94 OXLVI. JUNCACE^ (bAKEr). [JuUC'lS. 



r>. J. Fontanesii, ./. Ga// ex Laharpe in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. 

 Par. in. (1827), 180. Perennial, densely tufted. Leaves 3-5 to a stem, 

 short, subulate, septate. Stems moderately stout, scarcely at all striated, 

 erect or long and decumbent. Iniioresence a lax terminal panicle, com- 

 posed of few or many globose heads ; flowers many to a head ; bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, pale green, as long as the flowers. Perianth-segments 

 lanceolate, very acute, brownish-green, \^ in. long. Stamens 6. Capsule 

 oblong, acute, dark brown, as long as or longer than the perianth. Seeds 

 not tailed — Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 328 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. 

 Trop. Afr. 158 ; Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 137 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 App. ii. 5i), 107. ./. articulatus, Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. 313. J. qitarti- 

 nianus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 339. J. pyrainidatus^ Laharpe 

 in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. ii. (1827), 128; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 351). 



Sfile Xiand. Eritrea : vicinity of Saj^aneiti, 7000 ft., Schwemfurth Sf Riva, 

 83 5! 892! Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Anadehr, 7800 ft., Schimper, 555! Harre 

 Shoa, 6500 ft., Schimper, 850 ; Shireli province, Qiiartin- Dillon. Hritish East 

 Africa : Karia Ndusi, near Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6623 i steppes 

 between Ndoro and Guaso Thegu, Gregory. 



AKozaxnb. ^ist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Leboma, Hoist, 2556 ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Mount 

 Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., w'hyte ! 



Also in tlie Mediterranean Region and Western Asia. 



G. J, Bac'hitiy Jlochst. lit Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 305. Peren- 

 nial, densely tufted. Produced leaves 3-5 to a stem, short, narrowly 

 linear, not septate. Stem slender, 1-1 i ft. long, leafless, finely striated. 

 Inflorescence a sparse terminal panicle ; flowers many in a globose 

 cluster ; bracts ovate, green, shorter than the flowers. Perianth- 

 segments lanceolate, J in. long, dark brown. Stamens G, much shorter 

 than the perianth. Capsule ovoid, dark brown, as long as the perianth. 

 Seeds not tailed — Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 437 ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfi. Trop. Afr. 158, and Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 137. 



ITile Iiaud. Abyssinia: 8amen ; in swamps on Mount Bachit, 10,700 ft., 

 Schimper, \14:\ Begemeder; Selamnko, 8700 ft., Schimper, 1332! Mount Guna, 

 Schimper, 11,300 ft^., 1557 ! 



AKozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa : Usambara, Hoist (ex 'Engler) ; Kili- 

 manjaro ; Marangu, 7700 ft., Volkens, 1309. 



7. J. lomatophyllus, Spi-eng, Neue Endeck. ii. 108. Perennial, 

 tufted, and stoloniferous. Leaves many in a basal tuft, linear, flat, 

 J-1 ft. long, \-h in. broad, not septate. Stem moderately stout, 

 leafless, deeply sulcate, 1-2 ft. long. Inflorescence terminal, laxly 

 panicied ; flowers ()-12 in a cluster; bracts ovate, cuspidate. Peri- 

 anth-segments \ in. long ; outer lanceolate, acute ; inner oblong. 

 Stamens 6, rather shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, brown^ 

 shorter than the perianth. Seeds not tailed. — Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xii. 420- Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 137 ; Baker in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. '27. 



XMCozaixib. Bist. German East Africa: Usambara (ex Engler). 



Widely spread in South Africa. 



