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luta. Folia obtusa, canaliculata, Isevissima, laet^ viridia, subinde inar- 

 ginibus involutis subfiliformia, culmis pleriimque breviora, basi long^ 

 vaginantia ; suprema saepius abbreviata. Vagince ampliatse, fissse, mem- 

 branacese, striatse, apice biauriculatee. Capitulum terminale, solitarium, 

 4 — 8-floruin. Flores albi, subsessiles, majusculi. Bractece partiales ovato- 

 lanceolatse, mucronatae, nervosae, scariosse, albse, nitidse; communi nia- 

 jore, capitulo dupl6 longiore, dilatata, membranacea, cucuUata, nervosa, 

 apice subulato subfoliaceo. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, trinervia, 

 glumacea; £w^er/ora 3 parum longiora. Stamina Q, perianthio breviora : 

 Jilament a com^laxmta, infern^ dilatata: antherce oblongse, obtusse, bilo- 

 culares, filamentis tripl6 breviores : loculis parallelis, oinninb connatis. 

 Pistillum perianthii longitudine : ovarium ovatum, acutum, 3-quetrum ; 

 stylus crassus, ovario diipl6 brevior : stigmata 3, brevia, obtusa, recur- 

 vata, crassiuscula, longitudinalitfer papillosa. 



This species, although bearing a considerable degree of resemblance to the 

 following, is nevertheless essentially different. The solitary heads of larger 

 flowers, with a short membranous common bracte ; the blunt sepals, inclosed 

 stamens, shorter and dilated filaments, and, finally, the shorter style, will 

 readily distinguish it. 



4. J. concinnus, culmo tereti subdiphyllo, foliis planiusculis obtusis, capitulis 

 3 — 6-floris eorymbosis, bractea communi elongata foliacea, sepalis acutis 

 capsula acuta longioribus, staminibus long^ exseitis, antheris filamentis 

 simplicibus 6-pl5 brevioribus. 

 Juncus concinnus. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal, p. 44. 

 J. elegans. Royle MSS. 

 Habitat in Nepalia {fVallich) ; in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. it . 

 (v. s. sp. in Herbb. Wallich. et Royle.) 



Perennis, csespitosus. Rkizoma subbulbosum, fibris capillaceis instructum. 

 Culmi rectissi'mi, filiformes, Iseves, 1 — 2-phylli, spithamsei, exsiccatione 

 striati. Folia anguste linearia, obtusa, planiuscula, erecta, laevia, suprjk. 

 canaliculata, subtiis convexiuscula, rar6 culmum superantia, basi vagi- 

 nantia : vagince unciales, membranaceai, fissse, culmum arct^ involventes. 

 Capitula 3 v. 5, rarius 6 v. 7, terminalia, corymbosa, 3 — 6-flora. Flores 



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