304 ; Mr. J. E. BrcowEeno’s Observations 
This plant is better adapted than the last for use in all the little 
arts of weaving and platting :— 
‘¢ Viminibus mollique detexere junco.” 
It is cultivated in Japan for the purpose of making mats of an 
extremely delicate texture, which are used in the place of car- 
pets. Both this and conglomeratus indicate a better soil where 
they grow than glaucus. From the latter it is easily separated by 
the absence of the glaucous hue about the stems, and the obtuse 
capsule: and its effuse and decompound panicle at once distin- 
guishes it from J. conglomeratus. There are intermediate appear- 
ances when young, between effusus and conglomeratus, which are 
most easily disposed of by observing the distance the panicle 
breaks forth from the summit; the former having frequently one- 
third of the stem above the panicle, while the latter has not more 
than three or four inches. When further advanced, the shape of 
the capsule is a sure criterion. The J. levis alter of Moris. s. viii. 
231. 5. is probably nothing more than this ** brevior et crassior." 
6. JUNCUS FILIFORMIS. 
Juncus aphyllus, culmo filiformi nutante, paniculá laterali sub- 
simplici pauciflorâ, capsulis subrotundis. 
J. culmo nudo filiformi nutante, umbella laterali subsimplici pau- 
ciflora, pedunculis subbifloris, capsulis obtusis. Rost. Mono- 
graph. 12. 
J. culmo nudo filiformi nutante, paniculà laterali bracteatä sub- 
` simplici, capsulis subrotundis. Flor. Brit. 377. Eng. Bot. xvii. 
1175. | 
J. culmo filiformi nudo, paniculd brevissimà pauciflorà laterali. 
| Lamarck Encycl. iii. 254. 
n J. culmo 
