500 
Plants of the Pumjab. 
Heres, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE SIMPLE. LEAVES. 
Juncus 
lampocarpus, 
The Jointed Rush, 
JUNCACER. 
E,-B; Tf. vi. $95: 
The Plains up to 
13,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Lahore, banks of 
the Jhelum. 
Juncus 
prismatocarpus, 
JUNCACEA. 
F. B. I; vi.:395. 
The Plains to 
10,000 ft. 
Sutlej Valley, 
Rampur (Collett). 
Juncus triglumis, 
JUNCACEA. 
F. B. I. vi. 3964 
Himalaya, 
42-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Juncus leucomelas, 
JUNCACER. 
Pap. L.vi. 397. 
Himalaya, 
12-16,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Juncus 
membranaceus, 
JUNCACER. 
Wb. 4. vi.:$97. 
Hima! sya, 
6-13,000 ft. 
K ashinir. 
PETALS NONE. 
small, perennial, rootstock horizontal, stems 4-10 
in., densely tufted, leafy upwards, rather stout, soft, ulti- 
mately hollow, rounded ox flattened, leaves linear-awl- 
shaped, strongly partitioned, division showing externally, 
tubular; flowers small, sessile, 2-5-flowered, heads on 
branches of an umbel, lower bracts leafy, floral ovate- 
lanceolate, heads 4-1 in., calyx lobes 4 im. long, green or 
brown, margins thin, stamens enclosed; capsule green or 
brown, seeds netted, not tailed. 
medium size, perennial, tufted, rootstock very short, 
stems 18-24 in., rounded or flattened, sometimes lying 
down, rooting at the knots ; leaves 2-10 by 1-4 in., thread- 
like or broader, soft, flattened or rounded of one or many. 
tubes with indistinct distant partitions ; flowers green or 
brown, sessile, densely crowned in 6-10-flowered heads 
forming irregularly compound flat-topped clusters, lower 
bracts leafy, erect, shorter than the clusters, floral thin, 
lanceolate, long-pointed, calyx lobes 3-2 in. long, stamens 
very short; capsule much longer than the calyx, pris- 
matic or cone-shaped, seeds ovoid with a broad top or 
oblong with rounded ends. 
small, perennial, tufted, stems 2-6 in., stiff, slender, 
naked ; leaves short, solitary or few, awl-shaped, stiff 
near base of stem, 2-tubular ; flowers large, brown sessile 
in a solitary terminal 3-4-flowered sessile head, no clusters, 
outer bracts dark brown, spreading, usually shorter than 
the flowers, calyx lobes 4-1 in., seeds 4, in. long, includ- 
ing the long white tails. 
small, perennial, tufted, stem 2-6 in., thread-like, 
naked, hollow; leaves 1-2, very short, thread-like, 1-2- 
tubular ; flowers white, sessile, in a 8-8-flowered head, 
bracts brown, lower usually produced, calyx lobes 4-4 
in. long, stamens exserted ; capsule ovoid-oblong, seeds 
long-tailed. 
small to medium size, perennial, stems 5-20 in., tufted, 
ultimately hollow, bearing runners, basal sheaths mem- 
branous, 1-3-leaved above the middle ; leaves thread-like, 
short-pointed, slender, flattish or grooved, tubular, sheath 
long, with ear-shaped processes ; flowers white, shortly 
stalked in a solitary sessile head, lower bracts longer or 
shorter than the head, floral ovate-lanceolate, transparent, 
