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luta. Fu/ia obtusa, canaliculata, Itevissiina, lœtè viridia, subindè mar- 

 ginibus involutis subfiliformia, culmis plcriimque breviora, basi longe 

 vaginantia ; siiprema sœpiùs abbreviata. J'aginœ ainpliatœ, fissœ, mem- 

 branaceœ, striata?, apice biauiiculatœ. Capitulum terminale, solitariuni, 

 4 — 8-floruni. F/ore* albi, subsessiles, majusculi. Bracfeœ partiales ox^io- 

 lanceolatœ, niucronata?, nervosœ, scariosœ, albpe, nitidœ; communi ma- 

 jore, capitule diiplo longiore, dilatatâ, membranaceâ, cucuUatâ, nervosa, 

 apice subulato subfoliaceo. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, trinervia, 

 glumacea; interiora 3 pariim longiora. Stamina 6, perianthio breviora: 

 Jilainenta com\}\M\ii\ii, interne dilatatâ: antherœ oblongee, obtiisce, bilo- 

 culares, lilamentis triplo breviores : localis parallelis, omninù connatis. 

 Pistillum perianthii longitudine : ovarium ovatum, acutiim, o-quetriim ; 

 stylus crassus, ovario diiplo brevior : stigmata 3, brevia, obtusa, recur- 

 vata, crassiuscula, longitudinalitèr papillosa. 



This species, although bearing a considerable degree of resemblance to the 

 following, is nevertheless essentially different. The solitary heads of larger 

 flowers, with a short membranous common bracte ; the Ijlunt sepals, inclosed 

 stamens, shorter and dilated lilaments, and, finally, the shorter style, will 

 readily distinguish it. 



4. J. concinmis, culmo tereti subdiphyllo, foliis planiusculis obtusis, capitulis 

 ,3 — 6-floris corymbosis, bractcâ communi elongatfi foliaceu, sepalis acutis 

 capsula acuta longioribus, staminibus longé exsertis, antheris filamentis 

 simpiicibus 6-plo brevioribus. 

 Juncus concinnus. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal, p. 44. 

 J. elegans. Koi/le 3ISS. 

 Habitat in Nepaliâ {lï^iUich) ; in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle.lf.. 

 (v. s. sp. in Ilerbb. Wallich. et Royle.) 



Perennis, caespitosus. R/tizoma subbulbosum, fibris capillaceis instructuni. 

 Culmi rectissimi, filiformes, lœves, 1 — 2-phylli, spithamœi, exsiccatione 

 striati. Folia auguste linearia, obtusa, planiuscula, erecta, laevia, supra 

 canaliculata, subtiis conv^exiuscula, raro culmum superantia, basi vagi- 

 nantia: vaginœ unciales, membranaceai, fissse, culmum arete involventes. 

 Capitula 3 v. 5, rariiis 6 v. /, terminalia, corymbosa, 3 — 6-flora. Flores 



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