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JUNCACE^. Rush Family. 



JUNCUS, L. Rush. 



2358. J. effusus, L. (Common Rush.) 



Marshy ground. June 2. (B). Growing in large clumps, 3 feet 

 high; panicle many flowered spreading, stamens 3. 



2359. J. filiformis, L. (Slender Rush.) 



River sides. Kettle Island. Hull. Britannia. July 2. (B). 

 Stems very slender ; panicle small, stamens 6. 



2360. J. Balticus, Dethard, var. littoralis, Engelm. 



Sandy shore. Blue-berry Point, Aylmer. July 2. Flowers in a 

 small loose panicle, dark brown, stems and leaves few and scattered, 

 not forming clumps. 



2372. J. tenuis, Willd. 



All low ground. June 2. (B). Growing in small tufts of erect 

 stems about 1 foot high. 



2374. J. buponiuSj L. 



All low ground. July 2. (B). A small much branched slender 

 annual, flowers greenish white. 



2378. J. PELOCARPUS, E. Meyer. 



On the banks of the Ottawa above Britannia. (John Macoun* ) 

 Stems slender, erect, bearing 2 or 3 thread-like leaves and branch- 

 ing above into a compound spreading panicle of small flowers 

 2380. J. alpinus, Villars, var. insignis, Fries. 



Muddy and gravelly places along the Canada Atlantic Ry. .{John 

 Macoun*.) River banks, Skead's Mills. ( Wm Scott.) Stems 

 erect from a creeping rootstock, leaves 1 or 2, slender 



2383, J. nodosus, L. var. a genuinus, Engelm. 



River and Lake margins, common. July 2. (B). Stem erect, 

 slender, bearing 2 or 3 leaves from a creeping tuber-bearing root- 

 stock. Heads few, reddish brown, 8-20 flowered, overtopped by 

 the involucral leaf. 



2384. J. Canadensis, J. Gay, var. a, coarctatus, Engelm. 



Low ground. Sandy lake margins. Kingsmere. Aug. 3. Stem 

 slender, bearing 2-3 leaves Panicle erect somewhat contracted, 

 heads deep rich brown. 



