28 JUNCACEE (Baker). [ Luzula. 
globose ; seeds ;'; in. long, rounded on the back, flattened on the 
inner side. Buchen. in and. Naturw. Ver. Brem. iv. 414, 
t.5 (4), ex parte; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 150. 
Coast Reeron: Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, in grassy places and swamps, 
ee 8°63! 
RAL REGIonN: Basutoland; Mont aux Sources, 9500 ft., Flanagan, 
2008 
III. PRIONIUM, E. Meyer. 
Perianth rigid, cut down to the base; segments ovate, subequal. 
Stamens as long as the perianth-segments ; filaments filiform ; 
anthers oblong, basifixed. Ovary sessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules 
axile, usually 2 in a cell; stigmas 3, sessile, spreading. ’ Capsule 
rigid, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds usually 1 in each cell, ovoid- 
oblong, not appendiculate ; testa appressed ; <a fleshy ; embryo 
straight, sometimes nearly as long as the album 
Distris. Endemic. Monotypic. 
1. P. Palmita (E. Meyer in Linnea, vii. 131); leaves aggregated in 
a or. rosette at the top of a simple or forked stem, which is as thick 
man’s arm, and reaches a length of 5-6 feet, linear, rigid, 
laious 3 3—4 ft. long, an_ineh broad at the base, tapering g gradua 
ranches ascending, subtended at the by large, seariose, clasping, 
luuceolate bracts; branchlets spicate ; perianth brown, ng 3 
bracts ovate, scariose, persistent, as long as the perianth. Kuzth, 
10; Buchen. in Abhand. Naturw. Ver. Foun: iv. 408, ¢. 5 («4 , 
ex parte; Engl. Jahrb. xii. 72, fig. 8. Juncus serratus, Linn. 
Suppl. 208 ; Thunb. Prodr. 66. Acorus Palmita, Lichten. Reise, 
9 
ouket Region: Clanwilliam Div.; Gift Berg, 1500-2500 ft., Drége. Cape 
Div.; Camps Bay, Bergius, Ecklon pies 1; Table Mountain, Ecklon, 
é : 
000-4000 ft., Drége. Caledon Div. ; Palmiet River, Krauss. iversdale Div. 
Great Vals River, Burchell, 6528! eorge Div.; between gat River and 
Great Brak River, Burchell, 6144! Vitenh nbage Div. ; Zwartkops oe Ecklon 
and baa 786, Van Stadens River, Drege, Uitenhage, Burchell, 4442 
OrpverR CXLITI. PALME. 
(By C. H. Wrtenr.) 
Flowers dicecious. Calyx inferior, 3-lobed. Petals 3, usually 
valvyate in the male flowers, im st in the female. "St amens 
usually 6, hypogynous or perigyno’ Ovary superior, with 3 
connate or free ca rpels; stigma rea a t lateral; ovule solitary. 
