Plants of the Punjab, 499 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE SIMPLE LBAVES. 
Gagea persica, 
LILIACEA, 
PSB. levi. 859, 
Himalaya, 
8,000 ft. 
Kashmir, 
Gagea reticulata, 
LILIACEA. 
Bek viz 356. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Salt Range, 
Kashmir. 
Commelina 
ceelestis, 
Juncus bufonius, 
The toad rush, 
JUNCACER. 
Be Bilt vie 392. 
The Plains to 
18,000 ft, 
Juncus glaucus, 
Hard rush, 
JUNCACER. 
iiss levi, 893: 
Himalaya, 
6-9,000 ft. 
Matiana, Theog 
(Collett). 
Kashmir, 
Juncus compressus, 
JUNCACEA. 
POR oh vin5os. 
Himalaya, 
Kashmir. 
7,000 ft. 
(Jacquemont), 
PETALS NONE, 
like the last species, but leaf narrower, flowers many 
in a cluster, bracts many, very short, linear, each bearing 
a flower or bulbil in its axil, calyx smaller, lobes linear, 
blunt. 
like Gagea lutea, but leaf grass-like, bracts several, 
leaf-like, very unequal, whorled, calyx lobes linear, finely 
pointed. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
small, annual, pale-coloured, tufted, stems 1-10 in., 
slender, often branching from near the base ; leaves flat, 
few, chiefly radical, stem leaves shorter ; flowers 4-} in. 
long, solitary or in small clusters, sessile on the stem or 
branches, pale green, calyx inferior, lobes 6 in 2 rows, 
3 outer lobes keeled, lanceolate, long-pomted with broad 
membranous margins, stamens 6, half as long as the calyx 
lobes ; capsule oblong, minutely pointed, shorter than the 
calyx. 
medium size to large, perennial, rootstock creeping, 
tufted, stems 12-36 in., many, tufted, pale green, stiff, 
cylindric, finely grooved, leafless, produced beyond the 
flower, bases closed with a leafless sheath ; leaves none or 
cylindric like the stems; flowers minute, brown, sessile 
solitary, stamens 6, shorter than the calyx lobes ; capsule 
ovoid, pointed, equal to or rather longer than the calyx. 
small to medium size, perennial, rootstock creeping, 
stems 6-24 in., tufted, rigid, slender, 1-2-leaved, hollow, 
somewhat flattened, striated ; leaves shorter than the stem, 
slender, grooved, nearly flat; tip awl-shaped, sheath with 
ear-shaped processes ; flowers almost solitary im terminal 
clusters, shorter than the thread-like lower bracts, com- 
pound, calyx lobes 14 in. long, linear-oblong, blunt, with 
green or brown thin margins about equal to the broad ovoid 
capsule, stamens much shorter or less than the the calyx 
lobes ; capsule 8-celled, shining, with a small point. 
