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lutà. Folia obtusa, canaliculata, levissima, let? viridia, subindè mar- 
ginibus involutis subfiliformia, culmis plerumque breviora, basi longè 
vaginantia; suprema sæpiùs abbreviata. Vagine ampliatæ, fissæ, mem- 
branaceæ, striate, apice biauriculatæ. Capitulum terminale, solitarium, 
4—8-florum. Flores albi, subsessiles, majusculi. Bracteæ partiales ovato- 
lanceolatæ, mucronatæ, nervosæ, scariosæ, albæ, nitidæ; communi ma- 
jore, capitulo duplò longiore, dilatatà, membranaceá, cucullatâ, nervosa, 
apice subulato subfoliaceo. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, trinervia, 
glumacea; interiora 3 parüm longiora. Stamina 6, perianthio breviora : 
filamenta complanata, inferné dilatata: antheræ oblongæ, obtusæ, bilo- 
culares, filamentis tripló breviores: loculis parallelis, omnino connatis. 
Pistillum perianthii longitudine: ovarium ovatum, acutum, 3-quetrum ; 
stylus crassus, ovario duplo brevior: stigmata 3, brevia, obtusa, recur- 
vata, crassiuscula, longitudinaliter papillosa. 
This species, although bearing a considerable degree of resemblance to the 
following, is nevertheless essentially different. "The solitary heads of larger 
flowers, with a short membranous common bracte; the blunt sepals, inclosed 
stamens, shorter and dilated filaments, and, finally, the shorter style, will 
readily distinguish it. 
4. J. concinnus, culmo tereti subdiphyllo, foliis planiusculis obtusis, capitulis 
3—6-floris corymbosis, bracteà communi elongata foliaceá, sepalis acutis 
capsulâ acuta longioribus, staminibus longè exsertis, antheris filamentis 
simplicibus 6-pló brevioribus. 
Juncus concinnus. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 44. 
J. elegans. Royle MSS. 
Habitat in Nepaliâ (Wallich); in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. A. 
(V. s. sp. in Herbb. Wallich. et Royle.) 
Perennis, cæspitosus. Rhizoma subbulbosum, fibris capillaceis instructum. 
Culmi rectissimi, filiformes, leves, 1—2-phylli, spithamæi, exsiccatione 
striati. Folia anguste linearia, obtusa, planiuscula, erecta, levia, suprà 
canaliculata, subtüs convexiuscula, raró culmum superantia, basi vagi- 
nantia : vaginæ unciales, membranaceæ, fissæ, culmum arctè involventes. 
Capitula 3 v. 5, rariùs 6 v. 7, terminalia, corymbosa, 3—6-flora. Flores 
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