MACLOSKIE: JUNCACE/E. 301 



very long. Tepals ovate, outer ones acute, inner ones slightly shorter, 

 obtuse, mucronulate, scarcely exceeding the triquetrous-ovate, obtuse 

 capsule. 



(Chili) ; Chubut, in wet mountain places near Rio Carren-leofu. 



1 6. J. SCHEUCHZERIOIDES Gaudich. 



Rhizome jointed, long, rufescent. Culm low (25-50 mm.), basally 

 clothed with sheaths and leaves. Leaves filiform, jointed, exceeding the 

 culm. Spikes in pairs, terminal, 3-5-flowered, 2-bracted. J^epals equal, 

 ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, equalling the subglobose, obtusely trigonal, 

 mucronate capsule. Stamens 6, anthers usually exceeding the filaments. 



Falklands; S. Patagon., in saline marshes along R. Deseado, and R. 

 Sta. Cruz; Fuegia. (New Zealand?) 



J. SCHEUCHZERIOIDES iNCONSPicuus Hook. (J. inconspicuus d'Urv.) 



Small, scarcely 25 mm. high, densely cespitose ; heads i-3-flowered. 

 Falklands; Navarino I., Fuegia; S. Patagon., at Coy Inlet (O. A. 

 Peterson, on pampas, Nov. 15, 1896). 



17. J. STIPULARIS Nees & Mey. (J. biflorus Phil.) 



Culm 5-10 cm. high, leafy, with ligulate, broad-margined sheaths. 

 Leaves subulate, jointed by cross septa, equalling the culm. Brandies 

 of thyrse erect, 2-3-headed, the heads as large as a pea, 2-4-flowered, 

 bracted. Tepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the obovate, 

 apically trigonal capsule. Anthers shorter than the filaments. 



(Chili) ; Magellan (Dusen) ; N. Patagon., along Rio Negro. 



4. JUNCOIDES Adans. (1763. Luzula DC. 1805.) 



Perennial, grass-like herbs, glabrous or sparingly cobwebby, the stems 

 leafy, with closed leaf-sheaths. Flowers bracteolate, usually umbelloid or 

 panicled. Capsule i-locular, 3-seeded ; seeds not tailed. 



Species 40, widely distribted. 



i. J. ALOPECURUS (Desv.). 



Cespitose. Leaves plane, hairy on margin. Panicle contracted, glom- 

 erate, ovate-pyramidal, villous, erect. Bracts long, fimbriate-ciliate, subu- 

 lately awned. Tepals ovate-lanceolate, narrow, subulate, dorsally fusees- 



