Juncus. 



139 



§ 19; v. p. 124. 



40. J. procerus E. Mey. in 

 Linnaea III. (1827) 367; Gay, hist. 

 fis y polit. de Chile, Bot. VI. (1853) 

 140. — J. Valdiviae Steudel, Synops. 

 pl. glum. II. (1855) 296; Buchenau 

 in Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. VI. (1879) 

 3 87 t. 3 (anal.) et Monogr. Juncac. 

 (1890) 236. — Gaules erecti, ro- 

 busti, teretes, laeves (in statu sicco 

 indistincte valleculati) , 120 usque 

 I 50 cm alti, diam. 2,5 usque 4, 5 mm, 

 medullä asterisciformi irregulariter 

 interruptä repleti; cataphylla magna, 

 laxa , basi intense fusca , superne 

 fusco-straminea, supremum usque 

 25 cm longum, mucroniferum. In- 

 florescentia multiflora, supradecom- 

 posita, anthelata, effusa vel (in locis 

 siccis) contracta; bractea infima 

 erecta, 5 usque 15, raro 20 cm 

 longa. Flores conferti, parvi, 2,5 

 usque 3 mm longi, straminei vel 

 fuscescentes; tepala firmiora, late 

 lanceolata, acuta, interna paullo lon- 

 giora; stamina tepalis externis ca. 

 Y 3 breviora; antherae lineares, fila- 

 menta circiter aequantes; stilus bre- 

 vissimus. Fructus trigonus, ovato- 

 ellipticus, obtusus, plerumque breviter 

 mucronatus; semina ca. 0,65 mm 

 longa, oblique angusto-ovata, ferru- 

 ginea, apice breviter caudata (appen- 

 dice castaneo, apice albo), basi bre- 

 vissime apiculata, regulariter trans- 

 versim reticulata. 



An Wasserläufen, aber auch an 

 trockeneren Stellen im südlichen 

 Chile häufig. — In Formosa sam- 

 melten Faurie (800, in paludosis 

 Kelung) und Matsumura Pflanzen 

 mit unreifen Früchten, welche völlig 

 .identisch mit der chilenischen Pflanze 

 zu sein scheinen. 



§ 20; v. p. 12 4. 



41. J. pallidus R. Br. Prodr. 

 Fl. N. HolL (1 81 0) 258. — /. vagi- 

 natus aut. mult. non R. Br. E. Mey. 

 Synops. Juncor. (1822) 16; Laharpe, 

 Monogr. Jone. (1827) 119 (aliam 

 plantam describit: triandram, glau- 

 cam, 6- usque 8-pollicarem); Kunth, 



Fig. 72. June. pallidus R. Br. A Planta fruetifera. B Cau- 

 lis; Sectio horizontalis. C Flos cum fruetu maturo. 

 D Tepala duo cum staminibus. E Fructus maturus 

 (acutior quam in Fig. C; rarior oecurrit). F Fructus 

 post solutionem valvulae unae. O Diagramma floris. 

 H, JSemina matura. — Preiss n. 1864. — Origin. 



