Juncus. 



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(Button-Springs, East Oregon, n. 375, a cel. Co vi 11 e sab nomine: Juneus saginoides Engelm. 

 distributa — Fig. 120) caules praebet unifloros, flores plerumque dimeros, saepe perfecte epro- 

 phyllatos, tepala fructu immaturo longiora, obtusa, dorso viridiuscula, apice interdum rubescentia. 

 An species propria? 



June, uncialis Greene in Pittonia II. (1890) 105 forma vix uncialis, uniflora est, prope 

 Saisun, California, leeta, floribus trimeris, tepalis »oblong acutish , hyalin, with a streng green 

 midrib«, sed in speeiminibus authenticis tepala obtusa invenio, apice purpureo-maculata. 



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Fig. 120. -»June, saginoides Engelm.« teste Coville. A, B Plantae florentes. G Flos terminalis, 



eprophyllatus, dimerus. D Tepalum internum,*"!? externum cum stamine (Tepala medio viridia, 



dorso rubescentia). F Fruclus immaturus, pallide castaneus, nitidus. Fructus horizontaliler 



sectus cum diagrammate floris. — See. Leiberg, Eastern Oregon n. 375. — Origin. 



197. J. Sprengelii Nees in Linnaea XX. (1847) 244 (excl. syn.); Buchenau in 

 Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. IV. (1875) 407 et 449, t. 10; Buchenau, Monogr. Juncac. (1890) 

 453; Durand et Schinz, Consp. flor. Afric. V. (1893) 446; Baker in Fl. capens. VII. 

 (1897) 24. — Parvus, 7 usque 16 cm longus. Caules teretes, sub lente asperi. Folia 

 caulibus ca. dimidio breviora. Capitula 2, 3 (rarius 1, 4, 5), sphaeroidea; bractea 

 infima saepe frondescens, ceterae hypsophyllinae. Flores 4 usque 6 mm longi, squarroso- 

 distantes, straminei; stamina tepalis duplo breviora; antherae lineares, filamentis pluries 

 breviores; ovarium ovatum, apice pyramidatum; stilus longus. Fructus tepalis fere 

 2 / 5 brevior, nitidus, stramineus sive pallide ferrugineus, trilocularis ; semina 0,4 mm 

 longa, ovalia, apiculata, costata et regulariter transversim reticulata. 



Var. robustior Buchenau 1. c. (1875) 449. — Caules 10 usque 16 cm alti, 

 rigidi. Capitula 8- usque 12-flora; flores longi. Fructus trigono-pyramidatus, rostratus. 



Var. gracilior Buchenaul. c. (187 5) 449. — Caules 3 usque 10 cm alti, tenues. 

 Capitula 2- usque 8-flora; flores breviores. Fructus fere trigono-prismaticus, mucro- 

 nato-rostratus. 



Kapland: Kampsbay; Worcester beim Wasserfall und in eingeschnittenen Tälern 

 bei Tulbagh (Eckion und Zeyher). Auf Bergen bei Bains Kloof (Schlechter). 



198. J. cephalotes Thunb. Prodr. fl. capens. I. (1794) 66 et Fl. capens. I. (1823) 

 337, pr. pte. ; Rostkovius, de Junco (1801) 37. — J. capensis var. ß. angustifolius 

 E. Mey. Syn. Juncor. (1822) 48; Laharpe, Monogr. Jone. (1827) 142; Buchenau in 

 Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. IV. (1875) 407 et 451, t. 7; Buchenau, Monogr. Juncac. (1890) 

 454; Durand et Schinz, Consp. fl. Afr. V. (1893) 440; Baker in Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 

 2 4. — Parvus; 6 usque 12 cm altus. Caules erecti, teretes, sulcati. Folia caulibus 

 ca. duplo breviora. Capitula 1 usque 6, plerumque 8- usque 12-, raro 1 8-flora; 

 bracteae omnes hypsophyllinae. Tepala in statu sicco dorso subscabra, marginibus late 

 membranaeeis. Fructus trigono-prismaticus, nitidus, trilocularis; semina 0,3 usque 

 0,4 mm longa, ferruginea, reticulata. 



Var. ustulatus Buchenau 1. c. (1875) 451. — /. cephalotes Thunb. ß. minimus 

 herbar. plur. — Caules firmiores. Folia saepe latiora. Capitula majora, diam. ca. 9 mm; 

 tepala dorso castaneo-nigra, interna medio dorsi viridiuscula; stamina tepalis ca. '/ 3 bre- 

 viora; antherae lineares, filamentis duplo longiores. Fructus longius mucronatus. 



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