506 . Mr. J. E. BicuaNo's Observations 
the production of leaves; a circumstance which is seen more 
completely developed in J. trifidus. The English name, by which 
it is generally known, is objectionable on account of its having 
been applied by the old botanists to Scirpus setaceus; but it is 
better to retain the commonly-received name, if it is at all tole- 
rable, than to introduce a new one. 
** Folia canaliculata. 
7. JUNCUS SQUARROSUS. 
Juncus culmo nudo, foliis setaceis canaliculatis, paniculé termi- 
nali elongatá, capsulis obovatis. 
J. culmo nudo, panicula terminali elongata, capsulis obtusis, fo- 
liis setaceis canaliculatis. Rost. Monograph. 17. 
J. culmo nudo, foliis setaceis, paniculà terminali composità glo- 
meratá. Flor. Brit. 318. Eng. Bot. xiii. 933. 
= J. culmo nudo, foliis setaceis, capitulis glomeratis aphyllis. 
Sp. Pl. 465. Flor. Dan. t. 30. Huds. 149. Relh. 142. Sibth. 
114. à 
J. montanus palustris. Ra Syn. 432. 
Gramen junceum palustre humilius, folia et spica Junci. Moris. 
s: viii. f. 9. f. 13. 
J. acutus Cambro-britanicus. Park. 1198. 2. 
Angl. Moss Rusu. Heath Rush. Welsh Rush. Ragged Rush. 
Goose Corn. 
In montosis et ericetis sterilibus, praecipue solo spongioso, copiose. 
Peren. June, July. 
Root fibrous. Stem a foot or more high, straight, rigid, striated, 
leafless. Leaves in tufts, setaceous, channelled, rigid, pointed, 
smooth, dilated and sheathing at the base, not half so long as 
the 
