 ft., Mann, 
2108! Johnston! Fernando Po: summit of Clarence Peak, 8000 ft., Mann, 658! 
1467! 
Nearly allied to the European L. multiflora, Lej. 
The species is almost cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zone. 
3. L. spicata, DC., var. simensis, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 
Ezxsicc, 1154. Shortly stoloniferous. Basal leaves several, linear, 3-4 in. 
long, glabrous when mature. Stem slender, 4-1 ft. long, erect, bearing 
2-3 erect reduced leaves. Inflorescence a small, oblong, erect, congested 
panicle ; lower branch-bracts linear, densely ciliate at the base ; flower- 
bracts ovate, acuminate, brown with stramineous tip and edges, shorter 
than the perianth. Perianth-segments dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, j'; in. long. Stamens 6, much shorter than the perianth. 
Capsule ovoid-trigonous, about as long as the perianth.—Buchen. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xii. 128; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 157 ; Pfi. Ost- 
Afr. C. 137. JZ. abyssinica, Parl. Fl. Ital. ii. 310. Z. macrotricha, 
Steud. Syn. FI. Glum. ii. 294. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen ; Demerki Mountains, Schimper, 1154; Bege- 
meder ; Mount Guna, 11,700 ft., Schimper, 1328. British East Africa : Mount 
Kenia, in the Bamboo zone, 000-6000 ft., Gregory. 
The type occurs on the mountains of the North Temperate zone in both hemi- 
spheres, 
4. L. Volkensii, Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 192. Leaves 6-8 to 
a stem, erect, linear, 3-4 in. long, } in, broad, thick, firm, ciliate with 
