866 CLXXXVI. JUNCACEJE. [Calectasiec, 
Species 1, Australi austro-oceidentalis incola. BentA. Fl. Austral. vii. 119. : r d 
Semina matura non vidimus, ex deseriptione Brownii ab omnibus Juncaceis differunt embryonis 
Situ. Embryo in icone citata non delineatur. 
T. Baxteria, R. Br. ; Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 492, t. 13 ad. 15.—Perianthii segmenta 
distincta, subsqualia, longa, angusta, erecta, rigida. Stamina 6, basi segmentorum affixa 
iisque breviora, filamentis rigidis leviter complanatis ; antherz longe lineares, erecto, 
bDasifixze, basi brevissime 9-lobz, loculis introrsum. dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 
3-loculare ; stylus subulatus, rigidus, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis solitaria, erecta, 
Capsula obovoidea, vertice plana, a basi sursum in valvas 6 dehiscens, septis in axi persis- 
tentibus, valvisque ipsis ad apicem axis diu adh:erentibus horizontaliter pat ut 
Semina (a nobis non visa) globosa.—Folia in rhizomate brevi lignoso dense ccwspitosa, 
longe linearia, basi in vaginas latas dilatata. Flores inter folia sessiles, singuli foliis 
1-2 bracteisque vaginantibus pluribus stipati, perianthio longo rigido (ultra 2-pollicari) 
insignes. 
Species 1, Australiz austro-occidentalis incola. — Benth. Fl, Austral. vii. 120. 
8. Calectasia, £. Br. in Find. Voy. ii. 609, t. 9.—Perianthium hypocraterimorphum, 
tubo cylindraceo v. superne leviter ampliato ; lobi sub quales, patentes, 1. lati, rigidi, 
colorati. Stamina 6, ad basin loborum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis breviter fili- 
formibus ; antherze lineares, erect:e, basifixce, basi breviter 2-lobs, loculis apice poro 
rarius in rimam brevem continuo dehiscentibus. Ovarium brevissime stipitatum, 
angustum, 1-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo terminali ; ovula 3, a basi loculi 
erecta. Fructus siccus, oblongus, subfusiformis, indehi , l-spermus, perianthii tubo 
inclusus, pericarpio membranaceo co-costato apice lxvi. Semen oblongum, testa mem- 
branacea; embryo juxta basin albuminis carnosi parvus.—Caules in rhizomate smpius 
plures fasciculati, tenuiter lignosi, ramosissimi, undique foliati. Folia linearia, brevia, 
patentia, vaginis ramos obtegentibus. Flores ad apices ramulorum solitarii, sessiles, 
bracteis breviter foliaceis cincti. 
Species 1l, Australi australis et occidentalis incola, quoad foliorum florumque magnitudinem 
variabilis et a nonnullis in species 2 v. 3 divisa. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 120. — Endl. Jconogr. t. 88. 
Bot, Mag. t. 3834. 
Tarsus III. EuJUNCEX. 
9. SDistiehia, Nes et. Meyen in. Pl. Moyen. 198. (Goudotia, Dene. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser. 3, iv. 84, 1. 4. Agapatea, Steud. Pl. Lechl. Exs. et im Bot. Zeit. 1856, 391, nomen 
tantum. Oxychloe, Philippi, Fl. Atacam. 59, t. 6.)—Flores dioici. Fl. d: Perianthii seg- 
menta linearia, erecta, rigidula, sub:zequalia. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio breviora, 
filamentis brevissimis ; antherw lineares, erect, basifixze, apiculatze v. nudse, loculis 
introrsum dehiscentibus.  Ovarii rudimentum parvum, stylo filiformi 3-fido. Fl. Qr 
Perianthii segmenta ovata oblonga v. late linearia, scariosa v. hyalina, ovarium circum- 
dantia. Staminodia (an semper?) 0. Ovarium sessile v. brevissime stipitatum, 1-loculare 
v. imperfecte 3-loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus parum v. valde prominentibus interdum basi 
in medio loculo connatis ; stylus subulatus, parte indivisa scepius brevi, ramis stigmatosis 
linearibus longiusculis interdum crassis ; ovula in loculis oo. — Capsula oblonga, obtusa v. 
acutiuscula, coriacea, nitida, apice demum (an semper!) breviter dehiscens. Semina 
ovoidea v. obovoidea, integumento exteriore albo molli mox evanido, testa dura castanea ; 
embryo in basi albuminis carnosi v. duriusculi parvus nunc minimus.—Oaules breves, 
dense ccspitosi, pulvinati, foliis distichis v. undique imbricatis obtecti. Flores in axillis 
summis (v. ad apices ramorum !) solitarii, masculi pedicellati folia sup tes, feminei 
Ibsessiles v. brevissi licellati. Bracterm breves, squamiformes, sub flore 9 1-3, sub 
flore d' deesse videntur. 
Species ad 6, in uliginosis montium altiorum Andium Americze australis vigentes, usque ad limites 
