on the Genus Juncus of Linneus. 327 
to obtusiflorus, yet, as compared with acutiflorus, it is sufficiently 
characteristic. His synonyms are quite consistent with this opi- 
nion. This by the old botanists was called the aquaticus, while 
the acutiflorus was called sylvaticus. Linnæus himself makes this 
- distinction in his Systema Nature. We are indebted to the Rev. 
Hugh Davies for making them intelligible to the English bo- 
tanist. 
21. JUNCUS OBTUSIFLORUS. 
Juncus foliis teretibus nodoso-articulatis, paniculâ supradecom- 
posita divaricatá, calycis foliolis ellipticis obtusis capsule lon- 
gitudine. 
J lis cauleque sodotovortiauieds teretibus, panicula divaricatá, 
calyce obtuso longitudine. capsule. Compend. Flor. Brit. 55. 
Eng. Bot. xxx. 2144. 
J. foliis teretibus, panicula terminali supradecomposita divaricato- 
refracta, calycis foliolis elliptieis obtusis, capsula ovato-acumi- 
nata triquetra, culmo bifolio. Davies, Linn. Trans. x. 15. 
J. foliis nodoso-articulatis, floribus-obtusis. Ehrh. Gram. 16. 
J. articulatus B. Flor. Brit. 379. exclus. s ynonym. 
Gramen junceum sylvaticum. Ger. 20. 
Angl. BLUNT-FLOWERED Rusu. Blunt-flowered joined Rush. 
Wood Rushie Grass. | | M dus 
Habitat i in stagnis et aquosis, non vulgaris. : 
Peren. J uly, August. m 
Stem. erect, ‘two or ae feet os M oca nmi arenes; di- 
vided into cclls between the joints, bearing usually two leaves. 
Leaves rigid, jointed, cylindrical, smooth, sur joints cel- 
lular. Panicle terminal, very much branched ; branches re- 
peatedly compound, entangled one with the other; ultimate 
branchlets frequently refracted. Flowers small, lateral and 
- terminal, 
