318 Prof. Don’s Account of the 
Palmee, and by Burmanniacee with Zrideæ ; and on the other hand, by means 
of Restiaceæ, with Xyridec and Cyperaceæ. 
I have divided the species into sections, which appear to constitute very 
natural groups, and they will be found to facilitate our knowledge of indivi- 
dual species. This arrangement is founded in a great measure upon the sug- 
gestions contained in Mr. Brown's invaluable work on the Flora of New Hol- 
land. 
Gen. I. JUNCUS. 
Stamina 6. Semina scobiformia. Inflorescentia terminalis, capitata. Folia 
plana, aversa. 
l. J. leucanthus, culmo bifolio tereti, foliis margine involutis filiformibus cul- 
mum subæquantibus, capitulo terminali solitario 6—10-floro, involucro 
5-phyllo glumaceo floribus longiore, sepalis acutiusculis, antheris acutis 
filamentis dupló longioribus, ovario incluso, stigmatibus stylo ter brevi- 
oribus. 
Juncus leucanthus. Royle MSS. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Shalma. Royle. y. Floret Junio. (v. s. sp. in 
Herb. Royle.) 
Rhizoma repens, atrofuscum, fibris capillaceis vestitum, Culmi erecti, fili- 
formes, graciles, striati, bifoliati, 5—6-pollicares, basi vaginati: vagind 
semipollicem longa, è squamis (foliis abortivis) imbricatis, brunneis, niti- 
dis composità. Folia radicalia recurvato-patentia, marginibus omnind in- 
volutis subfiliformia, obtusa, glabra, viridia, culmi fere longitudine; cul- 
morum duo longe vaginata, inferiore apice elongato foliaceo, bipollicari, 
superiore apice brevissimo: vaginæ semunciales et ultra, cylindraceæ, læ- 
ves, apice biauriculato-membranaceæ. Capitulum terminale, 6—10-flo- 
rum, 5-bracteatum. Bracteæ ovato-oblongæ, acute, 
SDr parùm inæquales, 
multinerviæ, brunneæ. 
: Flores albi, brevissimè pedicellati, bracteis bre- 
viores. Pedicelli ancipiti-compressi, supernè membranaceo-bialati. Se- 
pala i ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula, scarioso-membranacea, concava, 3- 
nervia (nervis medio approximatis, parallelis); exteriora 3 parùm latiora. 
Stamina 6, subzequalia, perianthio multd breviora: filamenta complanata, 
