162 HEXANDRIA-MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



time of Edward 4th, and later ; till more refined manners wrought 

 them into mats, and foreign commerce at length introduced 

 carpets. For the former purpose indeed, as well as for chair- 

 botloms and hassocks, Scirpus lacustris, v. 1. p. 56, has super- 

 seded their use. 



6. J. effusus. Soft Rush. 



Stem naked, straight. Panicle loose, repeatedly compound, 

 very far below the summit. Capsule obtuse. 



J. effusus. Linn. Sp. PL 464. Willd. v. 2.205. Fl. Br. 376. Rel 

 Rudb. 24./. Engl. Bot. v. 12. t. 836. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. 

 v.\2. 303. Hook. Scot. 105. Ehrh. Calam. 75. Leers 87. t. 13. 

 /. 2. ''F/. DaH. ^. 1096." 



J. n. 131 1 /3. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 167. 



J. Isevis vulgaris, panicula sparsa nostras. Baii Syn. 432. 



J. Iffivis, panicula sparsa, major. Bauh. Pin. 12. Theatr. 182./. 

 Scheuchz.Agr. 341. Moris, v. 3.231. sect.8. MO./. 4. 



J. Iffivis. Ger. Em. 3b. f. Dod. Pempt. 605./. 



/3. J. Isevis alter. Moris, r. 3. 231. n. 5. 



In wet pastures, and boggy places by road-sides, common. 



Perennial. July. 



Root somewhat creeping. Stems like the last, but rather paler, 

 very soft and pliable. Panicle loose and spreading, very much 

 branched, with a great multitude of small gveenjiowers. Calyx- 

 leaves finely pointed ; the 3 outermost with a broad obtuse keel j 

 innermost with 2 distant ribs. Stam. usually 6 j rarely 3 only. 

 Caps, small, obtuse, but rather less abrupt than in J, conglome- 

 ratiis. This species is as useful as the last, for various econo- 

 mical purposes, being even more soft and flexible, with a greater 

 quantity of pith. 



/3, preserved in Bobart's herbarium at Oxford, is a slight variety, 

 with a less diffuse panicle. 



6. J. filiformis. Least Rush. 



Stem naked, thread-shaped, drooping. Panicle nearly 

 simple, corymbose, of few flowers, very far below^ the 

 summit. Bractea taper-pointed. Capsule almost glo- 

 bular. 



J. filiformis. Linn.Sp. PIA65. Willd.v.2.207. Fl.Br.377. Engl. 

 Bot. v.\7.t.\]75. Spicil. 2. t. 3. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 1 2. 

 304. Dicks. Dr. PI. 32. H. Sicc.fasc. 14. 1 6. Hook. Scot. 105. 

 Ehrh. Calam. 95. Leers 87. t. 13./ 4. Fl. Dan. 1. 1207. 



J. n. 1313. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 168. 



J. parvus, calamo supra paniculam compactam longius producto. 

 Raii Syn. 432. Pluk. Almag. 200. Phyt. t. 40./ 8. 



J. laevis, panicula sparsa, minor. Bauh. Pin. 12. Theatr. 183. 

 Scheuchz. Agr. 347. t.7.f.\\. Moris, v. 3. 231. 



