Juncaceae. Rush Family. 
Usually perennial herbs, grasslike, tufted. Inflorescence ph 
clusters, (or seemingly lateral) either open apa ee ad canes peep 
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O Flowers solitary (less often 2 or $) a at the ‘aha of 
4 branchaets, arranged in loose panicles, 
2 Perianth 2.5-3.5 mn. long; capsule acutish J. de glabrata 
2 Perianth 1.5-2.5 mm. long; capsule obtuse 
4 Flowers dark brown 2. Lue Piperi 
4 Flowers straw-colored or greenish 
6 Branchlets of the inflorescence widely 
/o spreading nearly at right angles iS div: 
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idely spreading nearly at right 
JO\ angles; the panicle drooping as a 
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oO Flowers congested into spikes, these solitary or 
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c , 2, Spikes 2~4 or more in an unequal umbel C, Le campestris 
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