HEXANDlilA— -MONOGYNIA. Juncus. U5 



G. jimceum articulatum palustre, erectum et elatius. Moris, v. 3 



227.secLH.f.9.f.\. 

 G. junceum sylvaticum. Ger. Em. 22. f. 



In wet woods, and watery places, common. 



Perennial. June, July. . 



Root somewhat creeping. Stems erect, straight, with from 4 to G 

 joints, 2 or 3 feet high, slender, a little compressed, smooth, hol- 

 low, leafy ; scaly at the base. Leaves 3 or 4 on each stem, alter- 

 nate, distant, upright, cylindrical, somewhat compressed, taper- 

 pointed, hollow, divided internally by numerous, transverse par- 

 titions, which give a jointed appearance, especially to the dried 

 leaves. Panicle terminal, erect, of 2 or 3 principal branches, 

 which are once or twice forked, and partly racemose, with nu- 

 merous, sessile, lateral or terminal, round, rusty-coloured heads 

 of J/oirers. Bracteas solitary, leafy, under the panicle, or its 

 main branches ; the interior ones smaller, membranous, taper- 

 pointed ; innermost, under each head, crowded, ovate, short and 

 hlmy. Calyx-leaves lanceolate, all bristle^pointed, and uniform, 

 of a rusty brown. Caps, lanceolate, taper-pointed, acutely tri- 

 angular, with concave sides, of the colour of the calyx, and but 

 little longer, not very conspicuous. Seeds minute, elliptic-ob- 

 long, not t+inicated. 



Gerarde's figure seems to me a better representation of this than 

 of the obtusiflorus. Our acutiflorus is probably to be met with 

 in Switzerland, but I find no traces of it in Haller^ nor in any 

 collection from that country. 



21. J. lampocarpus. Shining-fruited Jointed Rush. 



Leaves apparently jointed, compressed. Panicle erect, 

 compound, forked. Inner calyx-leaves bordered. Cap- 

 sule ovate, coloured, hi^dily polished, lon^rer than the 

 calyx. 



J. lampocarpus. Ehrh. Calam. 12C. Davies Tr.of L. Soc.v. 10. 13. 



Conip. r>."). Engl. Hot. v. 30. t. 2143. Dicheno Tr. of L. Soc v \2 



32r>. Hook. Scot. 10.9. 

 J. articulatus. Linn. Sp. PI. 4G."i, a, (5. n'illd. r. 2. 211 , a. Fl. 



Br. 370, a. Uuds. 149, a. ff'ilh.SA?, var. 1. Leers HS 'a t 13* 



f.G. , . . ^. 



J. comi)ressus. Relli. cd. 1. 142. .S'/6///. 114. Abbot 7<) 



J. II. 1322. JIall.Uist. V.2. 171. 



.1. rainulosus. Gcsn. Fa.sr. 10. /. 4. /', 12. 



J. foliis articulosis, floribus umbellatis. Tonrn. Inst. 247 Rail 



syn. i:y,i. 



J. foliaceus, capsulis triangulis. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. .021. /'. 

 Arundo minima. Dalnli. Hist. 1001. f. 



(iramen junceum, folio articulalo, aciuaticum. Bauli. Pin. .'». Prodr. 

 12./,/. The(itr.7G. f. <nid 77. f. Srhntvhz. /Igr. 3:U ,333. 



