124 CXXXII. JUNCACER. [ Juncus. 
Ovary sessile, with 3 parietal placenta sometimes scarcely prominent, 
more frequently protruding and sometimes meeting or even connate in 
produced at the f the seed into a terminal loose appendage : 
called a tail. Embryo small, near the hilu ennial or rare 
annual herbs, the stems usually tufted or erowded on a creeping 
The genus is very generally spread over almost all known parts of the hu 
most abundant in temperate or cool regions, in marshes, maritime sands or 
ngu j 
e same as one from the Mediterranean region tal 
ones have not as yet been identified with extra-Australian ones, but they may no 
prove to be really endemic. 
sprea. 
rs brown, few or many in close clusters. 
Stems filiform, leafy for several inches. Flower-heads Es 
v iculate. Ovulesand seeds few . . 1. J. gracilis. 
xeu. ero 
usters paniculate bit of Luzula 
Leaves mostly 1 to 3 ce re eni 3. . 2. J. planifolius. 
Leaves rarely above 1 line broad. Stamens 6 . . 3. J. eespititius. 
Flower-clusters coll. in a dense terminal hea 
j par iud ace float. 
owers pale-colo: in loose es or in clusters of 2, 
3 or rarely more. Stems under 1 ft. high, 
Annual Flowers mostly distinct, in a much-branched 
leafy panicle » cow Wr lth, eru quen Mar. NI Ei gs 5. J; . bufo nius, 
Tufted Flowers clustered (2 to 6) ina ; 
slightly } panicle. . . . . , . 6, J. homalocaulis. 
Perennial with a creeping rhizome. Flowers distinct 
irr ly dichotomous cyme . - . T. J. revolutus. 
in an irregularly Eug 
Leaves terete or nearly so or reduced to sheathing scales. 
Panicles apparently lateral below the end of rigid leaf- 
