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parent leaf, is a sufficient mark. The spadix is closely covered 

 with small, green flowers with six petals, and as many stamens. 

 Meadows. June, July. Perennial. 



150. JUNCUS. 



JUNCUS EFFUSUS. L. Soft RusTi. Bulrush. 



Culm naked, straight ; panicle lateral, loose, thrice 

 compounded ; capsules obtuse. Sm. 



Found every where in moist land, growing commonly in bunch- 

 es. Stems perfectly simple, smooth, round, and leafless, sheathed 

 at the base and filled with spongy pith. Panicle proceeding 

 from a fissure in the side of the stem, much branched, and bear- 

 ing many small green flowers. June, July. Perennial. 



JUNCUS FILIFORMIS. L. Filiform Rush. 



Culm naked, filiform, nodding, panicle lateral, 

 bracted, nearly simple, capsule roundish. 



Resembles the foregoing, but more slender, nodding, and the 

 panicle further below the top. On the borders of alpine ponds 

 on the White mountains. Mr. Greene. 



JUNCUS TRIFIDUS. L. Trifid Rush. 



Culm naked, terminated by three leaves and three 

 flowers. 



A small rush, abundant near the summit of the White moun- 

 tains, having a sessile spikelet of a few flowers supported by 

 long bractes or terminal leaves. July. Perennial. 



JUNCUS TENUIS. Wittd. Slender Rush. 



Culm roundish, undivided ; leaves linear, channel- 

 led ; corymb terminal ; leaves of the calyx acumi- 

 nate, larger than the obtuse, three sided capsule. 

 Willd. 



A small, hardy species, common about foot paths and road 

 sides. Stem roundish, leafy at base. Leaves slender, channel- 

 led on the upper side. Corymb or cyme terminal, unequal, 

 invested with a long leafy involucre. Capsule obtuse, a little 

 shorter than the calyx. June. Perennial. 



