Juncus. | CXXXII. JUNCACER. ; 125 
m €— I subtending leafy bract erectand con- 
the st 
gone e ual bra not j jointe ted. 
Filaments filiform. Se ces ni taile 
S E 3. Scales t the Wes of the stem usually 
short. 
Flowers distinct in the panicle do sais <x . 8..J. communis. 
Flowers all collected into distinct clusters 9. J. vaginatus. 
Stamens 6. Scales at the base of the stem short or 
"aid than in J. communis. Flowers small, dis- 
tinct in the panicle . 10. J. pauciflorus. 
Stems xd stout and tall with long loose scales at 
the b Flowers rather largo, distinct in the 
3 ev Stamens varying 3 to . 11. J. pallidus. 
Filaments short and flat. Seeds tailed. Stems very 
ri amens 6 12. J. maritimus. 
Leaves and terminal bracts appearing jointed from inter- 
nal cross partitions of pith. 
Stems more or less fattened usually 1-2 ft. Perianth- 
with long subulate DOM 
un 
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B 
un 
p 
LZ 
pat 
= 
13. J. prismatocarpus. 
Tur fe 7in. Flower-clusters small and few. De- 
Vets ee ts 1 line long, lanceolate, Sad 
= - 14. J. capillaceus. 
dioicus ia ik Sji co ii, : 809, dion i Khe George's Sound, is insufficiently 
described for identification, and may not be a Juncus atall 
a Bracilis, R. Br. Prod. 259.—Stems filiform, above 1 ft. high, 
dy tufted at ‘he base although each tuft is never above 2 lines 
meter, leafy for severa] inches, the lower withered leaves having 
Persistent sheaths. Leaves flat and prane an a ver DT UE A: 
fa mens varying fi o 6; filaments filiform ; 
in this rather long. "Orari led co apite. 3-celled, the placeute meeting 
centre and apparently cohering, with s everal but not numerous 
‘the cell. Capsule obtuse, as long as or rather longer than 
col E cum the valves bearing the placent? without leaving a central 
the fuiet, eres EIE. only 1 or 2 in each cell, nearly globular, striate, 
trict, Dinen e. 103. King George's Sound, R. Brown, and probably the same dis- 
Y; 
sometimes d Stems under 6 in. high, the eR reduced to very few or 
to a single cluster.—Karri Dale, Wale 
mi Planifolius, R. Br. Prod. 259.—Stock tufted. Leaves 
» usually numerous, flat and grass-like, shorter than the stem, 1 to 
mes OF rarely nearly 4 broad, with long imbricating sheaths almost 
