326 Mr. J . E. BrcueNo's Observations 
J. foliis articulatis compressis, eic semel ramosa. Hall. 
Hist. 1322. | à 
J. foliis articulosis floribus umbellatis. Raii Syn. 433. 
Gramen junceum articulatum palustre humilius utriculis frequen- 
ter donatum. Moris. s. viii. t. 9. f. 2. 3 | 
Gramen junceum aquaticum Bauhini folio articulato et cum utri- 
culis. Park. 1270. 5. 
Angl. SHINING-FRUITED Rusu. Lesser-jointed Rush. Shidiüg- 
fruited jointed Rush. ; 
Habitat in locis uliginosis et paludosis. 
Peren. July, August. 
Root creeping. Stem about a foot high, compressed, many-leaved, 
slightly striated. Leaves compressed, sheathing, distinctly 
jointed, rigid, pointed. Panicle terminal, erect ; branches stiff, 
elongated, nearly simple. Flowers five or six together, sessile. 
| Calya-leaflets shorter than the capsule; the three inner some- 
what longer, and with a more obtuse and membranous edge 
than the outer ones. Capsule larger, oval, triangular, chocolate- 
coloured, varnished, acute, terminated by the persistent style. 
This plant in an advanced state is easily known from J. acuti- 
florus and obtusiflorus by its large, shining, dark capsules. While 
early in flower, the best marks are the more simple panicle and 
the somewhat obtuse calyx. It is subject to become foliaceous in. 
the flower-scales; in which state C. Bauhin has figured it, Prod. 12., 
and Parkinson has copied it, 1270. Gramen aquaticum, Ger. 19. 1 
and Ger. Ein. 13. 1., which are usually referred to this species or 
the following, are. more likely, judging from tlie panicle, to be 
Alisma Plantago, drawn asit appears after having seeded. ‘This I 
have but little doubt is Linnæus’s articulatus; for though his de- 
uon ** petalis obtusis" is not so applicable to this species as 
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