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Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, erect, bulbiferous : leaves linear, 

 subulate, longer than tbe somewhat 3-flowered stem : floral ones 

 lanceolate — Hnear : petals sub-unguiculate, Unear-lanceolate, dark- 

 violet. 



Peninsula. 



ORDER CLXV. JUNCACEJE. 



Perennial, rarely annual herbs, caespitose or creeping : culm 

 leafy or leafless, branched at the apex as a cyme, umbel or 

 panicle : leaves sheathing at the base, narrow, terete, channelled 

 or flat : flowers hermaphrodite, small : calyx 6-sepaled, regular, 

 persistent, sepals glumaceous, usually connate quite at the base: 

 stamens 6, inserted at the base of the sepals and opposite to 

 them, very rarely sub-hypogynous, free, persistent : filaments 

 free : anthers 2-celled, dehiscing lengthways, attached by the 

 base : ovary composed of 3 more or less closed carpels, either 

 many-ovuled 3 or with retracted dissepiments 1-celled, or 

 3-ovuled 1-celled : style terminal, simple, often veiy short or 

 none : stigmas 3, filiform, distinct or cohering : capsule either 

 many-seeded 3 or falsely 1-celled, or 3-seeded 1-ceIled : seeds 

 many or three : testa membranaceous, cellulosely reticulated, 

 closely or loosely covering the nucleus : embryo minute, 

 enclosed at the base of thick fleshy albumen : radicle extremity 

 next the hilum. 



GENUS I. JUNCUS. 

 Hexandria Monogrynia. Sex: Si/si: 



Deriv. From Jungo, to join ; ropes were first made from rushes. 



_ Gen. Chae. Calyx 6-sepaled, regular, persistent : sepals glu- 

 maceous, connate at the base, seldom free, spreading, outer ones 

 navicular, inner flattish : stamens perigynous, sometimes the three 

 inner ones obliterated : anthers liaear-oblong, 2-celled : ovary 

 many ovuled : style one, often very short : stigmas 3, villous : 

 capsule 3- or the dissepiments very often being retracted, 1 -celled, 

 many-seeded, locuUcidally 3-vaIved : testa closely adherent or rather 

 loose, sometimes saccately relaxed on all sides. 



