400 JUNCACEZ. 
2. LUZULA. 
Luzula, DC. Fl, Franc. iii. p.158; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 868; Buchenau, Krit. Verzeichn. 
June. 
Upwards of fifty species have been proposed; but Bentham and Hooker estimate the 
number at about twenty-six. Buchenau, however, while reducing a great many, retains 
considerably more than half of them. 
1. Luzula caricina, E. Mey. in Linnea, xxii. p. 418; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 
p. 294; Buchenau, Krit. Verzeichn. June. p. 52. 
Luzula barbata, Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1850, p. 45; Buchenau in Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. 
Bremen, 1878, iii. p. 345. 
Sour Mexico, Chinantla, Puebla 7000 to 8000 feet (Liebmann), Cordillera of Oaxaca 
at 8000 feet (Galeotti, 5757), Volcan de Orizaba at 10,000 feet (Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
2. Luzula denticulata, Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1850, p. 46; Buchenau in 
Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. Bremen, 1873, iii. p. 343, et Krit. Verzeichn. June. p. 53. 
SoutH Mexico, Vaqueria del Jacale, peak of Orizaba 10,000 feet (Ziebmann). Hb. Kew. 
8. Luzula gigantea, Desv. in Journ. de Bot. Par. 1808, i. p. 145; Steud. Syn. 
Pl. Glum. ii. p. 291; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. viii. t. 697. 
Luzula letevirens, Liebm., et L. latifolia, Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1850, pp. 46 et 47; Buchenau 
in Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. Bremen, 1873, iii. p. 847, et 1879, vi. p. 418, et Krit. Verzeichn. 
June. p. 55. 
SoutH Mexico, Volcan de Orizaba at 10,000 feet, and Cumbre de Ixtepec, Oaxaca, 
10,000 feet (Liebmann); GuateMaLa, without locality (Godman & Salvin).—CoLOMBIA 
and Ecuapor. Hb. Kew. 
4. Luzula racemosa, Desv. in Journ. de Bot. Par. 1808, i. p. 162, t. 6. fig. 1; 
Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. p. 294; Buchenau in Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. Bremen, 1873, 
ili, p. 344, et iv. p. 129, et 1879, vi. p. 415, t. 4. 
Luzula vulcanica, Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1850, p. 44. 
Luzula spicata, DC., y. interrupta, Schl. in Linnea, xxii. p. 415. 
Luzula interrupta, Desv. in Journ. de Bot. Par. 1808, i. p. 163. 
South Mexico, peak of Orizaba 10,000 to 14,000 feet (Liebmann; Linden, 92; 
Galeotti, 5765); GuareMa.a, north peak, Volcan de Fuego (Godman & Salvin, 254).— 
CoLomBia to Cuiti. Hb. Kew. 
Order CLI. PALM. 
Palme, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 870. 
About 140 genera, comprising some 1100 species, a very large proportion of which 
are still very imperfectly known. ‘hey are spread all over the tropics; much less com- 
mon in subtropical regions, and only a few solitary outliers occur in temperate regions, 
