Juncus.'] CLXii. JiNCACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 401 



shorter than the filaments; style lorg, slender, Btigmas short. Capsule mem- 

 branous, pale, shining. Seeds i ip. long, irclndiig the very long tails — Leaves 

 often involute and very slender as in J. concinnus, but seeds very different. 



2. XiUZUXiA, DC. 



Leaves grass-like, hairy. Perianth-segmeata glumaceous. Stamens 3 

 or 6. Ovary i-celled, 3-ovulecl. — Species about 30, temperate and Asiatic. 



1. Xi. plumosa, £. Meyer in Linnxa, xxii. (1849) 887 ; cyme subum- 

 bellate, branches very slender, flowers solitary, testa produced into a horn- 

 like appendage. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. 195 and xii. 85. L; 

 pilosa, va/r. plumosa, C. A. Meyer ex Framch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 X. (1887) 100. L. Forsteri Hei-h. Ind. Or. E. f. §■ T. Juncus plumosus. 

 Wall. mss.—Wall. Cat. 9003. 



Tbmpebatb Himalaya, alt. 9-10,000 ft. j from Kumaon eastwards. Khasia 

 Hills ; alt. 6000 ft., Clarke.— DiatniB. China. 



Perennial, 6-18 in. high. Leaves linear, acuminate, ^i in. brond, glabrous or 

 sparsely ciliate with very long hairs. Sranches of cyme capillary, very unequal, 

 divaricate, few-fid. ; bracts scarious, much shorter than the flowers. Sepals -^s-i in., 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pale brown. Stamens 6. Copsaie oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 

 about as long as the sepals. 



2. It. effusa, Buchen. in Engl. Bot, Jahrb. vi. 196 ; xii. 106 ; cyme 

 very laxly paniculately branched, branches divaricate very long and 

 slender, flowers solitary sessile or pedicelled, testa with a terminal boss. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. Muknipobe ; on 

 Jakpho, alt. 9900 ft., Clarice. 



Perennial, 12-24 in. high. Leaves linear, ^-J in. broad, glabrous or sparsely 

 ciliate below. Cyme long-peduncled ; branches 1-3 in. long; bracts ovate, acute, 

 brown. Sepals xr^ in. long, ovate-lauceolate, acuminate, pale or dark brown. 

 Stamens ti. ( aprnle oblong, rather longer than the sepals, obtuse, muoronate. — The 

 Munnipore specimens have leaves ^ in. broad, and a closer inflorescence, with shorter 

 capsules ; the seeds appear to be diseased. 



3. Ii. campestris, BC. Fl. Franc, iii. 161 ; cyme subumbellately 

 branched, flowers in peduncled capitate clusters, testa apicnlate at the tip 

 caruncled at the base. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. v. 198 ; xii. 155 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 349 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix. t. 375, 376. Juncus 

 campestris, Linn. Sp. PI. i. 329. 



Tempbeatb and Alpine Himalaya; alt. 1Q-14,C00 ft., from Kashmir eastwards. 

 The Khasia, Nilghiei and Anamallay Hills, alt. 5-7000 It.— Distbib. N. temp, 

 regions. j 



Perennial, 6-18 in. high. Leaves ^-j in. broad, glabrous of ciliate. Branches 

 of cyme very unequal, i-4 in.; heads i-^ in. diam. ; bracts very short, scarious. 

 Flowers sessile. Sepals ^'j-th '"■ loigj pale or dark brown, ovute-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate. Stamens 6. Capsule shorter than the sepals, broadly oblong or subglobose, 

 obtuse or mucronate. — I have described above only the Indian form (which is a 

 common European one) of this widely diffused and variable plant. 



4. Zi. spicata, DC- Fl. Franc, iii. 161 ; cyme a solitary oblong droop- 

 ing or nodding bracteate head, testa rounded at the tip. caruncled at the 

 liase. Buchen. in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. v. 197 ; xii. 127 ; BuisS; Ft. Orient, v. 

 i!48 ; Iteichb. Ic. Fl. Oerm. ix. t. 379. 



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