on the Genus Juncus of Linneus. 308 
the cleanly peasantry to strew their floors; and Shakespeare, 
whose observation was alive to the most insignificant incidents, has 
many allusions to this custom. 
5. JUNCUS EFFUSUS. 
Juxcvs aphyllus, paniculá laterali effusâ supradecomposita, cap- 
sulis turbinatis apice subtruncatis. 
J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula laterali supradecomposita effusa, 
capsulis clavatis apice truncatis. Rost. Monograph. 10. 
J. culmo nudo stricto, paniculá laterali effus4, floribus oblongis. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 205. 
J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula laterali effusá supradecompositá, 
capsulis obtusis. Flor. Brit. 376. Eng. Bot. xii. 836. 
J. culmo nudo stricto, paniculà laterali. Sp. Pl. 464. Flor. Dan. 
1096. Leers 88. t. xiii. f. 2. Huds. 148. Relh. 141. Sibth.113. 
J. levis vulgaris, paniculà sparsà, nostras. Rai Syn. 432. 
J. levis vulgaris, paniculà sparsâ, major. Park. 1191. 2. Moris. 
s. viii. 4. 10. f. à. 
J. levis. Ger. Em. 35. 
Angl. Sort Rusu. Common Soft Rush. Common Rush, Seaves. 
In pascuis humidis, copiose. 
Peren. July, August. 
Root creeping, black. Stem two feet or more high, pale-green, 
soft, pliable, very finely striated. Panicle effuse, divaricate, 
very much branched, with numerous flowers. Calyz-leaflets 
- subulato-lanceolate, acuminate, two-nerved. Flowers frequently 
triandrous. Capsule small, obovate, slightly retuse, nearly 
truncate, pale brown, with no persistent style. 
This. 
