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1-loculari brevioribus, staminibus 6, seminibus linearibus, testa laxe utrinque producta.— An var. J. vagi- 
nati? (Gunn, 569?, 570.) 
Has. Launceston, etc., Lawrence, Gunn. 
DisrRrs. Southern coast of Australia. 
I take this to be Brown's J. pallidus, from its singularly pale colour, the crowded branchlets of the panicle, 
alternate flowers, and oval capsule longer than the perianth. It may be a small state of J. vaginatus, but is not the 
J. pallidus of Kunth and E. Meyer, which I refer to J. communis. The J. pallidus is of the size and habit of 
J. maritimus, but has almost white inflorescence; much shorter leaves at the bases of the culm, or none; and alter- 
nate, not glomerate flowers of a larger size; the capsule too is quite different, and the seeds are narrower, with the 
testa much more produced at either end. 
ll. Juncus communis (E. Meyer, Junc. 12) ; culmo tereti gracili nudo, vaginis aphyllis v. folia 
breviter teretia gerentibus, panicula pallida laterali effusa v. densa, ramis gracilibus, floribus distinctis, peri- 
anthiis acutis capsulam obovatam obtusam subeguantibus, staminibus 3, seminibus lineari-oblongis, testa 
levi utrinque laxa.—Kunth, En. Plant. iii. 390. J. effusus, Br. Prodr. 959; Fl. N. Zeal. i. 263. J. 
pallidus, Kunth, non Br. (Gunn, 511, 1390.) 
Has. Abundant in stiff moist soil throughout the Colony.— (Fl. all summer.) (v. v.) 
DisrRrB. Australia, New Zealand, and in most temperate parts of the world. 
The common Australian form of this widely-diffused plant is slender and tufted, 2 feet high, with an effuse 
panicle of few branches, bearing few distinct flowers; the sheaths usually bear slender, terete leaves, but often do 
not, and the panicle is of a pale colour. The form with a dense inflorescence (J. conglomeratus, Linn.) is not com- 
mon in Australia.—The J. communis is so variable that it is often difficult to distinguish it from its allies, but it 
differs from J. maritimus and J. australis by its slenderness and distinct flowers; from J. pallidus by its slender 
form and three stamens, and by its more obovate, shorter capsule; from J. vaginatus by its very much smaller size, 
the absence of great sheaths at the base of the culms, and by its three stamens; from J. Gunnii by its pale flowers 
and less acuminate perianth; from J. pauciflorus it is not distinguishable except by size, and its three stamens, and 
shorter, blunter capsule. 
12. Juncus pauciflorus (Br. Prodr. 259); culmo aphyllo tereti filiformi nudo basi vaginato, pani- 
cula laterali pauciflora, ramis filiformibus, floribus distantibus, perianthiis acutis capsula ovali pallida 1-locu- 
lari brevioribus, staminibus 6, seminibus oblongis, testa utrinque breviter laxa.—Kunth, En. iii. 320. 
(Gunn, 566, 961.) 
Has. Abundant throughout the Colony.—(Fl. all summer.) (v. v.) 
Disrgis. New South Wales and south coast, Brown. 
I have seen no Australian specimens of this very elegant species, which may be recognized at once by its 
slender filiform culms, 14 foot high, densely tufted with very short, red-brown sheaths at the base, by the lateral 
panicle of few, very slender, few-flowered branches, by the small flowers, acute, brownish perianth, ovoid capsule, 
and six stamens. The culms are much more slender than any form of J. communis, and scarcely stouter than pack- 
thread. = 
13. Juncus Gunnii (Hook. fil.) ; culmis nudis gracilibus subfiliformibus aphyllis basi vaginatis, 
panicula parva laterali ramosa brevi brunnea dense congesta v. ramis elongatis distinctis, floribus parvis 
aggregatis, perianthiis acuminatis capsula obovata brunnea longioribus, staminibus 6, seminibus?. (Gunn, 
572, 973.) 
Has. Tasmania, probably common, as no habitat is given, Gunn.— (Fl. Nov.) 
Apparently a very distinet species, almost as slender as J. pauciflorus, which it a good deal resembles, but the 
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