Jimcus.] CXLI. JUNCACE^. 1669 



8. J. maritimus (maritime), Lam. ; Kunth, Enum. iii. 322 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vii. 180. Stems densely tufted on a horizontal or shortly creeping 

 rhizome, very rigid, 2 to 3£t. high, with sheathing scales at the base, of which 1 

 or 2 inner ones terminate in a rigid terete pungent stem-like leaf shorter than 

 the real stems. Panicle or cyme appearing lateral, the long outer leaf -like bract 

 erect and continuing the stem but more distinct than in J. communis, owing to 

 its broad sheathing base. Flowers in little clusters usually very numerous in an 

 irregularly compound panicle sometimes very dense, sometimes looser with 1 or 2 

 of its branches elongated to several inches. Perianth-segments about IJ line 

 long the outer ones very acute, the inner with broad scarious margins. Stamens 

 6, the filaments short and broad. Capsule not exceeding the perianth, almost 

 completely 3-celled. Seeds oblong, variable in size and number, the outer 

 membrane almost always produced at both ends into short tails. — E. Br. Prod. 

 258 ; E. Mey. in PL Preiss. ii. 40 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 66. 



Hab.: South and north in brackish marshes. 



9. J. prismatocarpus (fruit prismatic), R. Br. Prod. 259 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vii. 181. Stems tufted or stoloniferous and shortly creeping at the base, 

 1 to 2ft. high, more or less compressed. Leaves few, erect from long sheaths, 

 compressed or nearly terete, hollow inside but divided by cross partitions of pith 

 giving them a jointed appearance. Panicle terminal, erect, compact or divaricate 

 with long branches, with 1 or 2 erect leafy bracts at its base, jointed like the 

 leaves. Flowers numerous in globular clusters terminating the branches or 

 sessileattheirbase. Perianth-segments very narrow, with subulate points, about 1^ 

 line long, the inner ones rather broader. Stamens usually 3, but sometimes 4 to 

 6, the filaments slender. Capsule narrow, with very prominent acute angles, 

 from a little shorter to considerably longer than the perianth, the parietal 

 placenta3 scarcely prominent inside. Seeds minute, without tails. — J. Itoloschainus, 

 E. Br. I.e. ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 65 ; J. commutattis, Steud. Syn. Glum. ii. 301. 



Hab.: Common near water north and south. 



10. J. capillaceus (hair-like), Hook.f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 65, t. 134 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vii. 132. Stems from a tufted or shortly creeping branching base erect, 

 leafy, only 2 to Sin. high. Leaves very narrow or subulate, nearly terete, more 

 or less distinctly divided inside by cross partitions of pith as in J. prismatocarpus, 

 sometimes shorter than butoften twiceaslohgasthestem. Flowers in little clusters 

 of 3 to 10, rarely reduced to single flowers, and often not above 3 or 4 clusters to 

 the small panicle, the lowest bract usually elongated and leafy, the other bracts 

 small. Perianth-segments about 1 line long, lanceolate with scarious margins, 

 rather acute but without the subulate points of J. prismatocarpus. Stamens 6. 

 Capsule as long as or shortly exceedingly the perianth, obtusely angular and 

 shortly beaked. Placentas scarcely prominent. Seeds without tails. 



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



4. LUZULA, DC. 



(Gramen Luzulse, of Bauhin ; the Glowworm Grass.) 



Perianth of 6 equal glume-like segments. Stamens 6, 3 attached to the base 

 of the inner segments, 3 alternate with them, all shorter than the perianth ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers oblong or linear, erect, emarginate at the base. 

 Ovary sessile, 1-celled, with 3 ovules erect from a very short central placenta ; 

 style single, with 3 usually long and slender stigmatic lobes. Capsule 3-valved. 

 Seeds 3 or fewer by abortion, erect, the very short central placenta usually 

 connected with a slightly raised line in the centre of each valve, globular or 

 ovoid, the testa minutely reticulate-striate with a very thin external hyaline 

 membrane connected with the somewhat dilated funicle and sometimes shortly 



