OXXXV. SMILACEZ. 4.07 
5. SMILAX, Linn. 
Flowers diwcious. Perianth 6-parted, spreading, deciduous ; 
segments spreading, l-nerved, outer mostly larger. Stamens 
subhypogynous, club-shaped, shorter than the sepals ; anthers 
1-locular, 2-locellate, basifixed, continuous with the filament, at 
length recurved. Ovary 3- (rarely 1-6-)celled ; absent in the 
male flowers ; ovules solitary ; stigmas 3 (rarely 4-6), sessile, 
elongate, recurved, deciduous. “Berry globose, 1-3-celled, 
1-3-seeded. Seeds subglobose.— Kunth, l.c. p. 160. 
Climbing, evergreen undershrubs ; roots tuberous or fibrous. Stems 
mostly prickly, branches flexuous, angular. Leaves scattered, petioled, 
often cordate or hastate, reticulated, digitate-nerved ; petioles mostly bearing 
2 tendrils above the sheathing base. Flowers in axillary or racemose 
umbels, small, white or green.—1 or 2 species, in the Eastern districts and 
at Natal. 
Orper CXXXVI. JUNCE. 
Perianth 6-parted, more or less dry or glume-like, persistent. 
Stamens 6, on the base of the segments ; or 8, opposite the 3 
outer segments ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-3-celled ; ovules 
1, 3 or several in each cell; style 1; stigmas 3. Fruit capsu- 
lar, 3-valved, loculicidal or rarely indehiseent. Seeds albumi- 
nous.—Herbs or rarely half-arborescent plants, with fistular, 
channelled or flat leaves and small, capitate or panicled, dry 
flowers. These are the true Rushes. 
Ovary 3-celled, with many ovules. 
Sepals 3-nerved; tufted or creeping plants, with 
simple culms, and terete or flat and grass-like 
emmeagOr lentlessia beat keaha iis ure Sibi) os oldie di UNOUS: 
Sepals l-nerved; plant with a trunk-like stem, 
crowned with many broad, serrate, channelled 
leaves. . 2, PRIONUM. 
Ovary 1-celled, with 3 ovules only ; ; tufted plants with 
grass-like leaves. . . 3S.eLUZULA. 
Ovary 3-celled, with solitary ovules ; 3 caulescent, with 
lanceolate tendril- bearing leaves . . . . . . . 4 FLAGELDARIA. 
1. JUNCUS, Linn. 
Perianth regular, 6-parted; segments connate at the very 
base, dorsally 3- -nerved, widely spreading. Stamens 6, rarely 3. 
Ovary many-ovuled, 3-(or 1-)celled ; style 1, often very s short ; 
stigmas 3, filiform, villous. Capsule many-seeded. — Kunth, 
il. p. 315. 
Perennial, tufted or creeping plants, rarely annual, growing in damp soil 
or marshes. Culms simple, leafless or leafy. Leaves sheathing at base, 
terete, channelled or flat ; sheaths entire; lamina sometimes abortive. 
