Juncea. | FLORA OF TASMANIA. 65 
A small pale-coloured species, with fibrous roots, sending up very many slender, leafy culms, 1-6 inches high. 
— Leaves linear-subulate, with large sheaths. Culms much branched; branches very slender, dichotomous, bearing 
solitary flowers or clusters of two or three. Perianth of very narrow, acuminate leaflets. Stamens six; sometimes 
a few are imperfect. Capsule shorter than the perianth, linear-obovate. 
5. Juncus revolutus (Br. Prodr. 259); rhizomate repente perenni, foliis radicalibus plurimis cau- 
linis solitariis v. 0, omnibus anguste linearibus rigidis planis marginibus basi tenuiter incurvis superne 
recurvis v. planis supra levibus subtus striatis, culmo gracili angulato, floribus solitariis binisve, ramis 
corymbi parce divisi sessilibus pallidis, bracteolis membranaceis brevibus obtusis, perianthii foliolis acu- 
minatis capsulam obovatam retusam superantibus, staminibus 6, seminibus parvis pallidis, testa levi.— 
E. Meyer, in Linnea, xxvi. 245. J. Brownii, F. Mueller, MSS. (Gunn, 977.) 
Has. Tasmania, near the sea: Georgetown, etc., Gunn.—(Fl. Dec.) 
Disrris. Alps of Victoria, Mueller. 
I have described this most distinct species from Mueller's specimens, as well as from Tasmanian, which are 
much smaller, with fewer flowers. Tt is very similar in many respects to J. falcatus, especially in the creeping rhi- 
zome, and small states resemble J. bufonius, but the leaves are very peculiar, being narrow-linear, rigid, quite flat, 
with the margins narrowly recurved above, and incurved below, the upper surface is quite even, the under striate. 
Culm compressed or angled, with usually one leaf about the middle. Oyme of two or three unequal branches, bear- 
ing at intervals solitary flowers, or two or three together; these are rather large, very pale, with acuminate leaflets 
of the perianth, which are longer than the blunt capsule. 
$ 2. Culms leafy, branched, annual. Leaves terete, or laterally compressed. 
6. Juncus capillaceus (Nob. in Fl. N. Zeal. i. 265) ; pusillus, culmis gracilibus cespitosis repenti- 
bus ramosis, foliis setaceis teretibus solidis continuis v. intus nodosis culmum gracilem superantibus, flori- 
bus solitariis v. paucis congestis sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis bibracteatis, bractea interiore membra- 
nacea brevi exteriore (culmi apice) flores superante, perianthiis floriferis subacutis fructiferis acuminatis 
capsula elliptica rostrata membranacea l-loculare brevioribus, staminibus 6 elongatis, seminibus subglo- 
bosis politis nitidis. — J. prismatocarpus, 8 alpinus, Mueller, MSS. (Gunn, 1414, 1419.) (Tas. 
CXXXIV. B.) 
Haz. Alpine marshes: Arthur's Lakes, Gunn ; Cuming's Head, Archer ; Coal River tier, near Rich- 
mond, O/dfield.— (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
Distris. Alps of Victoria, elev. 5-6000 ped., Mueller ; New Zealand, Colenso. 
A very small, extremely slender, tufted, annual species, with much-branched rhizomes, creeping at the base.— 
Culms filiform, 2-3 inches high. Leaves attenuate, very slender, subulate, longer than the culm. Inflorescence 
almost capitate, very small, of one to six minute flowers near the apex of the culm, subtended by two opposite 
bracts, of which one is the apex of the culm produced beyond the flowers, and the other is more membranous 
and very short. Capsule rostrate, longer than the perianth.—Pıate CXXXIV. B. Fig. 1, fruit in perianth; 2, 
outer sepal and stamen; 3, inner sepal and stamen; 4, capsule; 5, valve of ditto, and seeds; 6, seed; 7, vertical 
section of ditto :—all magnified. 
7. Juncus Holoschoenus (Br. Brodr. 259) ; rhizomate perenni repente, culmis foliosis, foliis et in- 
volucro monophyllo lateraliter compressis intus nodoso-articulatis, floribus glomerulatis, glomerulis in cymam 
terminalem v. lateralem parce ramosam dispositis, perianthiis acuminatis capsulam prismaticam acuminatam 
1-locularem «equantibus, staminibus 6, seminibus lineari-oblongis profunde striatis et transverse rugosis, 
testa utrinque breviter producta.—J. cephalotes, 77. N. Zeal. i. 263, an Thunb.? Prodr. 66. (Gunn, 
415.) 
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