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XLIV. JUNCE^L 



Luzuhi. 

 Flower cut vertically (mag.). 



3-oo , small, rounded or angular, with a membranous testa, or fusiform with a 

 cellular loose testa ; albumen fleshy, dense, rarely farinaceous (Prionium}. EMBRYO 

 included, basilar j radicle thick, near the hiluin, and inferior. 



I, u/. u la. 



PKINCIPAL GENERA. 

 Prionium. 



' Juncus. 



Juncca:, which approach Liliaceae in several points of structure, are especially distinguished by their 

 glumaceous perianth and habit, which recalls that of Cyperacea and Graminea;, while the tri audio us 

 species approach Hestuiceee ; but in the latter the three stamens are opposite to the inner sepals, the 

 ovules are orthotropous and pendulous, &c. 



