Plants of the Punjab. 501 
Heres, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE ExsTIPULATE SIMPLE LBAVEs. 
Juncus himalensis, 
JUNCACER. 
H.B. vi. 398, 
Himalaya, 
7-14,000 ft. 
Hattu (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Juncus concinnus, 
JUNCACER. 
F. B. I. vi. 899. 
Himalaya, 
7-13,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Luzula campestris, 
Wood Rush, 
JUNCACES. 
F. B. I. vi. 401. 
Himalaya, 
10-14,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
PETALS NONE.. 
calyx lobes 4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, blunt, thin, inner 
longer, stamens 6, protruding, style and stigma short ; 
capsule far protruding, long-beaked, seeds =‘; in. long- 
tailed. 
small to medium size, perennial, stems 8-20 in., tall, 
stout, stiff, leafy below, one-leaved above, hollow, bear- 
ing runners ; leaves thread-like or margins rolled inwards, 
tubular, grooved above, barely partitioned, ear-like pro- 
cesses, small; flowers 4in., brown, in 3-8-flowered heads 
forming a cluster of several heads with branches sometimes 
one inch long, spreading, lower bract long, floral bracts 
1.2 in. diam., calyx lobes 4 in. long, lanceolate, short- 
pointed, inner linear-oblong, with broad thin margins, 
tip longer than the stamens ; capsule nearly twice as long 
as the calyx lobes, tip conical, beaked, shining, dark brown, 
seeds + in. long, tails very slender. 
small ¢0 medium size, perennial, rootstock tuberous, 
stems tufted, not bearing runners, 4-18 in., hollow, fur- 
rowed, slender, more or less leafy ; leaves thread-like or 
with margins turned in, flat or furrowed, sheath thin ; 
flowers 4 in., white, 10-12, in sessile heads 3 across, some- 
times solitary, usually 2-5 in the fork and at the ends 
of one or two short branches, spreading from the top of 
the stems, lowest bracts long, slender or short, thin like 
the floral, calyx lobes } in. long, oblong-lanceolate, short- 
pointed, thin, inner shorter, blunt ; capsule very pale, shin- 
ing, ovoid, beak stout, protruding, seeds minute, long, 
brown, pointed at one end. 
small to medium size, perennial, grass-like, hairy, 
rootstock creeping, stem 6-18 in., slender, tufted ; leaves 
9-8 by 4-1 in., smooth or with bristles long and white, 
near the base of the stem; flowers minute, dark brown, 
sessile in stalked ovoid heads + in. long in the forks and 
at the ends of very unequal branches of an erect terminal 
branching raceme, calyx lobes 6, 15-1, in. long, ovate- 
lanceolate, long-pointed, stamens 6, shorter than the calyx ; 
capsule shorter than the calyx, broadly oblong or almost 
round, blunt or with a stiff point, seeds 3. 
