320 Prof. Don's Account of the 



tenuissim^ capillaceis instructura. Culmi stricti, continui, filiformes, gra- 

 ciles, nudi, Iseves, virides, 2 — 3-unciales. Folia omnia radicalia, subulata, 

 obtusa, subrecurvata, Isetfe viridia, leevissima, supr^ angust^ canaliculata, 

 apice teretiuscula, basi dilatata, membranacea, striata, culmos longfe 

 vaginantia, iisdemque mult5 breviora. Capitulum terminale, solitarium, 

 3 — 5-florum, involucratum : bracteis 3 v. 4, ovatis lanceolatisve, acutis, 

 vald^ insequalibus, concavis, nervosis, ferrugineis, nitidis ; extimo inult5 

 longiore, apice subulato. Sepala lanceolata, obtusa, 3-nervia, alba, sca- 

 rioso-membranacea, 3 lineas longa ; interiora 3 pariim angustiora. Sta- 

 mina 6, subsequalia, perianthio longiora. Filamenta alba, complanata, basi 

 dilatata. Antherce lineares, obtusse, basi affixee, erectse, filainentorum fer^ 

 longitudine, biloculares : loculis parallelis, omnin6 connatis. Pistillum 

 staminibus brevius : ovarium ovato-oblongum, attenuatum, triquetrum, 3- 

 loculare, loculis multv-ovulatis : stylus ovario brevior : stigmata 3, brevia, 

 obtusa, recurvato-patentia, longitudinalitfer papillosa. Capsula ovato-ob- 

 longa, acuminata, 3-locularis, badia, perianthio inult6 longior. 



This is undoubtedly by far the most elegant species of the genus, and al- 

 though clearly belonging to the present section, there is no other species with 

 which it can well be compared. The flowers are pure white, larger than usual 

 in the genus, and arranged in a terminal capitulum, furnished with an involu- 

 crum composed of 3 or 4 large scariose bractes of a dark ferruginous brown. 

 The anthers are remarkable for their length, equalling that of the filaments. 

 The stems are continuous, and without either articulation or leaf. 



The species is from Soongnum in Kunawur, a country situate beyond the 

 Himalaya, between 31° 33' and 31° 50' N. latitude. 



3. J. memhranaceus, culmo tereti subdiphyllo, foliis subfiliformibus obtusis, 

 capitulo terminali solitario 4 — 8-floro bractea communi membranacea 

 breviore, sepalis obtusis capsula acuta longioribus, staminibus inclusis, 

 antheris filamentis dilatatis ter brevioribus. 

 Juncus memhranaceus. Royle MSS. 



Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Punjee. Royle. V . (v. s. sp. in Herb. Royle.) 



Perennis, csespitosus. Culmi erecti, filiformes, graciles, fistulosi, subdiphylli, 

 spithamaei et ultra, basi foliis imperfect^ evolutis squamiformibus obvo- 



