trigonous, tliree- (rarely one-) celled, with many axile ovules, a short style, and three long stigmas. Capsule small,
brown, polished, three-angled, with many pale seeds with a membranous testa. (Name from jtmgo, to join; the
leaves having been woven into cordage.)
5 1. Culms leaf g at the base. Leaves all radical, or nearly so, quite flat, or with involute margins.
1. Ju ncus p lan ifo lius (Br. Prodr. 259) ; annuus, radice fibrosa, culmo nudo, foliis omnibus radicalibus
numerosis planis, infloresceutia terminali dense capitata v. fioribus glomeratis, glomerulis cymoso-
paniculatis, staminibus 3, capsulis prismaticis inucronatis perianthio brevioribus longioribusve, semiuibus
striolatis ovoideis, testa lævi.— /V. N. Zeal. i. 263 ; FL A/itarcl. 358, anil Suppl. 5-15. {Gimn, 970, 14-11.)
Variat insiguiter infloresceutia et statura.
Hab. Abundant in pastures, etc., throughout the Island.— (Fl. Oct.-Dec.) {v. v.)
DrsTiiiB. Throughout extratropical Australia, New Zealand, Lord xVuckland’s Island, and South Chib.
Very variable in size and in the infiorescence, of which the flowers form sometimes a dense solitary eapitiilum,
or are collected in glomeruli on a dichotomously-branched panicle. The numerous soft, broad, flat, radical leaves,
annual fibrous root, naked, simple culm, and three stamens, abundantly distinguish the species.
2. Ju ncus cæ sp ititiu s (E. Meyer, in Plant. Preiss. ii. 47, and Liiinæa, xxvi. 244) ; annuus, radice
fibrosa, foliis omnibus radicalibus angustis planis marginibus involutis, scapo gracili, floribus glomerulatis,
glomerulis 1-5 lateralibus pedunculatis v. omnibus cymosis, perianthii foliolis exterioribus acuminatis cap-
sulam ellipticam acutam subæquantibus, staminibus 6 . (Gnnn, 971.)
H a b . Northern parts o f the Island : Circular Head, Gunn.— (F l Dec.)
D is t r ib . Victoria and Swan River.
Very similar indeed to small states of planifolius, of which it may prove a variety, hut tlie leaves are narrower,
and have involute margins, and the stamens are six in number.
3. Ju ncus fa lca tus (E. Meyer, in Reliq. Ilænk. i. 144; Limima, xxvi. 24 5 ); rhizomate repente
perennante, culmis basi foliatis medio unifoliatis v. aphyllis, foliis rigidis anguste linearibus planis v. mar-
ginifaus involutis, capitulis solitariis terminalibus globosis, perianthii foliolis acutis capsulam late obovatam
obtusam æquantibus, staminibus 6, seminibus liueari-obloiigis, testa striata utrinque breviter producta.
(Gunti, 339.)
H a b . Wet places in the mountains, as at Arthur’s Lakes, Lake St. Clair, etc., Gunn, Archer.— (Fl.
Jan., Feb.)
D is t r ib . Alps of Victoria, Mueller-, Unalashka and California (fid. E. Meyer).
A most distinct species, a span to a foot high, at ouce distinguished from its flat-leaved congeners by its creeping
perennial rhizomes, solitary capitula of rather large flowers, large, obovate, blunt, black-brown capsule, striate
seeds, with the testa produced beyond either end, and six stamens,
4. Ju ncus bufonius (Linn. Sp. PI. 466) ; annuus, humilis, radice fibrosa, culmis numerosissimis
foliosis, foliis radicalibus et caulinis liiieari-setaccis marginibus involutis v. antice sulcatis, cyma terminali
laxe dichotome ramosa, ramis tenuibus gracilibus, floribus 1-3-aggregatis majusculis pallidis, perianthii
foliolis acutissimis capsulam lineari-prismaticam acutam superantibus, staminibus 6, seminibus ovato-glo-
bosis, tesla lævi pallida nitida.—El. N. Zeal. i. 264; E. Meyer, in Plant. Preiss. ii. 47. Juncus plebejus,
Br. Prodr. 239. [Gumi, 1495, 583.)
H.VB. Abundant in moist [daces throughout the Colony.— (Fl. all the year.) (v.v.)
D istkib. Throughout Europe and Northern Asia, North America, New Zealand, and temperate
Australia.
A small pale-coloured species, with fibrous roots, sending up very many slender, leafy culms, 1-6 inches high.
—Leaves linear-subidate, with large sheaths. Culms much branched ; branches very slender, dicliotomous, bearing
solitary flowers or clusters of two or thi-ee. Perianth of very nan-ow, acuminate leaflets. Stamens six ; sometimes
a few are imperfect. Capsule shorter than the perianth, liiiear-obovate.
5. Ju ncus revolutu s (Br. Prodr. 259) ; rhizomate repente perenni, foliis radicalibus plurimis caulinis
solitariis V. 0, omnibus anguste linearibus rigidis planis marginibus basi tenuiter incurvis superne
recurvis v. plauis supr.a lævibus subtus striatis, culmo gracili ungulato, floribus solitariis binisve, ramis
corymbi parce divisi sessilibus ¡lallidis, bracteolis membranaceis brevibus obtusis, perianthii foliolis acumiuatis
capsulam obovatam retusam superantibus, stamiuibus 6 , seminibus parvis pallidis, testa lævi.—
E. Meyer, in Linnæa, xxvi. 245. J . Brownii, F. Mueller, MSS. (Gunn, 977.)
H a b . Tasmania, near the sea: Georgetown, etc., Gunn.— (Fl. Dec.)
D i s t r ib . Alps of Victoria, Mueller.
i have described this most distinct species from Mueller’s specimens, as well as fi-om Tasmaniau, which are
much smaller, with fewer flowers. It is very siiflilar in many respects to J. falcatus, especially in the creeping rhizome,
and small states resemble J. bufonius, but the leaves are very peculiar, being naiTow-linear, rigid, quite flat,
with the margins narrowly recurved above, and incun-ed below, the iqiper surface is quite even, the under striate.
Culm compressed or angled, with usually one leaf about the middle. Cyme of two or three unequal brandies, bearing
at jiitcrvols solitary flowers, or two or three together ; these are ratlier large, veq' pale, with acuminate leaflets
of the perianth, wliich are longer than the blunt capsule.
§ 2. Culms leafy, branched, annual. Leaves terete, or laterally compressed.
6 . Ju ncus cap illac eu s (Nob. in Fl. N. Zeal. i. 265) ; pusillus, culmis gracilibus cæspitosis repeiiti-
bus ramosis, foliis setaceis teretibus solidis coiitinuis v. intus uodosis culmum gracilem superantibus, floribus
solitariis v. paucis congestis sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis bibracteatis, bractea interiore membranacea
brevi esteriore (culmi apice) flores superante, periantliiis floriferis subaciitis fructifcris acuminatis
capsula elliptica rostrata membranacea 1-loculare brevioribus, staminibus G elongatis, seminibus subglo-
bosis politis nitidis. — J . prismatocarpus, /3 alpiiius, Mueller, MSS. (Gunn, 1414, 1419.) (T a b .
CXXXIV. B )
H a b . Alpine marshes: Arthur’s Lakes, Gunn; Cuming’s Head, Archer; Coal River tier, near Richmond,
Oldjield.— (Fl. Dec., Jan.)
D is t iu b . Alps of Victoria, elev. 5-G00Ü ped., Mueller; New Zealand, Colenso.
A very smafl, extremely slender, tufted, auiiual species, with much-branched rhizomes, creeping at the base.—
Culms filiform, 2-3 inches high. leaves attenuate, very slender, subulate, louger than, the culm. Infiorescence
almost capitate, very small, of one to six minute flowers near the apex of the culm, subtended by two opposite
bracts, of which one is the apex of the culm produced beyond the flowers, and tiie other is more membranous
and very short. Capsule rostrate, louger than the periautii.—1’l.vte CXXXIV. B. Fig. 1, fruit in perianth; 2,
outer sepal and stamen ; 3, inner si-pal and stamen ; 4, capsule ; 3, valve of ditto, and seeds ; 6, seed ; 7, vertical
section of ditto :—all magnified.
7. Juncus H o lo schoe nu s (Br. Brodr. 250) ; rhizomate perenni repente, culmis foliosis, foliis et involucro
moiiopliyllo lateraliter compressis iiitiis iiodoso-articulatis, floribus glomerulatis, glomerulis in cymam
tenninalem v. lateralem parce ramosam dispositis, periaiithiis acuminatis capsulam prismaticam acuminatam
1-locularem æquantibus, staminibus 6 , seminibus lineari-oblongis profunde striatis et transverse rugosis,
testa utrinque breviter producta.—J . cephalotes, FL N. Zeal. \. .'163, an Thunb.? Prodr. 6 6 . (Gunn,
415.)
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