322 Prof. Don's Account of the 



albi, majusculi, brevissimfe pedicellati. Bractece partiales ova,io-\dincQO- 

 latae, acuminatae, concavse, scarioso-membranaceae, albse, leevissimse, 

 floribus v5x longiores ; communi foliacea, lineari, obtusa, canaliculata, 

 basi dilatata, inflorescentiam dupl6 superaiite. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, 

 3-nervia (nervis medio approximatis parallelis), glumacea ; exteriora 

 3 partim minora, subconduplicata, carinata. Stamina 6, subsequalia, 

 perianthio tripl5 longiora : Jilamenta angustfe linearia, complanata, alba, 

 basi baud dilatata : antherce lineares, obtusee, filamentis 6-pl6 breviores : 

 loculis parallelis, omnin6 connatis. Pistillum staminibus multo brevius : 

 ovarium ovatum, acutum, triquetrum, nitidum, 3-loculare, perianthio 

 brevius, loculis multiovulatis : stylus ovarii longitudine : stigmata 3, 

 stylo breviora, obtusa, recurvata, longitudinalitfer papillosa. 



I have great satisfaction in presenting a full account of this very distinct 

 and beautiful species, which has been but very imperfectly characterized by 

 me in the work above-quoted. 



The many-headed stems, acute sepals, and the great length of the filaments 

 will easily distinguish it from all the other species of this series which it very 

 properly terminates, as it evidently forms the transition to the following section. 



The form and direction of the leaves of the species of this group, the higher 

 degree of development of their perianthium, their scobiform seeds having the 

 membranous testa produced beyond the nucleus at both extremities, establish 

 an intimate relationship between Juncus and Narthecium, as Mr. Bi-own has 

 long ago suggested, and the passage from the latter genus through Antheri- 

 cum to the Asphodelece is rendered very clear. 



** Stamina 3 v. 6. Semina minuta, obovata. Folia cylindrica, intiis septulis 

 interrupta, hinc nodoso-articulata. Inflorescentia terminalis, capitata, pa- 

 niculata. 



5. J. acutiflorus. Ehrh. 



Habitat in regione transhimalensi ad Purbunni. Inglis. 11 . (v. s. sp. in Herb. 

 Royle.) 



The specimen, which was collected by Mr. Inglis in Purbunni, a district 

 situate beyond the Himalayas, differs in no respect from British ones ; and it 



