Juncus. 14| 



(1882) 384; Buchenau, Monogr. Juncac. (1890) 238 et Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXI. (1895) 

 261 et 265; Forbes et Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXXVI. (1903) 165. — 

 Viridis. Caules tenues, graciles, in statu sicco distincte valleculati, 20 usque 70 (raro 

 80) cm alti, diam. 0,75 usque 1,5 mm; medulla asterisciformis, plerumque interrupta; 

 cataphylla angusta, plus minusve nitida, plerumque straminea, supremum 3 usque 1 

 (raro 1 8) cm longum. Inflorescentia composita, pauci- usque multiflora; rami graciles; 

 flores plerumque discreti; bractea infima inflorescentiam superans, 8 usque 10 (raro 

 20) cm longa. Flores parvi, 2, cum fructu usque 3 mm longi, plerumque pallidi; tepala 

 tenera, aequilonga, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, vel interna obtusiuscula; stamina 3 usque 6, 

 tepalis ca. y 3 breviora; antherae lineares, filamenta circiter aequantes. Fructus trigono- 

 ovatus, obtusus, firmus, tepala conspicue superans; semina 0,4 usque 0,5 mm longa, 

 oblique obovata, apiculata, ferruginea, regulariter transversim reticulata. 



Von Tasmania und Neuseeland über Neuholland und Neu-Caledonien ver- 

 breitet bis China und Japan. 



Var. Gunnii (Hook, f.) Buchenau, Monogr. Juncac. (1890) 239. — J. Gunnii 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasmaniae II. (1860) 67. — Cataphylla et flores intense colorati; stamina 

 plerumque 6; fructus longiores, apice saepe fere castanei. 



Tasmania; Victoria; South- Australia. Ähnliche, aber kräftigere Pflanzen auf Neu- 

 seeland (Cheeseman, Petrie). 



44. J. vaginatus R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. (1810) 258. — J. tenax Sol. in 

 Forster, Prodr. (1786) 90, t. Rendle in Journ. of bot. XXXVIII. (1900) 80. — J. australis 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. II. (1860) 66 t. 131; Buchenau, Monogr. Juncac. (1890) 238 et 

 240 et in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXI. (1895) 261, 264. — Viridis. Caules erecti, tenues, 

 laeves vel valleculati, usque 100 cm alti, diam. 1 usque 2 mm; medulla loculose inter- 

 rupta; cataphylla subnitida, angusta, basi purpurascentia, superne straminea, supremum 

 costatum, 5 usque 10, raro 15 — 20 cm longum, mucroniferum. Bractea infima inflores- 

 centiam longe superans. Flores 2,75 usque 3,2 mm longi, viridi-straminei ; tepala ovato- 

 lanceolata, subcoriacea, marginata, acuta, interna subbreviora; stamina 3 vel 6, tepalis 

 breviora; antherae lineares, filamentis sublongiores. Fructus tepala distincte superans, 

 doliformis vel doliformi-ovatus, obtusatus, subcoriaceus ; semina 0,4 usque 0,5 mm 

 longa, oblonga, oblique albo-apiculata, regulariter transversim reticulata. 



Australisch-neuseeländisches Gebiet: In den südlichen Kolonien von Neu- 

 holland verbreitet; Tasmania; Neuseeland. 



45. J. filicaulis Buchenau in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales XXVIII. (1904) 

 913. — Pallidus. Caules teretes, tenues, valleculati, 10 usque 2 cm longi, diam. 

 0,5 usque 0,9 mm; cataphylla angusta, opaca, pallida, supremum 3 usque 5 (raro 6) cm 

 longum, mucroniferum. Inflorescentia pluriflora, dense aggregata, fere sphaerica. Flores 

 2,5 usque 3 mm longi, viridi-straminei; tepala lanceolata, late marginata, externa acuta, 

 interna aequilonga vel paullo breviora, obtusiuscula; stamina 3, dimidia tepala vix 

 aequantia; antherae lineares filamentis longiores. Fructus perigonio brevior, obovatus, 

 obtusus, subcoriaceus; semina 0,4 mm longa, oblique ovata, basi et apice apiculata, 

 inter costas regulariter transversim lineolata. 



Ostaustralische Provinz: Cooma-Distrikt, New South Wales (Maiden, Dezbr. 

 1896). 



46. J. polyanthemos Buchenau in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XX. (1895) 201. — 

 Viridis, valde variabilis. Caules erecti, molles, laeves, in statu normali ca. 100 cm alti, 

 diam. 3 usque 4 mm; medulla loculose interrupta; cataphylla opaca, rigidiuscula; 

 supremum usque 1 5 cm longum, mucroniferum. Inflorescentia magna, densa sed non 

 contracta, regulariter dichotomo-brachiata; rami plerumque graciles, tenues; bractea 

 infima inflorescentia longior, vaginä angusta. Flores parvi, ca. 2 mm longi, virides, 

 serius saepe fulvi. Tepala tenuia, lanceolata, acuta; stamina 3, tepalis breviora; 

 antherae lineares filamentis aequilongae vel longiores. Fructus trigono-sphaericus, obtusus, 

 tepalis paullo longior, tenuis; semina 0,4 usque 0,45 mm longa, oblique obovata, bre- 

 vissime apiculata, ferruginea. 



