Indian Species of Juncus and Luzula. 323 



affords another example of the extended distribution of the species of this 

 genus. 



6. J. indiens, triandrus; capitulis multifloris squarrosis trichotoinè cyinosis, 

 sepalis lineari-lanceolatis apice mucronatis recurvis capsulée nniticae lon- 

 gitudine, stigmatibus subsessilibus, caule foliisque coinpressis nodosis. 

 Juncus indicus. Royle 3ISS. 



j3. nanus, caule 2 — 3-pollicari, capitulis paucis (1 — 4). 

 Habitat a. in Nepalia ad Katmandu {IT'aUieh) ; (B. in Emodi montibus ad 

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



i?rt<f/.r fibrosa, perennis ? Caules evQcH, nodosi, compressi, solidi, spithamaei 

 V. pédales et ultra, nunc basi reclinati. Folia subulata, mucronata, com- 

 pressa, viridia, intiis septulis interrupta, hinc tactu nodoso-articulata, 

 2 — 5-uncialia, basi dilatata vaginanti, margine scarioso-nieiiibranaceâ. 

 Flores sessiles, capitati, virides. Capitula squarrosa, multiflora, tiicho- 

 toniè ramosissimèque cymosa. Bracteœ lanceolatse, mucronatœ, floribus 

 breviores, margine scariosse, hinc carinatœ, indè concavœ. Sepala lineari- 

 lanceolata, rigida, apice mucronata, subrecurvata, margine scarioso albo ; 

 exteriora 3 subcarinata ; interiora 3 planiuscula, vix breviora. Stamina 3, 

 sepalis exterioribus opposita, iisdemque ter bvev'iova : Jilamenta alba, 

 basi dilatata, supernè tenuissimè attenuata : anthera^ lineares, obtusœ, 

 luteœ, filamentis breviores : loculis parallelis, omnino connatis. Pistillum 

 stamina superans : ovai-ium conico-oblongum, triquetrum : stylus vix ul- 

 lus: stigmata 3, {[I'lfovm'ia, revoluta, longitudinalitèr papillosa. Capsula 

 oblonga, angusta, perianthiutn vix excedens, triquetra, 3-locularis, 3-val- 

 vis, polysperma, fusca, nitida. Semina minuta, ovoidea, gilva, hilo mu- 

 croniforuii et chalazâ brunneis aucta. 



This species belongs to the same group as acutiflorus, lampocarpus, obtusi- 

 florus, and others, in which the leaves are cylindrical, divided internally by 

 septa, the inflorescence terminal, and the flowers frequently triandrotis. The 

 present {lant evidently comes near to the polycephalus of IMichaux, a native 

 of North America, but it appears to be sufficiently distinguished by its rigid 

 mucronate recurved sepals, and almost sessile stigmata. 



