1668 CXLI. JUNCACEiE. [Jimcus. 



Stamens 6, style divided 'nearly to the base. Placentae parietal, not very 

 prominent. Capsule rather shorter than the perianth. Seeds ovoid without 

 tails. — J. plebeius, Steud. Syn. Glum. ii. 307, and some others, not of E. Br. 

 Hab.: Border of N.S.W., near Wallangarra. 



4. J. communis (common), E. Mcij. Syn.. June. 12; Benlh. Ft. Aiistr. 

 vii. 128 ." Wirree," Bundaberg, Keys. Stems densely tufted on a horizontal or 

 shortly creeping matted rhizome, usually 2 to 3ft. high, or even more, erect, 

 terete, leafless except a few brown or pale-coloured leafy sheathing scales at the 

 base. Panicle apparently lateral and sessile at from 2 or 3 to 6 or Sin. below the 

 top, the leafy bract at the base of the inflorescence being erect, terete, continuous 

 with the stem, and scarcely hollowed into a sheath at the base. Flowers 

 numerous, densely crowded into a compact globular head of Jin. diameter or 

 forming a looser very unequally branched panicle of 1 to 2in. diameter flowering 

 from the base, the central short branches having only 2 or 3 flowers, the others a 

 considerable number, usually singly scattered along the branches of irregular 

 cymes. Bracts within the panicle small and scarious. Perianth nearly or quite 

 sessile, the segments all very acute, usually pale -coloured, above 1 line and under 

 IJ line long. Stamens in all the flowers examined 3 only, alternating with the 

 inner segments. Capsule narrow-ovoid or elliptical, obtuse, as long as or rather 

 longer than the perianth. Placentas very prominent and often meeting in the 

 centre but not united except at the base. Seeds very numerous, minute, without 

 tails.— Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 67 ; J. efiisus, Linn. ; E. Br. Prod. 268. 

 Hab.: Coastal swamps and marshes generally. 



5. J. vaginatus (sheathed), R. Dr. Prod. 258 ; Benth. Fl. Atistr. vii. 129. 

 This has the stems with sheathing scales at the base and the continuous terete 

 terminal leafy bract of J. comiimnis, but the panicle is looser with rather long 

 branches, and the flowers in little dense distinct cymes almost contracted into 

 clusters at the base of the ramifications and ends of the branches, almost as in 

 J. prUmatocarpus. Perianths small and stamens 6 as in J. pauciflorus. 



Hab.: Southern wet places. 



6. J. pauciflorus (few-flowered). F. Br. Prod. 259 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 

 129. Stems in the typical form crowded on a horizontal or shortly creeping rhizome 

 and under 1ft. high, but attaining in other specimens 2 or 3ft., leafless except a 

 few sheathing scales at the base, of which the innermost is often several inches 

 long and sometimes produced into a leafy point of 1 or 2in. Inflorescence lateral 

 as in J. communis, the leafy bract at its base terete and continuous, erect and 

 terminating the stem. Panicle irregularly compound resembling that of the 

 loose-flowered varieties of J. communis, but usually more slender, Jhe flowers few 

 or numerous rather smaller than in that species, and 6 stamens in all the flowers 

 examined. Ovary, capsule and seeds of J. communis. — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 67. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller and others ; Bockhampton, Thozet. 



7. J. pallidas (pale), Ji. Br. Prod. 258; Benth. FL Austr. vii. 130. A tall 

 stout species, very nearly allied to the loose flowering varieties of J. communis. 

 Stems several feet high, the sheathing scales enclosing their thick base long and 

 loose, the innermost often 6 to lOin. long and tapering into a long point. 

 Inflorescence lateral like that of J. communis, but more rigid and the flowers 

 usually rather longer. Stamens usually 3, but occasionally varying to 4 or 5 and 

 perhaps sometimes 6. — J. vaginatus, E. Mey. in PI. Preiss. ii. 46; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Tasm. ii. 68, not of E. Br. ; J. correctus, Steud. Syn. Glum. ii. 296. 



Hab.: Very common. 



