Juncus. | JUNCACEE (Baker), 23 
WEstTERN ReGion: Little Namaqualand; Modder Fontein Berg, 4000-5000 ft., 
Drege, 2472b! 
. Jd. a rae (E. Mey. et Buchen. nm Abhand. Naturw. Ver. 
Brem. iv. 448, t. 6); annual, tufted ; leaves all basal, erect, setaceous, 
not septate, me in. long ; stem very slender, sulcate, leafless, 2 2-4 in, 
long ; cluster of flowers solitary, terminal, 4-1 in. diam. ; flowers 
2- 3 r rarely 4, in acluster; bract ovate, acute, cs scariose ; ‘perianth 
+ in. long ; segments bright brown wit a pale margin, outer anceo- 
late, acute, inner longer, oblong, obtuse ; x He 6, shorter than 
the perianth ; style long ; capsule oblong, much shorter than the 
amor seeds not tailed. Buchen. in Engl. Jahrb. xii, 459. 
Wes N Recton: Little Namaqualand; hills near Lily shit 4000-5000 
ft. EDiage,’ 2472aa 
15. J ¥ pictus (Steud. Syn. Glum. ii. 305); annual, tufted ; leaves 
all radical, setaceous, very slender, erect, not septate, 2-3 in, lo ong ; 
stem very slender, leafless , sulcate, slightly scabrous 56, rarely yes. 
in. long; clusters 1-2, termi nal, 3-1 in. diam. ; rs 2-6 in 
cluster; bracts ovate, pale; perianth 2 in. ae ; segm eae 
stramineous, tipped with dark brown, outer lanceolate, acute, 
inner longer, oblong, obtuse; stamens 6, half as long as the 
perianth ; style long; capsule oblong-trigonous, shortly cuspidate ; 
seeds few, large, not tailed. Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. 
Brem. iv. 458, ¢ .6; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 457. 
‘ Pb bigs ReGcion: Little Namaqualand; hills near Lily Fontein, Drege, 
16. J. bufonius (Linn. Sp. Plant. 328); annual, Pega’ tufted ; 
leaves slender, subulate, channelled down the fac ce, the lower nearly 
as long as the stem, the upper shorter ; stem neat 3-12 in. long ; 
flowers usually single, arranged in 1] ax forked spikes ; bracts ovate, 
Scariose, minute; periant -segments g green, lanceolate ; stamens much 
shorter than the perianth, sometimes 3 abortive; capsule oblong, 
brown, obtuse, minutely euspidate, rather shorter than the perianth ; 
seeds not tailed. Kunth, Enum, ii. 35 ; uchen. in Abhand. 
Naturw. Ver. Brem. iv. 416; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 174. J. dregeanus, 
Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 117, non Kunth. J. ranarius, Nees in Linnea, 
XX. 243, non ae et Perr. J. plebejus, Krauss in Flora 1845, 
Ee non R. B 
Holland, Ecklon, 20, 85, Somerset, Toklon 
ENTRAL Region : Prince ‘Albert Div. ; ; by the Gamka River, 2500-3000 ft., 
Drége, Somerset Div. igen Fan the Zuurberg Range and Klein Bruintjes 
gte, Drége. 
te, 
Western Recion: Little oceania between Pedros Kloof and Lily 
ood Berg, 2 ft., 
Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drége / R 
Katawart REGION: Gaskins West ; Griqua Town, "Burchell, 1858! 
Cosmopolitan. 
