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XLIV. JUNCE^. 



Juncus. Juncus. Seed 



One of the Juncus. deprived of 



seminiferous valves Seed with cellular its cellular 



(mag.). testa (mag.). testa (mag.). 



3-00 , small, rounded or angular, with a membranous testa, or fusiform with a 

 cellular loose testa ; albumen fleshy, dense, rarely farinaceous {P.rionium). Embryo 

 included, basilar ; radicle thick, near the hilum, and inferior. 



Luzula. 



PEINCIPAL GENEEA. 

 Prionium. 



' Juncus. 



JuncBce, ■which approach Liliaeem in seyeral points of structure, are especially distinguished by their 

 glumaceous perianth and habit, which recalls that of Cypermets and Gra?mne<s, while the triandrous 

 species approach Reatiacece ; but in the latter the three stamens are opposite to the inner sepals, the 

 ovules are orthotropous and pendulous, &c. 



