Ea Te re nomena seatnniee sae 
2 Juncus lL. Rushes... 
Perennial herbs (rarely annual), commesi; - 
Ateus simple, columar or flattened, ‘aaa with a pithy inter 
“hollow. Leaves mostly basal and grass-1ike , linear, columar 0 
 ye@ither transversely (i.e. the flat surface to the stem), or la 
ing as though jointed in some species due to variously dew 
walls, sheathing at the base, with searious margins along th 
which ‘may or may not terminate in short erect auricles at the 
departure of the blade from the stem. Inflorescence appear! 
on the stem, the stem being apparently prolenged beyond, or 
tended by a ‘more or less leaflike bract -shi : 
‘tlevers borne singly in Se, or conenated 
eee erect; stamens 6 (rarely 3), 
= ‘branches 3, usually red; capsule commonly oval, subequal with the 
ae often | led; seeds numerous, sm&ll, elliptical, commonly with 
apiculus at one or both ends, these occasionally ope 
i appendage. 
& O Low sia with numerous flowers borne singly along the 
4 stems, cach subtended by two sesrious white bractlets4.Js bufonine 
i O Perennials with well developed rootstocks or tufted; 
W@W flowers in groups of three or more, subtended 
4 by & common bractg<* 
2 Inflorescence appearing as though borne laterally 
“4 (seer the middle of the stem; flowers loosely 
bunchedg>-?* - 
 f Stamens 3 eppesite the outer perianth segments; 
Ften -Lowersg)00 or more — 2. se effusus 
4 Stamens 6, flowers infrequently more than 25. _ 
(= equal toy 6 Anmthers shorter than }the : 
: : “filaments, 
/O flowers green@r<e2=-~ 3 de filiformis 
Anthers twice the length of the filaments; 
10 flowers browngye/"~ 4. de baltious 
b 
Inflorescence mete. or less termina 
es a subtend Dy a De ke bract which 
may exceed rete 
4 Flowers commonly 2 or 3 (rarely 1) in a single 
lax cluster on each stemyy {Fee also Js tenuis) 
ps n < Pern i J a PR IeY, oi Ree te ka hae hee i 
Te ee en, eee ee: ee eg os dsj Reedy Fe ea a Spee nah - eee eth! ey eee A AQ cee 
iP Leaf-blades terete, 2-5 cm. long or more; 
W /O capsule very acute at the apex | i de Parryi 
Leaf-blades reduced to a bristle 1-3 m. i 
/p long; capsule truncate at the apex & Je Drummondii j 
