Indian Species of Juncus and Luzula. ^ 5 
Herba perennis, cæspitosa, multiceps. Rhizoma teres, fuscum, fibris capilla- 
ribus infrà, et rudimentis foliorum emarcidorum imbricatis suprà muni- 
tum. Culmi erecti, filiformes, graciles, glabri, simplicissimi, nudiusculi, 
. foliis 2 v. 3 sparsis tantüm muniti, 3—5-pollicares. Folia linearia, mu- 
cronulata, ad apicem usque plana, subcanaliculata, recurvato-patentia, 
presertim ad marginem parcissimé villosa, basi dilatatà vaginanti-imbri- 
cata, sesqui v. tripollicaria ; adultiora obtusiuscula, ferè omnind glabra, 
nisi ad oras vaginarum, ubi villis longis mollibus albis copiose barbata ; 
caulina breviora, angustiora, longè vaginantia. Panicula terminalis, spi- 
ciformis, densa, ovata, nigricans, nutans, semuncialis. Bractew lanceo- 
latze, longè setaceo-acuminatæ, ciliate, scarioso-membranaceæ, subhya- 
linze, fuscescentes, flores excedentes. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuminato- 
aristata, brunnescentia, apice recurvata, margine scarioso, pallidiori, gla- 
bro; 3 interiora parüm angustiora, breviüsque mucronata; 3 exteriora 
firmiora, dorso carinata. Stamina 6. Antheræ lineares, obtusæ filamentis 
simplicibus parüm breviores. Ovarium subrotundum. Stylus capillaris. 
Stigmata 3, filiformia, recurvato-patula, minute papillosa, stylo ter lon- 
giora. Capsula turbinato-subrotunda, trigona, brunnea, nitida, perianthio 
brevior, unilocularis, 3-valvis, apice truncata, vix mucronulata: valvulis 
obovatis. Semina 3, oblonga, spadicea, opaca, hinc convexa, indè raphe 
prominula albicanti, et apice chalazá dilatatà convexá aucta. 
This highly interesting plant differs in some points of structure from the 
typical form of Luzula spicata. The sepals are broader, darker-coloured, and 
more abruptly pointed, the inner series being moreover furnished with a shorter 
point. The capsule is rounded and somewhat turbinate, with the valves obo- 
vate, and terminated by an extremely short, abrupt, obtuse point. The seeds 
are not above half the size of those of the European plant, and are furnished 
with a less prominent hilum. The European specimens have the sepals nar- 
rower and more attenuated, the inner three with equally long points; the 
valves of the capsule ovate or elliptical, and terminated by a short sharp 
point; and the seeds double the size, with a pointed hilum. 
The two forms agree so remarkably in habit, that after an attentive com- 
parison I do not think the differences of sufficient importance to merit their 
being regarded as distinct species. 
