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dilatata: anther filamentis dupld longiores, lineares, acutiuscule, basi 
obtuse, biloculares: loculis parallelis, omnind connatis. Pistillum sta- 
mina vix superans: ovarium subrotundo-ovatum, 3-gonum, 3-loculare, 
multi-ovulatum, perianthio dupld brevius: stylus tenuis, ovario longior : 
stigmata 3, obtusa, recurvata, stylo ter breviora, longitudinaliter papil- 
losa. 
This forms a highly interesting addition to the genus, being nearly related to 
J. triglumis, from which, however, it differs in several important particulars. 
The leaves are recurved, and nearly as long as the stems; the bractes forming 
the involucrum are five in number, longer than the flowers, and pointed. The 
capitula have from six to ten flowers, and the sepals are narrower and some- 
what acute; the anthers are also acute, and they are double the length of the 
dilated filaments. The stigmata are thrice shorter than the style, and the 
ovarium is rounded-ovate, and it may be supposed that the mature fruit will 
prove to be considerably shorter than the sepals. Moreover the rhizoma is 
creeping, and the sheaths at the base of the stems are much longer, dark 
brown and shining. These characters sufficiently distinguish it from triglu- 
mis, in which the capitula are mostly 3-flowered, more rarely 2- or 4-flowered, 
the sepals and bractes obtuse, and the flowers longer than these last. The 
anthers are obtuse, and four times shorter than the narrow simple filaments ; 
stigmata as long as the style; ovarium longer than the sepals; and lastly, the 
leaves are only half as long as the stems, with the cauline ones extremely 
short. The root is besides not creeping. 
This new species was discovered by Dr. Royle on Shalma, a mountain of 
the Himalaya range, having an elevation of 10,000 feet above the level of the 
sea. 
2. J. leucomelas, culmo enodi filiformi aphyllo, foliis subulatis canaliculatis, 
capitulo terminali 3—5-floro involucro 3-phyllo acuto breviore, sepalis 
obtusis, antheris filamentorum feré longitudine, capsulà acuminata peri- 
anthio longiore. 
Juncus leucomelas. Royle MSS. 
Habitat in Kunawur ad Soongnum. Royle. X. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Royle.) 
Species elegantissima ! Perennis, czespitosus. Rhizoma subbulbosum, fibris 
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