164 HEXANDRIA-— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



1 83. t. 9./. 1 . Hook. Scot. 1 07. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 1.6. Fl. 



Dan. t 107. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 521./ 522. 

 J. monanthus. Jacq. Enum. 61.236. t.4.f. 1. 

 J. n. 1315. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 168. 

 J. acumine reflexo, trifidus. Bauh. Prodr. 22. f. Theatr. 185. f, 



Moris. V. 3.233. 

 J. idseus, vel petrseus. Gesn. Fasc. 14. t. A.f. 16. 

 Juncoides alpinum trifidum. Scheuchz. Agr.32b. 



In alpine bogs in Scotland. 



Perennial. July. 



Root creeping, black, with numerous fibres. Stems crowded, erect, 

 slender, thread-shaped, striated, about a span high, naked, ex- 

 cept at top and bottom. Radical leaves 1 or 2, with a tight 

 sheathing base, very narrow, channelled, acute, nearly upright, 

 much shorter than the stem, frequently wanting ; their sheaths 

 enveloped with several imbricated, membranous scales, of a light 

 shining brown. Bracteas 3, rarely but 2, at the top of the stem, 

 resembling the radical leaves, though generally longer, nearly 

 erect ; dilated, membranous, frequently abrupt, or auricled, at 

 their base. Fl. terminal, 1, 2, or 3, sessile or stalked, erect, 

 with 2 interior, membranous, brown bracteas. Calyx-leaves dark 

 brown, acute, ribbed. Filam. very short. Anth. linear, oblong. 

 Caps, elliptical, pointed, rather longer than the calyx. Seeds 

 large^ not very numerous. 



9. J squarrosus. Moss Rush. Goose Corn. 



Stem naked. Leaves numerous, radical, channelled. Pa- 

 nicle terminal, compound, with cymose branches. 



J. squarrosus. Linn. Sp. PI. 465. Willd. v. 2. 209. FL Br. 378. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 13. t. 933. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 12. 306. Hook. 

 Scot. 105. Fl. Dan. t. 430. Ehrh. Calam. 39. 



J. Sprengeli. Willd. Prodr. 125. t. A.f. 8. Roth Germ. v. 2. 407. 



J. n. 1317. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 169. 



J. montanus palustris. Raii Syn. 432. 



Junco affinis, panicula laxa, seu longioribus pediculis, insidente. 

 Scheuchz. Agr. 350. 



Gramen junceum maritimum. Ger. Em. 21. f Lob. Ic. 18. f. 



G. junceum, foliis et spica junci. Bauh. Pin. 5. Theatr. 75. f 

 Moris, i;. 3. 228. sect. 8.t.9.f\3. 



G. junceum, semine acuminate. Loes. Pruss. 115. ^.29. 



In boggy spots, on the most barren sandy heaths, plentifully. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root tufted, rather woody, with many long, stout fibres. Stems 

 solitary, erect, about a foot high, simple, naked, smooth, bluntly 

 triangular, a little glaucous. Leaves numerous, all radical, 

 somewhat spreading, 3 or 4 inches long, rigid, linear, narrow, 

 acute, channelled, smooth j dilated and sheathing at the base. 



