Juncus.~\ CLXII. JtNCACFJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 401 



shorter than the filaments; style lorg, slender, stigmas short. Capsule mem- 

 branous, pale, shining. Seeds % in. ,01 g, ircludh g the very long tails. Leaves 

 often involute and very slender as in J. concinnus, but seeds vuy different. 



2. XiUZUXiA, DC. 



Leaves grass -like, hairy. Perianth-segments glumaceous. Stamens 3 

 or 6. Ovary i-celled, 3-ovuled. Species about 30, temperate and Asiatic. 



1. Xi. plumosa, JE. Meyer in Linnsea, xxii. (1849) 387 ; cyme subum- 

 bellate, branches very slender, flowers solitary, testa produced into a horn- 

 like appendage. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. 195 and xii. 85. L. 

 pilosa, var. plumosa, C. A. Meyer ex Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 x. (1887) 100. L. Forsteri Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 8f T. Juncus plumosus, 

 Wall. mss.Wall. Gat. 9003. 



TEMPEBATE HIMALAYA, alt. 9-10,000 ft. ; from Kuniaon eastwards. KHASIA 

 HILLS ; alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. DISTSIB. China. 



Perennial, 6-18 in. high. Leaves linear, acuminate, -| in. broad, glabrous or 

 sparsely ciliate with very long hairs. Branches of cyme capillary, very unequal, 

 divaricate, few-fld. ; bracts scarious, much shorter than the flowers. Sepals -j^-i in., 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pale brown. Stamens 6. Capsule oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 

 about as long as the sepals. 



2. Ii effusa ? Buchen. in Engl. Bot* Jahrb. vi. 196 ; xii. 106 ; cyme 

 very laxly paniculately branched, branches divaricate very long and 

 slender, flowers solitary sessile or pedicelled, testa with a terminal boss. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. t Clarke. MUNNIPORE j on 

 Jakpho, alt. 9900 ft., Clarke. 



Perennial, 12-24 in. high. Leaves linear, ^- in. broad, glabrous or sparsely 

 ciliate below. Cyme loug-peduncled ; branches 1-3 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, 

 brown. Sepals TV~T5 m> ^ on S> ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pale or dark brown. 

 Stamens 6. ( apsule oblong, rather longer than the sepals, obtuse, mucronate. The 

 Munnipore specimens have leaves in. broad, and a closer inflorescence, with shorter 

 capsules ; the seeds appear to be diseased. 



3. L. campestris, DC. Fl. Franc, iii. 161; cyme subumbel lately 

 branched, flowers in peduncled capitate clusters, testa apiculate at the tip 

 caruncled at the base. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. v. 198 ; xii. 155 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 349 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix. t. 375, 376. Juncus 

 campestris, Linn. Sp. PI. i. 329. 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; alt. 10-14,COO ft., from Kashmir eastwards. 

 The KHASIA, NILGHIRI and ANAMALLAY HILLS, alt. 5-7000 ft. DISTRIB. N. temp, 

 regions. 



Perennial, 6-18 in. high. Leaves - in. broad, glabrous or ciliate. jBranches 

 of cyme very unequal, - in. ; heads 4~i in- diam.; bracts very short, scarious. 

 Flowers sessile. Sepals -j^ iV m - ^ OU S} P a ^ e or dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate. Stamens 6. Capsule shorter than the sepals, broadly oblong or subglobose, 

 obtuse or mucrouate. I have described above only the Indian form (which is a 

 common European one) of this widely diffused and variable plant. 



4. Xi. spicata, DC. Fl. Franc, iii. 161 ; cyme a solitary oblong droop- 

 ing or nodding bracteate head, testa rounded at the tip, caruncled at the 

 base. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Ja/irl. v. 197 ; xii. 127 ; Bviss. J?l.. Orient, v. 

 348 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix. t. 379. 



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