HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 165 



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

 with a very few large powers on each. Bracteas membranous, 

 sheathing 3 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 roundish-obovate, longer than 

 the obtuse calyx. 



J. compressus. Jac^. Enwm. 60. 235. Bicheno Tr.of L. Soc. v. 12. 

 307. 



J. bulbosus. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 466. ITilld. v. 2. 213. Fl. Br. 381 . 

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

 t.\3.f.7. 



J. bottnicus. Wahlenh. Lapp. 82. t. 5} 



J. n. 1318. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 1G9. According to Swiss specimens. 



J. parvus, cum pericarpiis rotundis. Raii Syn. 433. Baiih. Hist. 

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



J. repens ocK^oy-ocpitog (not a[j.(piKa.f^'rrQS 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. t. 1^1 .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, angidar, or 

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

 cipal one erect, rising more or less above the panicle. 77. nu- 

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

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

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

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

 brown. 



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

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

 originally arose from a misap[)lication of synonyms, now cor- 



