316 Mr. J. E. BicuENo's Observations 
J. uliginosus. With. 348. | 
Gramen junceum minimum, paniculis foliaceis. Moris. s. viii. 
t. 9. f. à. 
G. junceum aquaticum paniculis cum foliis eapillaribus. Pluk. 
Phyt. t. 32. f. 3. 
Juncoides calyculis paleaceis, glomeratis folio varians. Scheuch. 
Agrost. 330. t. 7. f. 30. 
y. culmo longiore, foliis caulinis subnodoso-articulatis, capitulis 
proliferis. 
J. fluitans, culmo bulboso tenui radicante, foliis setaceis sub- 
nodoso-articulatis, capitulis trifloris subproliferis. Lamarck 
Dict. iii. 270. Flor. Gal. 152. 
J. uliginosus. Flor. Dan. 817. 
Angl. Bursous Rusu. Little bulbous Rush. The least tri- 
angular-seeded Rush. 
Peren. July, August. - 
Habitat in ericetis humidis arenosis, vel turfosis ; y in stagnis. 
Root fibrous. Stem bulbous at the base, erect, leafy, slender, 
branched upwards; branches divaricate. Leaves setaceous, 
smooth, channelled, cellular; cells in a double row, the par- 
titions of one being opposite to the middle of another in the 
corresponding series; in y some are articulate. Flowers three 
. together, lateral and terminal, sessile. Bractes small, scariose, 
shorter than the flowers, excepting in the viviparous variety as it 
is improperly called, in which they are lengthened out like the 
leaves. Cal yx-leaflets all of the same length, scariose at the 
edge, chocolate-coloured ; keel green. Capsule three-sided, 
obtuse, opake, somewhat longer than the calyx. 
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This plant has, till lately, been in a very unsettled state, as 
may be seen by the numerous synonyms quoted by most authors. 
It is not readily distinguishable in some states from other species; 
but 
