232 
LENS 
— і 
Qo = 
. 
JUNCE#. 
Flower: anticous sepal reflexed ; a, а petals or barren 
stam. (Brown. 
Anticous view of Petals, Stamen and Pistil. 
Posticous ditto. all the hairy part is pistil. 
Lateral view of ditto, rather young. 
Inner view of stamen and petals. 
Outer view of stamen, 
10. Pollen. 
. Pistillum. Ila. Stigma. 12. Transverse of ovary. 
Young ovule. 14. Mature ditto. 
. Fruit. 15a. Ditto bract removed, perianth remains. 
. Ditto Transverse section. 
. Seed, a hilum, which is obscure, b foramen, с chalazal 
end. 
Indurated Lemnoid end of second tegumen. 
Long section, a hilum, 4 foramen, c chalazal end, d in- 
ner membrane, e its indurated end, f albumen, inclosed 
in a proper membrane, g embryo. 
‚ Inner tegumen, separated, enclosing albumen, 21. Em- 
bryo. 22. Relative situation, а postice. 
I am not quite certain whether the inner membrane is the 
plicate one or not, I think so, the pileus as evidenty the ex- 
serted part of fig. 14 ovulum. Malacca, July 22nd, 1842. 
JUNCE. 
Juncus unibracteatus. Gr. 
Annua aggregata, czespitosa, decumbens. 
Caulis compressus anceps simplex. 
Fol. alternantia distantia imis approximatis  equitantia, 
partis equitantis margines membranacei, hyalina, scalpeli- 
formia linearia, acuminata, septata. 
Flores in capitulis 3-6 floris congestis, inconspicui herbacei 
coloris: capitulis subcorymbosis, centralibus brevius pedun- 
