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29 Jan 1964 (AAU (n.v.), K); Ban Pong Yeng, 750 m, A. Kerr 3587, 1 Apr 1915 (BM, K, L); Doi Intanon, 
2100 m, T. Sorenson 3316, K. Larsen and B. Hansen, 9 May 1958 (AAU (n.v.), L, P); env. Ban Pha Mon 
(Chom Thong), Prov. Chiang Mai, 900 m, f. Vidal, Y. Vidal and C. Niyomdham 6254, 31 May 1979 (P). 
LAOS: Entre Tafa et Ban Hosei Sai, E. Poilane 24425, 4 June 1936 (K ex P). 
BURMA: Birma [sic], Hb. Griffith 5460, - (K - hb. of late East India Company no. 5460; distributed 
at Kew 1863-64). 
BHUTAN: Bootan [sic], Hb. Griffith 5459, — (K; distributed by K 1863-4). 
NEPAL: Above Sukhet village 6 miles [10 km] NW Pokhara, 3600 ft, Sir Colville Barclay 2201 and 
P.M. Synge, 22 May 1971 (K). 
INDIA: Sowra, Khasia, 4000 ft [1220 m], C.B. Clarke 15163, 26 Nov 1871 (K); Mt Bani (main coast 
range c. 25 km from Tourane), Annam, M S. Clemens 4076, May-July 1927 (P); forest by Pamba 
Reservoir, 1100 m, Prov. Quilon, Kerala State, C.D.K. Cook 199, E.M. Rix and J. Schneller, 11 Sep 1973 
(K) ; Sikkim, 8-10,000 ft [2450-3050 m], J.D. Hooker and T. Thomson, - (K, L); Panchaki, Chota Nagpur, 
2600 ft [790 m], Jashpur State, H.F. Mooney 2216, 9 May 1943 (K); Kamaleswarpur, Mainpat, 3600 
ft [1100 m], Surguja State, H.F. Mooney 2228, 5 June 1943 (K); Kasipur, S. Kalahandi, 2900 ft [880 m], 
Orissa, H.F. Mooney 3242, 26 Jan 1949 (K); Shillong Lake, Assam, G. Panigrahi 3925, 20 May 1957 
(L) ; near Uchangi, Hassan District, Mysore, T.P. Ramamoorthy HFP 1294, 26 Jan 1971 (K, P); NW 
India, Hb. Royle, - (K - hb. Hook. 1867); Nilghiris, Schmidt 51, - (K); Shillong, Khasi Hills, 5500 ft 
[1670 m], Assam, Thakur Rup Chand 7546, 15 Apr 1954 (L ex MICH). 
SRI LANKA: Ascent to Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya District, 2000 m, M. Jayasuriya 184 and L.C. 
VJheeler, 20 May 1971 (K ex US); Tothulagalle Estate above Haputale, 1600 m, A. Kostermans 
23383A, 7 May 1969 (L); Kandy District, Central Province, Knuckles Range (Wet Zone Highlands), 
1815 m, M. Lazarides 7203, 3 Sep 1970 (K ex CANB, US (n.v.)); c. 2 miles [3 km] from Rasagulla, 
Patnapura district, Sabaragamuwa Prov., S. Sohmer and S. Waas 10497, 9 Nov 1975 (P); s. loc., 
Thwaites CV844, - (K, P); Enselwatte, Matara District, Southern Province, c. 1000 m, S. Waas 1487, 
14 Feb 1976 (K). 
^MAURITIUS: Le Petrin, 650 m, K. Lye 5979, 13 Apr 1971 (K). 
4. *Juncus bufonius L. sens. lat. 
(Linnaeus 1753: 328) 
Type: Europe, Herb. Van Royen s.n., L sheet 904,145-433; lecto (Cope and Stace 1978:121) 
L (image on Leiden website (through http://nlmcml.leidenuniv.n1/rhb/#collection) 
and microfiche IDC BT-341). 
/. plebeins R. Br. (Brown 1810: 259). Type: Australia: New South Wales: Port Jackson, 
R. Brown (Bennett 5783), 1803; holo BM, photo NSW; iso BRI. 
Tufted annual. Culms terete, pale yellow-green, 2-20(-40) cm long, 0.4-1.0(-2.0) mm diam. 
Leaves basal and cauline, shorter than culms, flat or slightly canaliculate, 0.2-1.2 mm 
wide; auricles absent; sheaths pale yellow or occasionally red-brown. Inflorescence 
terminal, 2-25 cm long (often much longer than culm), diffuse, with flowers solitary or 
clustered (2-4 per cluster), 4-60 flowers per inflorescence; 1 or occasionally 2 well- 
developed involucral bracts, 2.5-7 cm long, lateral, generally shorter than or equalling 
inflorescence. Flowers with 2 bracteoles. Tepals straw-brown, occasionally with red- 
brown bands beside midrib, with broad hyaline margins; outer tepals 4.0-9(-12) mm 
long, much exceeding inner, long-acuminate, often excurved; inner tepals acute, erect. 
Stamens 3 (-4-6), shorter than outer tepals; anthers (0.2-)0.5-1.0 mm long, shorter than 
or equalling filament length or occasionally (as in Sabah, fide J.-F. Veldkamp) to 1.8 
times as long as filaments. Capsule 3-locular, shorter than inner tepals, obovoid to 
narrow-ellipsoid, straw-brown to dark red-brown, obtuse to acute, umbonate to 
shortly beaked (to 0.2 mm long). Seeds 0.3-0.5 mm long. 
