Indian Species of Juncus and Luzula. 323 



affords another example of the extended distribution of the species of this 

 genus. 



6. J. indicus, triandrus ; capitulis multifloris squarrosis trichotomy cymosis, 

 sepalis lineari-lanceolatis apice mncronatis recurvis capsuise muticae lon- 

 gitudine, stigmatibus subsessilibus, caule foiiisque compressis nodosis. 

 Juncus indicus. Royle MSS. 



/3. nanus, caule 2 — 3-pollicari, capitulis paucis (1 — 4). 

 Habitat a. in Nepalia ad Katmandu {JVallich) ; |3. in Emodi montibus ad 

 Mussooree. Royle. 1/ . (v. s. sp. in Herbb. Wallich. et Royle.) 



Radix fihvo?,'A, perennis? Caw/e* erecti, nodosi, compressi, solidi, spithamsei 

 V. pedales et ultr^, nunc basi reclinati. Folia subulata, mucronata, com- 

 pressa, viridia, intus septulis interrupta, hinc tactu nodoso-articulata, 

 2 — 5-uncialia, basi dilatata vaginanti, margine scarioso-membranacea. 

 Flores sessiles, capitati, vi rides. Capitula squarrosa, multiflora, tricho- 

 tomy ramosissimfeque cymosa. Bractece lanceolatse, mucronatse, floribus 

 breviores, margine scariosae, hinc carinatse, indfe concavse. Sepala lineari- 

 lanceolata, rigida, apice mucronata, subrecurvata, margine scarioso albo ; 

 exteriora 3 subcarinata ; interiora 3 planiuscula, vix breviora. Stamina 3, 

 sepalis exterioribus opposita, iisdemque ter breviora : Jilanienta alba, 

 basi dilatata, supern^ tenuissim^ attenuata : antherce lineares, obtusse, 

 lutese, filamentis breviores : loculis parallelis, omnin6 connatis. Pistillum 

 stamina superans : ovarium conico-oblongum, triquetrum : stylus vix ul- 

 lus : stigmata 3, filiformia, revoluta, longitudinalitfer papillosa. Capsula 

 oblonga, angusta, perianthium vix excedens, triquetra, 3-locularis, 3-val- 

 vis, polysperma, fusca, nitida. Semina minuta, ovoidea, gilva, hilo mu- 

 croniformi et chalaza brunneis aucta. 



This species belongs to the same group as acutijlorus, lampocarpus, obtusi- 

 Jlorus, and others, in which the leaves are cylindrical, divided internally by 

 septa, the inflorescence terminal, find the flowers frequently triandrous. The 

 present {jlant evidently comes near to the polycephalus of Michaux, a native 

 of North America, but it appears to be sufficiently distinguished by its rigid 

 mucronate recurved sepals, and almost sessile stigmata. 



