18 JUNCACER (Baker). —— [Juncus. 
Clusters 1-2, 2-6-flowered . wis ... (15) pictus, 
Clusters — usually 1- flow . (16) bufonius. 
Clusters ; flowers 8—12 in luster: 
Inner p pe rianth- a aan lease than 
... (17) altus, 
Pevianth-sogmes nts e equal 
Perianth-segments seat’ ae UE os cephalotes. 
Per janth-segments acuminate 19) Sprengelii. 
Clusters rire flowers 3-12 in a cluster (20) ineequalis, 
Perennial : 
Leaves laterally re eet resembling stems (21) singularis. 
Leaves narrow] ear: 
] few, ‘a in, diam 
yle very short = ee ... (22) dregeanus, 
Style not very short: 
ne te of flowers 1-3 ... . (28) oe 
ters of Sewers 3-6... . (24) anonym 
Clusters aa smaller 
Stem subterete : 
ootstock short ... i . (25) capensis. 
Rootstock long... oe: . (26) indescriptus. 
Stem angled... a oo .. (27) acutangulus. 
Leaves broader (3-4 in. diam.) ... mF ... (28) lomatophyllus. 
1. J. effusus (Linn. Sp. Plant. 326) ; perennial, densely tufted on 
a short creeping rhizome ; leaves all reduced to green sheaths elasp- 
ing tightly the base of the stem; stems green, terete, 2-3 ft. long, 
finely striated, with continuous pith ; panicle dense, "lateral, net 
1-2 in. diam., composed of many forked a bracts s mall, ov 
perianth-segments rigid, lanceolate, green, 4, in. oe ; Waleed 
reduced to 3; capsule oblong, obtuse, cuspidate, dark brown, as long 
as the perianth; seeds not tailed. Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 228. 
J. communis var. effusus, EH. Meyer, Monog. June. 22; Kunth, 
Enum. iii. 320. 
Pe ac higg yesooelned copped Div. ; marshy places at the foot of the Bosch Berg, 
be an, 1 
Eastern ReGion: Retal ; Mooi River, in a marsh, Wood, 4062 ! 
Cosmopolitan, concentrated in the North Temperate zone. 
2. J. glaucus (Ehrh.) var. miprorae (Buchen. in Abhand. 
Naturw. Ver, Brem. iv. 417, t. 4”); perennial, densely tufted, 
terete, wiry, 2-3 ft. long, glaue Ww e grooves and 
interrupted pith; panicle lateral, ver pound, ed 
many dichotomously forked branches; bracts ovate uch 
mu 
shorter than the perianth ; ee ee lanceolate, rig rigid, gi: 
acute, green, 1 in. long; stamens 6; capsule oblon 
minutely cuspidate, nearly as long as the téfanth = food a 
tailed. Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. 344. 
ag Re@ron: Queensland Div. ; Shiloh, near the river, 3500 ft., Baur, 891 ' 
1181 
Crnrrat Reaion: Albert Div.; Stormberg Spruit, 5000 ft., Drage, 87960! 
and Klein "Buffels Vallei, near Gaatje, 4500-5000 ft., Drége, 8796¢ ! 
