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uppermost leaf-sheath, the flexuose branches horizontally spreading or 
deflected, shortly pa Gone Flowers singly sessile, supported by a 
tooth-like bractlet. Perianth 11/2, 6-parted to the base, the outer seg- 
ments ovate, obtuse,’ conchoid, with a short reflected mucro below the 
apex, thin glumaceous with a cartilaginous base inner of equal 
length, but narrower and thinner. Stamens itecin ted with slender 
filaments and sagittate anthers. Stigmas longer than the ovary, exserted. 
Drupe globose, 2-3“ in diameter, yellow, rather dry, with a loose fragile 
shining epicarp; the pyrenae Sorell dated. Seeds globose, eae with 
ark subcoriaceous wrinkled testa. — Wawra, in Flora, 1875, p. 4 
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n the lower ‘and se siden of all islands, but rare. Kauai, Hanalei to Kealia 
(Wawra and Remy); Oahu! Palolo to Niu; Mol okai! Wailauw to Halawa; Maui; 
vigaphad waii! near ‘Hilo (Remy ‘od Lydg.). Nat. sear «Ohe-. - ongniart and soe ma mv 2 
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while the character of the starch granules finds its ecestnisebiais in difference of maturity. 
Orver LXXXVIII. JUNCACEAE. 
Perianth regular, dry and calyx-like, of 6 free segments. Stamens 6 
or rarely 3 only, inserted at their bases. Ovary 3-celled with 1 or more 
anatropous ovules in each cell, or 1-celled with 3 or more ovules. Styles 
usually 3, stigmatose on the inner side. Capsule 3-valyed. Seeds 
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appendage. — Herbs, usually stiff, with nodose stems and narrow, 
sometimes cylindrical and stem-like leaves. Flowers small, glumaceous, 
in terminal or apparently lateral clusters or panic 
icles. 
A small Order, abundantly hea over the temperate veld of both hemispheres, 
with few species within the tro 
. LUZULA, DC. 
Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth, the elongate anthers introrse. 
S-telled; with 3 erect ovules. Style 3-fid. Capsule 3-valv 
loculicidal. en 3 or fewer, the testa minutely reticulate or striate, 
Sometimes appendiculate. — Tufted herbs with triquetrous stems and 
flat, usually soft- hairy leaves. Flowers small, in fascicles or discreet, 
