Ju/icas.] (JXLVI. JUXC'ACE.E (bAKER). 'Jo 



8. J. bufonius, Llun. Sp. PL 328. Annual, densely tufted, 

 without any creeping rootstock. Leaves all basal, subulate, not septate, 

 the outer as long as the stem. Stem slender, :^-l'2 in. long. Flowers 

 usually single, arranged in lax forked spikes ; bracts minute. Perianth- 

 segments pale green, lanceolate, acuminate, J in. long. Stamens :5-<l, 

 much shorter than the perianth. Capsule oblong, brown, oV)tuse, 

 minutely cuspidate, rather shorter than the perianth. Seeds not 

 tailed. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. ;i;J!) ; Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 

 174 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. loS; Baker in Dver, Fl. Cap.vii. 

 2;l 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia: Tigre ; in marshes near A(Jo\va, 10,000-11,000 ft., 

 iS'chimper, 10881 Samen ; ueur Debra Eski, 9700 ft., Schimper, 33; swamps on 

 Mount liachit, 11,700 ft., Schimper, 117 : Sliireh province, Quartin-Dillon (ex 

 JEngler). 



Cosmopolitan. 



1). J. capitatus, Wehj. Ohs. 28. Annual, tufted, without any 

 rootstock. Leaves all basal, subulate, very slender, mucli shorter than 

 the stem, not septate. Stem very slender, 2-6 in. long. Flowers 

 usually 4-8 in a single globose terminal cluster, subtended by a subu- 

 late bract. Perianth -segments lanceolate, acuminate, brownish, J in. 

 long, recurved at the tip. Stamens o, much shorter than the perianth. 

 Capsule ovoid-trigonous, brown, much shorter than the perianth. 

 Seeds not tailed. — Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 450 ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 158. 



Upper fruinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 2094 ! 



Wile 3;>and. Abyssinia: Tigre; summit of Mount Semayata, near Adowa, 

 10,400 ft., Schimper, 539! 



Also Central and Southern Europe and North Africa, 



2. LUZULA, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 808, 



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

 Stamens G, shorter than the perianth, hypogynous or attached to the 

 base of the perianth-segments ; filaments filiform ; anthers linear or 

 oblong, basifixed. Ovary sessile, 1 -celled; ovules 3, arising from a 

 short basal placenta; style short, subulate; stigmas 8, filiform. Seeds 

 3 or fewer, subglobose or angled on the inner side, sometimes tailed ; 

 testa minutely striated ; albumen copious ; embryo minute, — Densely 

 tufted perennial herbs. Leaves linear, ciliated. Inflorescence terminal, 

 laxly or densely panicled. Perianth brown in the Tropical African 

 species. 



Cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zones. Species about 50. 

 Flowers solitary, forming a lax panicle . . . 1. L. Johnstoni. 



Flowers many in a cluster. 



Clusters of flowers usually peduncled . . . 2. i. campestris. 



Clusters of flowers sessile. 



Stamens much shorter than the perianth . . 3. X, spivata. 



Stamens slightly shorter than the perianth . 4. L. Volkensii. 



