HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 165 



Panicle of 3 or 4 alternate, cymose, bracteated, upright branches, 

 with a very few large ^o«;ers on each. Bracteas membranous, 

 sheathing ; the lowermost with a short leafy point. Calyx-leaves 

 lanceolate, of a shining brown ; membranous at the edges ; the 

 keel ribbed. Anth. long, linear. Caps, the length of the calyx, 

 polished, obovate, with a small point. 

 Gerarde's and Lobel's figures are indubitable, though faulty in the 

 top of the panicle. 



10. J. compressus. Round-fruited Rush. 



Stem simple, compressed ; leafy below. Leaves linear, in- 

 curved at the edges. Panicle cymose, terminal, shorter 

 than the bractea. Capsule roimdish-obovate, longer than 

 the obtuse calyx. 



J. compressus. Jacq. Emim.60. 235. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. r. 12. 

 307. 



J.bulbosus. Linn. Sp.lH.ed. 2. 466. WiUd. v. 2.2 V6. Fl.Br.38]. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 13. ^934. Huds. 150. Hook. Scot. 107. Leers 89. 



t.is.f.r. 



J. bottnicus. Wahlenh. Lapp. 82. f. 5 ? 



J. n. 1318. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 169. According to Swiss specimens. 



J. parvus, cum pericarpiis rotundis. Rati Syn. 433. Bauh. Hist. 



V. 2. 522./. The description rather belongs to J. squarrosus. 

 J. repens ax.^onoi.pitoi (not aiJi.(pixapnos as in Haller), minor bo- 



troides. Barrel. Ic. t. 1 14./. 1. 

 Juncoides angustifolium glabrum, panicula sparsa. Scheuchz.Agr. 



320. 

 Gramen junceum, sorghi capitulis. Barrel. Ic. i. 7A7.f. 1. 



In moist pastures. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root horizontal, creeping, with numerous fibres ; not at all bul- 

 bous. Stems erect, from 6 to 12 inches high, simple, smooth ; 

 round and leafy in the lower part ; naked and compressed above. 

 Leaves linear, acute, slightly spreading, channelled, with slightly 

 incurved edges ; dilated, sheathing and membranous at the base. 

 Panicle compound, with many corymbose, slender, angular, or 

 striated, smooth branches. Bracteas leafy, channelled ; the prin- 

 cipal one erect, rising more or less above the panicle. Fl. nu- 

 merous, small, pale green. Calyx- leaves concave, obtuse, with 

 a slight keel, and 2 brown lateral ribs ; the inner ones broadest, 

 and rather the shortest. Caps, roundish-obovate, scarcely glo- 

 bose, slightly pointed, longer than the calyx, of a light shining 

 brown. 



I most heartily concur with Mr. Bicheno in freeing our nomencla- 

 ture from the absurd name of hulbosus for this species, which 

 originally arose from a misapplication of synonyms, now cor- 



