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H a b . Abtmilaiit ill marshy places tlu-ougliont the Island.— (Fl. all summer.) (v .v.) . . . . ,
DisTBlll. Tliroughout exlralropieal Australia; New Zealand; North and South Africa. Sardinia.
North America? India?
A very common plant, e.sBy recognised from its Tasmaiiiim allies by its short, creeping rliisome ; tall, slont,
leafy culm;, 1 -2 feet high; articúlate, Ueraily compressed leaves; long Ic.f.like involnero; and br.niehcd cyme
hearing heads of »owers. Small stales have the leaves grassy and hardly articuia tc.-iem-iifa acnimnate. Cap-
.%ule aciuoiiiate, onc-cellcd.
^ 3. Rhizomes perennial, creeping. Leaves terete or none. Inflorescence lateral.
S J u n c u s m a ritim u s (Lamk. Encye. Hot. in. 26F) ; datus, euiino node felhsqne radicalibus teretibus
paiiieula laterali corimbosa, ramis umbellatis, ñoribns glomeratis, periantlm foliolis exlerionbiis acntis
capsulam oblongam oblnsam mqnantibns, slammibus 6 , seminibus oblongis angulatis, testa ntnnque axa.
/ . PiWr. 258 ; K m M . En. iii. 322 ; E. Meyer, in Plant. Pram. ii. 46 ; M. i f. Zeal. i. 262. (Gann.
H ab Common in salt and brackish marshes, sometimes on moist saiid-hills.— (Fl. Dec.)
D i s t iu b . Extratropical Anstmlia, New Zealand, Europe and temperate Asia, North and Sonth Africa,
and North and South America.
A td l coarse Bush, the largest in Tasmania except / . aa p » ii» , from which it is at once distinguished by the
glomerate dowers, and long, terete, pu.geiit leaves at the base ot Iho e u ln i.-A iira « very stout, creeping, M « .
o f leaves r e d -b row n . O t ó « 2 - 3 feet high, more sle n d er in d rie r pla ce s th a n m m o is t, J,y !om c e« ra l a .or
lateral, dark brown. Hone,, small. Capmle, blunt, about us loug as the pcna.ith, dark brow.., as i.pc
seeds. Stamens 6.
0 J u n c u s a u s t r a l is (Hook, fil.) ; culmo n udo tereti gradii basi vaginato, vaginis obtusis aoummalis.e,
panienla pallida laterali globosa densifiora v. ramis doiigalis pands glomernlas dense congestas gerei.t.bus,
periaiithiis acuminatis capsulam sub-l-loenlaro.n obovatam palhdam suboeqnanhbns, Btamimbus 3 sem
b u s ob lo ng is , testa pallida lævi utriiique producta. ((?»««, 566, 567, d6 8 .) (T a b . C» . . ' ■ / ■)
H.vb. Common in various parts of the Island.— (Fl. N ov.) (v. ü.)
D is t iu b . Victoria and Swan River, New Zealand.
A aleiider species a, eomp.red with .1. .«.ritom, and va.jimtae, the culms being about as thick as those of
/ . e o » » ifr , fro... which it differs hi the dense mfioresceuee. very .aeummate pen.nth and j
whole plant, oulms. Sowers, capsule, aud seeds, are ot u pale colour, hut not so w 11 e as • . p .
sometimes eolleeted into . solitaiy. dense, globose capitulum ; in other cases the pamele branches a little be ,s
dense masses of glomeruli. The Australian specimen, have the sheaths at the bases of the culi, , long and alte-
nna'te acuminate I have only one ver, small Tasmanian specimen with rhiso.ne and bases of cnlm, m which
m are short and Mnnt, pr.hahly tr.m not hemg fmly devel.ped; my mimerons other Tasma.n... specimens
have unfortunately been collected without the rhisome and base of the enlm.
from Brown's character, of / . pallid«, in the fiowers being far too mneh crowded to be
imbricate, and though the Moresce.ce is much loose, in the Australian spee.mens, from the loMhenm^
branches ot tbe panicle, the flowers are even more densely glomerate than m / . b “ “ »ved ^
F i. 1 fiower ; 2, enter sepal ; 3, inner ditto ; 4, stamen ; 5, ovary ; 6, c.ps.de m penanti,. 7. ditto, removed ,
8,"valve ot ditto, and seed ; 9, seed ; 10, veitirtd section of seed -.-all magnified.
10 J u u e u s palliduB (Br. Prodr. 258, ..on Ku.ilh, etc.) ; elatus, colino undo basi foliis longe vagi-
iiatis tocto, vaginis inleraum folia brevia teretia gerentibus ?, panícula laterali albida ramosa rami, p q u a -
libus ramulis congestis, fioribus alternis subimbricatis majuseulis, per.antl.iis aentis capsula pallida ov,
1-loculari brevioribus, staminibus 6, seminibus linearibus, testa laxe utrinque producta.^— An var. J. vagi-
nati? {Gunn, 569?, 570.)
Had. Launceston, etc., Lawrence, Gunn.
D is t r ib . Southern coast of Australia.
I take this to be llrown’s J. pallidas, from its singularly pale colour, the crowded branchlets of the panicle,
alternate flowers, and oval capsule longer than the perianth. It may be a small state of -7. vaginaius, but is not the
J.pallidus of Kunth and E, Meyer, which I I'cfcr to 7. communis. Tlie 7. pallidus is of the size and habit of
7. maritimus, but has almost white inflorescence ; mucli shorter leaves at tlie bases of the culm, or none ; and alternate,
not glomerate flowers of a larger size ; the capsule too is quite different, and the seeds are narrower, with the
testa much more produced at either end.
11. Ju ncus communis (E. Meyer, June. 1 2 ); culmo tereti gracili nudo, vaginis aphyllis v. folia
breviter teretia gerentibus, pauicula pallida laterali effusa v. deiisa, ramis gracilibus, Üoribus distinctis, peri-
antliiis acutis capsulam obovatam obtusam subæquantibus, staminibus 3, seminibus lineari-oblongis, testa
lævi utrinque hxik.— Kunth, En. Plant, iii. 320. J . effusus, Br. Prodr. 259; Fl. N. Zeal. i. 263. J,
pallidus, Kunth, non Br. [Gunn, 571, 1390.)
Hab. Abundant in stiff moist soil throughout the Colony.— (Fl. all summer.) (v.v.)
Dis t r ib . Australia, New Zealand, and in most temperate parts of the world.
The common Australian form of this widely-diffused plant is slender and tufted, 2 feet high, with an effuse
panicle of few branches, bearing few distinct flowers ; tlie sheaths usually bear slender, terete leaves, but often do
not, and the panicle is of a pale colour. The form with a dense inflorescence (7. eonglomeralm, Linn.) is not common
in Australia.—The 7. comwunis is so variable that it is often difficult to distingidsh it from its allies, hut it
differs from 7. maritimus and 7. australis by its slenderness and distinct flowers ; from 7. pallidus by its slender
form and three stamens, and by its more obovate, shorter capsule ; from •/. vaginaius by its veiy much smaller size,
the absence of great sheaths at the base of the culms, and by its three stamens ; from 7. Gunnii by its pale flowers
and less acuminate perianth ; from 7. paucijlorus it is not distinguishable except by size, and its three stamens, and
shorter, blunter capsule.
12. Juncus pauciflorus (Br. Prodr. 25 9 ); culmo aphyllo tereti filiformi nudo basi vaginato, pani-
cula laterali pauciflora, ramis filiformibus, floribus distantibus, periaiithiis acutis capsula ovali pallida 1-locu-
lari brevioribus, stamiuibus 6, seminibus oblongis, testa utrinque breviter laxa.—Kunth, En. iii. 320.
{Gunn, 566, 961.)
Hab. Abundant throiighoiit the Colony.—(Fl. all summer.) {v.v.)
D is t iu b . New South Wales and south coast, Brown.
I have seen no Australian specimens of this very elegant species, which may be recognized at once by its
slender filiform culms, H foot high, densely tufted with very short, red-brown sheaths at the base, by the lateral
pamclc of few, very slender, few-flowered branches, by the small flowers, acute, brownish perianth, ovoid capsule,
and six stamens. The culms are much more slender thau auy form of 7. communis, aud scarcely stouter than packthread.
13. Ju ncus Gunnii (Hook, ill.); culmis nudis gracilibus siibfiliformibiis aphyllis basi vaginatis,
pauicula parva laterali rainosa brevi brunuca dense cougesta v, ramis elongatis distinctis, floribus parvis
aggregatis, periantliiis acuminatis capsula obovata bruniiea longioribus, staminibus 6, semiuibus?. {Gunn,
572, 973.)
IIab. Tasmania, probably commou, as no habitat is given, Gunn.— (Fl. Nov.)
Apparently a veiy distinct species, almost as slender as 7. paucijlorus, which it a good deal resembles, but tiie
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