peque Three British Species of Juncus. 13 
Juncus, &c. 
** Culmis foliosis. 
+ Foliis nodoso-articulatis. 
US 
lampocarpus. J. foliis compressis, paniculà terminali compositá 
Ehrh. Calam. erectä, calycis foliolis tribus exterioribus ovato- 
No. 126. lanceolatis, acuminatis; interioribus, scarioso- 
marginatis obtusiusculis, capsulä ovata triquetrá 
stylo brevi terminata fusco-purpureä nitida, cul- 
. mo 3—6-folio. 
acutiflorus. J. folis compressiusculis, paniculä terminali su- 
Ehrh. Calam. pradecompositä diffusà, calycis foliolis omnibus 
No. 66. lanceolatis acuminatis, capsulä ovato-oblongá 
triquetrá mucronata, culmo 3—4-folio. © 
obtusiflorus. J. foliis terretibus, paniculä terminali suprade- 
Ehrh. Calam. _compositä, pedunculis divaricato-refractis ! caly- 
No. 16. cis foliolis ellipticis.obtusis, capsulà ovato-acu- 
minata triquetrá, culmo bifolio ! 
. The capsules of /ampocarpus are by much the largest; those 
of'aculiflorus are evidently larger, and more elongated, than 
those of obtusiflorus ; (i. e.) the largest and strongest plant bears 
the smallest capsule. | 
The branches of the panicle in lampocarpus are sometimes 
but once divided, but frequently twice, and even thrice, as well 
as in the two other species. 
When lampocarpus happens, from. some accidental cause; to 
flower late in the season, so as not to perfect its large and po- 
= EDER it may be distinguished by a disposition to be- 
| come 
