AND SOME OF ITS ALLIES 519 



scarious margin extending to the tip of the inner parts : stamens 

 about one half the length of the perianth : anthers long-linear, 

 much exceeding the filament: style quite long (i mm.) for this 

 group : capsule about three fourths length of the perianth, nar- 

 rowly oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or broadly acute, mucronate, 

 3-celled : seeds about .4-5 mm. long, oblong, reticulated, the 

 areoles linear and transversely arranged in about sixteen longitu- 

 dinal rows. 



Georgia, Stone Mountain (Canby, Small), Little Stone Moun- 

 tain (Small). 



Specimen examined : 



Stone Mountain, Georgia (Canby in Gray Herb.). 



The above description of this extraordinary Junciis y with the 

 exception of the part relating to the fruit, was drawn from a por- 

 tion of the type material in the Gray Herbarium. This was in 

 the flowering condition, and the fruit characters were added from 

 Mr. Coville's original description. 



The species seems to be very local in distribution having been 

 found only in the limited locality given above, where it was first 

 discovered by Mr. Canby, and later according to Mr. Coville was 

 again collected by Dr. Small. In general appearance it is not 

 very different fromy. tenuis, but lacks the scarious auricles while 

 the very long anthers and style designate it as a very anomalous 

 form for this group where all other species except/. Gcrardi have 

 short anthers and styles. 



v/ 



8. Juncus brachyphyllus sp. nov. 



Culm stiff, erect and very stout, 4-5 dm. high (1.2 5- 1.5 mm. 

 diam.), slightly compressed, very conspicuously grooved ; leaves 



short, %-% the length of the culm, the blade unusually broad 

 and flat but rather thick, stiff and spreading (1.5-2 mm. wide), 

 rarely at all involute ; sheaths all but the lowest blade-bearing, 

 loose and mostly free, pale, margins membranous, auricles pro- 

 duced and mostly scarious : inflorescence short, crowded, many- 

 flowered (2-6 cm. long), stramineous, the branches ascending, 

 sometimes elongated to 2.5 cm., sometimes all capitate; bracts 

 2-9 cm. long, leaf-like, usually exceeding the inflorescence; 

 bracteoles acute or cuspidate : perianth rather large, the parts ap- 

 pressed, 5 mm. long, slightly unequal, subulate, very acute, nar 

 rowly scarious toward the base, inner scarious all around : stamens 

 about one half the length of the perianth ; anthers oblong nearly 



