500 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Juncus 

 lampocarpus, 

 The Jointed Rusli, 



Juncace^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 395. 

 The Plains up to 

 13,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Lahore, banks of 

 the Jhelum. 



Juncus 

 prismatoearpus, 



JUNCACE^. 



F. B. I. vi. 395. 

 The Plains to 

 10,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, 

 Rampur (Collett). 



Juncus triglumis, 



JUNCACE.E. 



F. B. I. vi. 396| 

 Himalaya, 

 12-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Juncus leucomelas, 



JUNCACE.E. 



F. B. I. vi. 397. 

 Himalaya, 

 12-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Juncus 

 membranaceus, 



JUNCAOE^. 



F. B. T.vi. 397. 

 Hi ma; .ya, 

 6-13,0 .Oft. 

 K ash} air. 



small, perennial, rootstock horizontal, stems 4-10 

 in., densely tufted, leafy upwards, rather stout, soft, ulti- 

 mately hollow, rounded or flattened, leaves linear-awl- 

 shaped, strongly partitioned, division showing externally, 

 tubular ; flowers small, sessile, 2-5-flowered, heads on 

 branches of an umbel, lower bracts leafy, floral ovate- 

 lanceolate, heads |-| in., calyx lobes | in. long, green or 

 brown, margins thiu, stamens enclosed ; capsule green or 

 brown, seeds netted, not tailed. 



medium size, perennial, tufted, rootstock very short, 

 stems 18-24 in., rounded or flattened, sometimes lying 

 down, rooting at the knots ; leaves 2-10 by -^-^ in., thread- 

 like or broader, soft, flattened or rounded of one or many 

 tubes with indistinct distant partitions ; flowers green or 

 brovTi, sessile, denselj* crowned in 6-10-flowered heads 

 forming irregularly compound flat-topped clusters, lower 

 bracts leafy, erect, shorter than the clusters, floral thin, 

 lanceolate, long-pointed, calyx lobes |-| in. long, stamens 

 very short ; capsule much longer than the calyx, pris- 

 matic or cone-shaped, seeds ovoid with a broad top or 

 oblong "^ith rounded ends. 



small, perennial, tufted, stems 2-6 in., stiff, slender, 

 naked ; leaves short, solitary or few, awl-shaped, stiff 

 near base of stem, 2-tubular ; flowers large, brown sessile 

 in a sohtarj^ termmal 3-4-flowered sessile head, no clusters, 

 outer bracts dark brown, spreading, usually shorter than 



the flowers, calyx lobes 

 ing the long white tails. 



1 1 



&"5 



in., seeds -^-rr in. long, includ- 



small, perennial, tufted, stem 2-6 in., thread-Hke, 

 naked, hollow ; leaves 1-2, very short, thread-like, 1-2- 

 tubular ; flowers white, sessile, in a 3-8-flowered head, 

 bracts brown, lower usually produced, calyx lobes i-^ 

 in. long, stamens exserted ; capsule ovoid-oblong, seeds 

 long-tailed. 



small to medium size, perennial, stems 5-20 in., tufted, 

 ultimately hollow, bearing runners, basal sheaths mem- 

 branous, 1-3-leaved above the middle ; leaves thread-like, 

 short-pointed, slender, flatti^h or grooved, tubular, sheath 

 long, with ear-shaped processes ; flowers white, shortly 

 stalked in a solitarv sessile head, lower bracts longer or 

 shorter than the head, floral ovate-lanceolate, transparent. 



