364 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. juncus. 



Elliott SA-. 1. p. 409. J. sylvatkus Muhl. Gram. p. 

 2P6. nee W ill d. 



Root fibrous, cespitose. Stem a foot and a half high, terete, te- 

 nacious. Leaves few, short, terete, indistinctly articulate. 

 Panicle terminal, subcorymbose, erect, sometimes proliferous. 

 Heads generally 3-flowered, with acuminate bracts at the base. 

 Leaflets of the perianth tapering into a cusp or short awn. 

 Capsule acutely triangular, acuminate. Seeds minute, subu- 

 late at each extremity, yellow. 



Hab. In bogs; very common. New-England, to Carolina. 

 August. 



This is nearly allied to J. sylvaticus of Willdenow, but 

 a very distinct plant from J. sylvaticus of Srn ithy Sec. which 

 is a species of Luzula. It scarcely differs from J. acutijlorusf 

 Eng. Bot. t. 238. 



12. J. polycephalus Mich.: stem leafy, erect ; leaves 

 compressed, nodose-articulate; panicle decompcmd; heads 

 globose, many-flowered; flowers Iriandrous ; leaflets of the 

 perianth subaristate, rather shorter than the triquetrous acute 

 capsule. J. polijcephulm ». crassifolius M ic h. Fl. I. p. 192. 

 Purs/i F/. I. p. 237. Elliott Sk. \.^.^\0. Big, 

 Bost. p. 84. J. echinulus M u h i. Gram, p. 207. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Stem a foot and a half or 2 feet high, 

 tough, a little conipress-^vi beiovv. Leaves compressed, dis- 

 tinctly articulate, thick ; sheaths membranaceous. Panicle 

 compoum! and somewhat verticillaie. H<:ads globose, dense, 

 sessile and pedunculate, 10— 15- flowered. Flowers witli ovate 

 scarious bracts at tiie base. Leaflets of the ptriantk lanceo- 

 late, produced into a cusp or short awn. Stamens 3, (rarely 

 6.) Ca/iSuZe oblong, acutely triangular. 5ec(i« minute, yel- 

 low, oblong, attenuate at each txiremity. 

 Hab. In boggy meadows. x\ugust September. 



Allied to J. nodosus, but diff'ers in its compound panicle, 

 more acute calyx, &:c. 



}^. 3. subvenicillatus Willd.?: cauline leaves subu- 

 late, nodose-articulate; panicle corymbose: heads about 

 5.flowered, fascicniate-verticillate ; leaflets of the perianth 

 striate, as long as the obtuse capsule. B i c //. in Lin. Trans. 

 Xll. p. 322. Wi lid. Spec. II. p. 212. M u h I. Gram. p. 

 209. i.Jiidlans M i c h. Fl. I. p. 191 . (tide M u h I.) J. 

 vtrlicillatus Pur sh Fl. I. p. 237. 



Stem a foot and a half high, erect, compressed, fistulous. Leaves 

 compressed, nodose-articulate. Panicle subverti;:illate ; pe- 

 duncles semiterete. Heads 3 — 5-flowered. Bracts ovate, mu- 

 cronate. Leaflets of the perianth linear, green, subavistate. 

 Capsule triquetrous, acuminate, longer than the calyx. Mu h i. 



