128 CXXXII. JUNCACER. [ Juncus. 
W. Australia. King George's Sound to Swan and Murchison Rivers, Drum- 
mond, Oldfield, Preiss, n. 1734, and others. 
The species is a common weed in most temperate regions of the globe. 
6. J. homalocaulis, F. Muell. in. Herb. Hook.—A small tufted 
pale-coloured species apparently perennial, but without the creeping 
rhizome of J. revolutus. Stems rarely exceeding 6 in., slender, the 
flowers sessile in the clusters and generally divaricate, at least a : 
flowering aud the clusters few eriauth-segmen 
enc 
rigid, acutely acuminate, about 3 lines long, the inner ones rather 
shorter. Stamens 6. Style divided nearly to the base. Placentas pari- 
etal, not very prominent. Capsule rather shorter than the peri 
Seeds ovoid, without tails.—J. plebeius, Steud. Syn. Glum. ii. 807 au 
some others, but not of R. Br. 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson, C. Moore, Woolls ; New England, €. Stuart. 
Victoria. Glenelg River, Robertson; Black Forest, F. Mueller ; Wimmer 
Dallachy. 
This was supposed to have been the J. plebeius of Brown and is united by F. 
Mueller with the J. revolutus under th name of J. Brownei. It appears to me ho 
ever to be quite distinct in habit as well as in in ; 
to approach nearer to J. bufonius, to which J. plebeius proves to be referrible. 
J. revolutus, R. Br. Prod. 259.— Stems from a creeping rhizome 
in. to nearly 
igh. Leaves mostly shorter than the stem, all from its base 
single one higher up, all very narrow, the midrib prominent un 
and short broad almost se 
; as long as the perianth or rather shorter 
ds ovoid, without tails.—Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 65; J. Brownen 
Muell. innza, xxvi. 245, Fragm. ix. 78, partly. 
Victoria. Yarra and Snowy Rivers, F, Muell 
ueller. j 
` "Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown; near the sea, Georgetown, Gunn; T 
the Tamar, C. Stuart, 
8. J. communis, E. Mey. Syn. Junc. 12.—Stems densely tufted 
on a horizontal or sbortly creeping matted rhizome, usually 2 to 3 D 
high, or even more, erec » terete, leafless except a few brown or pale 
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