IT:? HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNlA. Juncus, 



we fominately pel nd of ths: n.crie. J. r::i:<zbiiis, dzvc;. h: v. 3. 

 •i9. t. '296. r\ -2. but no: o:" L&niarvk. is ven- like our ccp::orus : 

 bat is drswn, and cistinc:lv de>cr:bed, with 6 siatmya . and Ca« 

 vanilles nay safely be tmsted in wbuu he pa^fesses to have seen. 

 The cuic r moreover is not at ali suitable to our plant. J. Bauhin"s 

 J. nxiu.'i^' r-ii'iji-iuj. n:ay be referred to either, but to no other 

 known species. Mr. Don's impLims, in my copy of his work, is 

 eridently the common ■l^^taosiB, in a mberably starred condi- 

 tioD ; yet this brings him unconscJoushr, see Fl. Dch. 1. 1099, 

 nearer the tnitfa tian any body. 

 Dr. Solander^ in his manuscriptSj gaxe tbe apt name of steUatus to 

 Portuguese spedmess of thb Jm»cus, gathered by Dr. Gray ; 

 bat nodiing can be better than capitatMs, now^ I trusty esta- 

 Uished beyond all uncertainty. 



17. J. bi^f^mis. Two-flowered Rush. 



Stem erect, unbranched : leaiy at the base. Leaves flat. 

 Head solitan,-, of two unilateral flowers, surmoiuited by 

 a lealy bractea. 



J. iMghunis. Umm, Sp. PI. 467. Fl. Lapp. ed.2. SS. MGntim im Am. 

 Aead.t.2.266.t.Z.t\Z. irdld.t.2.2l6. n.Br.3S2. Engl. 

 BoL r. 13. t. S9S. Dom H. Brit. S. Bkheno Tr. of L. Soc. r. \2. 

 320. Ughtf.WWi. Hook. Scot. 106. Fl. Dam' 1. 120. 



.\bout moantain nQs, in die Highlands of Scotland, rare. 



On Ben Lunood, and in Breadalbane. Rev. Dr. Stuart. On Ben 

 Laweis in Kcadalbane, and other Highland mountaias. Mr. 

 MocJkmf. Sddom found but on Ben Lawers. Mr. G. Dom, 



PexeniuaL Amgust. 



Root flmms. Stems solitaiy, leafless, quite simple, from 2 to 4 

 indKs b^b, roand, or somewhat qnadiangalar and striated, at 

 lost idKB dij. Leaxer sereral, all radical, erect, awl-shaped, 

 flattened, s^bthr daainelled, about half tbe height of the stem ; 

 *^**^**'"*g, bat not macfa £lated, at the base. No partitions, or 

 joiDts, aie petc e pti Me extemallT. Fl. 2, tominal, one above an- 

 otter, and tnnied to one side,* by which this species b always 

 dKlJngBJdMMe from the 2-floweTed rariety of the foOowing, as 

 Dr. Stnxrt pointed oat to me long ago, tboogb many botsuusts 

 hacwe canfaanded them. Braeteas 2, broad and membranoas ; 

 tbe uppeimus t with a leafr upright point, rising much above tbe 

 fl ow ci^ ; dK under short, deflexed and pointless. Calfx-learts 

 equal, cfliptk-obloDg, keded, membranoas at the edges. FUam. 

 6, OfAarr, longer ^an dte cahrx. AiUk. short, twisted. Caps. 

 loiter Ami die cahrx, abrupt ; valves light brown, with black 

 edges. Seeds oral, brown, peQocid, with a lateral, membnmoas, 

 wbitisfa, poiated tmihr, loigthened oat at each end. 



The irmclem does not " force the /t«U to one side," for tfae,/ocerf 

 are alwavs unilatexaL 



