302 ` Mr. J. E. BreneNno’s Observations 
4. JUNCUS CONGLOMERATUS. 
Juncus aphyllus, panicula laterali conglobata, floribus triandris, 
capsulis retusis. 
J. culmo nudo stricto, paniculâ laterali conglobatà, capsulis retu- 
sis, floribus triandris. Flor. Brit. p Eng. Bot. xii. 835. 
Rost. Monograph. 7. 
J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula "laterali coarctato-capitata. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 205. j 
J. culmo nudo stricto, capitulo laterali. Sp. Pl. 464. Flor. Dan. 
1094. Leers 87. t. xii. f. 1. Huds. 148. Relh. 140. Sibth. 113. 
J. levis vulgaris panicula compactiore. Raz Syn. 432. 
J. levis panicula non sparsa. Bauh. Pin. 12. Moris. s. viii. £. 10. 
F1. 
Angl. RouND-HEADED Rusu. Clustered Rush. Conglomerated 
Rush. Common Rush. Soft Rush. 
In pascuis et ad vias, locis humidioribus. 
Peren. July, August. 
Root horizontal, creeping, fibrous. Stem two feet high, sheathed 
atthe base with large black scales, minutely striated, very acute, 
but not pungent. Panicle lateral, many-flowered, densely con- 
glomerate. Calya-leaflets lanceolate, two-nerved. Stamens three. 
Stigma very much fringed. Capsule obovate, retuse, almost 
three-lobed, about as long as the calyx. 
The dénse panicle distinguishes this species at once from its 
congeners. It is used in common with J. effusus to make the 
wicks of rush-lights, pith in toys, mats, little baskets, chair- 
bottoms, ropes and lines. Mr. White in his Natural History of 
Selborne, (Letter 26.) has given a pleasing account of its uses to 
the thrifty housewives of Hampshire. Rushes are employed by 
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