RUSHES. 435 
Juncus canadensis J.Gay; La Harpe, Monogr. Junc, 134, 1825. CANADA Rusit. 
Juncus canadensis longicaudatus Engelm, Trans, St. Louis Acad. 2:474. 1868, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario; New England west 
to Minnesota, south to Ohio, eastern Tennessee, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn (Ff. 8, 
Earle). October; infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Canada,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Juncus trigonocarpus Stend. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 308, 1855. 
TRIANGULAR-FRUITED RUSH, 
Juncus caudatus Chap. F1. 495. 1860. 
Louisianian area, Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Pine-barren bogs. Escambia County, Wallace, 
Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County, Grandbay, September, October; 
not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus elliottii Chap. FL. 494. 1860. ELiLiori’s Rusu. 
Juncus acuminatus Kl, Sk. 1:409. 1817. Not Michx. 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida and eastern Texas, 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Damp pine barrens, springy places, 
ditches. Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County. Most common in the 
coast plain, April, May. 
Type locality: “ Bogs and ditches, Florida to North Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus elliottii polyanthemus var. nov. ELLIOTT’S MANY-FLOWERED Rusit. 
Mr. Coville first pointed ont this remarkable form as a possible variety of J, elli- 
ottii, from which it is at once distinguished by the robust habit of growth and the 
large inflorescence, resembling in this respect J. robustus. Stem 2 to 2! feet high; 
leaves from 10 to 15 inches long, flat, long-acuminate; branches of the lateral and 
terminal panicle erect, spreading, having the very numerous (100 to 200) 1 to 6 flow- 
ered heads on very short or longer branchlets, by intergrading forms insensibly pass- 
ing into the type. 
Lonisianian area. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low pine barrens, border ditches and swamps. Baldwin 
County, Point Clear. Mobile County, with the type. Frequent. 
Type locality: Mobile. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus acuminatus Michx. F]. Bor. Am, 1: 192. SHARP-FRUITED RUSH. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,544. Chap. F1.494. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 2: 449, 
MEXICO. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas, Ontario; New England (Mount 
Desert Island) to Tennessee and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Mountain region. Tuscaloosa County (Dr. be. A, 
Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Ff. 8. Marle), Rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab, in Carolina inferiore.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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Juncus acuminatus debilis (Gray) Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:463. 1868. 
Wrak Rusu. 
Juncus debilis Gray, Man. 506. 1848. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,544, Chap. Fl. ed. 38, 521. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to South Carolina, west to Louisi- 
ana, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Pine belt. Lee County, Auburn (Baker 
Earle). Tuscaloosa County. St. Clair County, flat woods in open miry or exsic- 
sated ground. Mobile County, Springhill, springy places. May, June. 
Type locality: ‘Wet swamps, common southward and westward.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus diffusissimus Buck]. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862: 9. 1862. Dirruse Rusit. 
Juncus acuminatus var. diffusissimus Engelm. Trans, St. Louis Acad. 2:466, 1868, 
Chap. Fl. ed. 3,521, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:449, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Tennessee, west to Kansas; Alabama to Loui- 
siana, Arkansas, and eastern Texas. 
