cxLVi. JUXCACE.E (baker). [Juncus, 



Species 200-250. Cosmopolitan, mainly in temperate regions. 

 Leaves glabrous. Ovary more or less completely 3-celled, 



with many ovules in a cell . . , . . .1. JuNcrs. 



Leaves hairy. Ovary 1 -celled, with 3 nearly basal ovules . 2. LrzuLA. 



L JUNCUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 867. 



Perianth rigid, cut down to the base ; segments subequal, ovate or 

 •ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 6, rarely o, shorter than the perianth, 

 hypogynouR or attached to the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments 

 filiform or flattened ; anthers linear or oblong, basifixed. Ovary sessile, 

 completely or incompletely 3-celled ; ovules many in a cell; style short; 

 stigmas 3, filiform or linear, papillose down to the base. Seeds very 

 flmall, often tailed by the pale outer membrane of the testa being 

 produced beyond the nucleus ; albumen copious, firm ; embryo minute, 

 placed near the hilum. — Perennial or annual herbs. Leaves flat or 

 terete, sometimes septate, rarely reduced to membranous sheaths. 

 Inflorescence terminal or apparently lateral, panicled or capitate. 

 Species 170-180. Cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zone. 

 -•'Genuini. Leaves all reduced to sheatlis. Panicle lateral. 



The only Tropical African species . . . . 1. J. effusus. 



'•"-Maritimi. Produced leaves few, resembling the stems. Panicle lateral. 

 The only Tropical African species . . . . 2. J. maritinms. 



'•"■'"-•'■Articulati. Leaves septate. Inflorescence terminal. 



Leaf 1, produced from the middle of the stem . 3. J. punctorius. 



Leaves 3-5^. 



Stems all erect . . . . . . . 4. t7. cxycarpus. 



Stems often long and decumbent . . . b. J. Fontanesii. 



'■'■•■''''''GiiAMiNiFOLir. Leaves not septate. Inflorescence terminal. 

 Perennials. 



Leaves narrowly linear . . . . . Q. J. Bachiti. 



Leaves broadly linear . . . . . 1. J. lomatophyllus. 



Annuals. 



Flowers solitary, in forked spikes . . . 8. «/. hufonius. 



Flowers in a terminal cluster , . . . 9. J", capitatus. 



1. J. effusus, Linn. Sp. PL ?y2Q. Perennial. Stems densely 

 tufted on a short creeping' rhizome, 2-3 ft. long, green, finely 

 striated, with continuous pith. Leaves all reduced to sheaths, clasping 

 tightly the base of the stems. Panicle dense, lateral, sessile, 

 1-2 in. diam. Perianth-segments lanceolate, rigid, pale green, yV in. 

 long. Stamens 3, much shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, 

 obtuse, as long as the perianth. Seeds not tailed. — Buchen. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xii. 228. J. communis, var. effusus, E. Meyer, Monogr. June. 22 ; 

 Kunth. Enum. iii. 320. 



irile Dband. British East Africa : Kukuyu district ; in Kedung Valley, 6000 ft., 

 Scott -JElliot, 6876 ! Mount Kcnia, in tlie lower forest zone, 8100 ft., Gregory, 



