320 Prof. Don’s Account of the 
tenuissimè capillaceis instructum. Culmi stricti, continui, filiformes, gra- 
ciles, nudi, lzeves, virides, 2—3-unciales. Folia omnia radicalia, subulata, 
obtusa, subrecurvata, lætè viridia, lzevissima, suprà anguste canaliculata, 
apice teretiuscula, basi dilatatà, membranaced, striata, culmos longè 
vaginantia, iisdemque multó breviora. Capitulum terminale, solitarium, 
3—5-florum, involucratum: bracteis 3 v. 4, ovatis lanceolatisve, acutis, 
valdé inæqualibus, concavis, nervosis, ferrugineis, nitidis ; extimo multd 
longiore, apice subulato. Sepala lanceolata, obtusa, 3-nervia, alba, sca- 
rioso-membranacea, 3 lineas longa; interiora 3 parüm angustiora. Sta- 
mina 6, subzequalia, perianthio longiora. Filamenta alba, complanata, basi 
dilatata. Anthere lineares, obtuse, basi affixze, erecta, filamentorum ferè 
longitudine, biloculares: loculis parallelis, omninò connatis. Pistillum 
staminibus brevius : ovarium ovato-oblongum, attenuatum, triquetrum, 3- 
loculare, loculis multi-ovulatis: stylus ovario brevior: stigmata 3, brevia, 
obtusa, recurvato-patentia, longitudinaliter papillosa. Capsula ovato-ob- 
longa, acuminata, 3-locularis, badia, perianthio multó longior. 
This is undoubtedly by far the most elegant species of the genus, and al- 
though clearly belonging to the present section, there is no other species with 
which it can well be compared. The flowers are pure white, larger than usual 
in the genus, and arranged in a terminal capitulum, furnished with an involu- 
crum composed of 3 or 4 large scariose bractes of a dark ferruginous brown. 
The anthers are remarkable for their length, equalling that of the filaments. 
The stems are continuous, and without either articulation or leaf. 
The species is from Soongnum in Kunawur, a country situate beyond the 
Himalaya, between 31° 33' and 31° 50! N. latitude. 
3. J. membranaceus, culmo tereti subdiphyllo, foliis subfiliformibus obtusis, 
capitulo terminali solitario 4— 8. 
floro bracteà communi membranaceá 
breviore, 
i sepalis obtusis capsulà acutà longioribus, staminibus inclusis, 
antheris filamentis dilatatis ter brevioribus. 
Juncus membranaceus. Royle MSS. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Punjee. Royle. y . 
Perennis, cæspitosus. Culmi erecti, filiformes, 
spithamæi et ultra, basi 
(v. s. sp. in Herb. Royle.) 
doe graciles, fistulosi, subdiphylli, 
foliis imperfect’ evolutis squamiformibus obvo- 
