160 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



erect summit. Bractea spinous. Capsule oblong, the 

 length of the calyx. 



J. maritimus. FL Br. 375. E?igL Bot. v. 24. 1. 1725. Bicheno Tr. 



of L. Soc. V. ] 2. 299. Galp. Comp. 28. Lam. Diet. v. 3. 2G4. 

 J. acutus /3. Linn. Sp. PL 464, JVilUl. v. 2. 205. Huds. 148. 



mth.346. Hull 75. 

 J. acutus maritimus anglicus. Rail Hist. 17.2.1303. Syn.43\. 



Moris. V. 3. 232. sect. 8. t. 10./. 14. Sclieuchz. Agr. 340. 



In marshes near the sea^ along with the preceding, but much 

 more plentiful. 



In the salt marshes of Essex and Wales, Bay. Lancashire. 

 Rev. TV. fVood. Near St. Andrews, Scotland. Mr.J.Mackay. 

 About Burnham and Holkham, Norfolk. 



Perennial. August. 



Smaller and more slender than J. acutus, with more of a glaucous 

 hue. Panicle and bractea, as well as the summit of the stem, more 

 erect ; the bractea much shorter in proportion, and the main 

 branches of the panicle more unequal. Calyx-leaves acute, with 

 a membranous wavy border, often jagged towards the point. 

 Caps, much smaller than the last, of an oblong prismatic figure, 

 not at all ovate, or rounded, and not projecting beyond the calyx, 



Willdenovv appears to have led Mr, Bicheno into an error respect- 

 ing Lamarck's synonym. 



3. 5. glaucus. Hard Rush, 



Stem naked, straight, glaucous. Panicle upright, far below 

 the summit. Capsule elliptical, pointed, rather shorter 

 than the calyx. 



J.glaucus. Sibth.WS. Fl. Br.375. Engl. Bot.v. ]0. t.GGii. Wilkl. 



V. 2. 206. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 12. 300. Hook. Scot. 105. 



Ehrh.Calam. 85. Fl. Dan. i. W 59. Waltlenb. Lapp.79. 

 J. n. 1311a. Hall. Hist, v.2.1 67. 

 J, effusus^. Huds. 149. 

 J. inflexus. Relh. 141. fVith.345. Hull75. Abbot 78. Leers87. 



t.\3.f.3. 

 J. acutus. Rail Syn. 432. Ger. Em. 35. f. Dod. Pempt.C){)5.f. 

 J. acutus vulgaris. Moris.v.3.232.sect.8. t.\0.f\3. Lob. Ic.S5.f. 

 J. foliaceus. Bank. Hist. v. 2. 521 ./. 



In wet pastures, or moist waste ground by road sides, on a poor 

 soil, not uncommon. 



Perennial. July. 



Root moderately creeping, black, with stout fibres. Stems rigid 

 and very tough, glaucous, striated, 18 inches or 2 feet high, 

 rather more slender tlian the last ; tapering, and acute, scarcely 

 pungent, at the summit ; sheathed at the base, with large, brown, 

 polished, partly pointed, close scales. Panicle generally about 

 half way between the root and the summit, without any external 



