Juhchs.] JUNCE/E. 289 



1. ErioCxVULon. Linn. Pipewort. 



Flowers collected into a compact, scaly head. Barren fl. in 

 the centre. Perianth single, four to six-cleft, the inner seg- 

 ments united to their summit. Stamens four to six. Fertile 

 Jl. in the circumference. Perianth single, deeply 4-parted. 

 Style one. Stigmas two to three, Capsules two to three- 

 lobed, two to three-celled. Cells 1-seeded. — Name ; epiov, 

 wool, and icavXos, the stem ; in allusion to the downy stems 

 of the species first known. Moncecia. Hexandria. 



1. E. septan gulare, With. Jointed Pipewort. Scapes stri- 

 ated, longer than the cellular, compressed, subulate, glabrous 

 leaves ; flowers four-cleft, hairy at the extremities as well as the 

 scales; stamens four ; capsule 2-celled. Br. Fl. 1 . p. 404. E. 

 Fl. v. iv. p. 140. E. Bot. t. 733. 



Lakes in Cunnamara, where it was first observed by Doctor Wade, 

 abundant. Fl. Aug. %. — Roots creeping-, and throwing- out innu- 

 merable, white, curiously articulated fibres, which penetrate deep into 

 the mud. Leaves pellucid, beautifully cellular, as is the scape. Head 

 of numerous, compact, minute flowers; each with an obovate, mem- 

 branous, concave scale, nearly as long as itself. 



Ord. 88. JUNCEiE. Juss. fin part. J Rush Family. 



Flowers perfect or separated. Perianth free, of six divisions, 

 somewhat glumaceous. Stamens six, inserted at the base of 

 the segments of the perianth ; sometimes three, and opposite 

 the exterior segments : anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1 — 3-celled, 

 1- or many-seeded, or 1-celled and 3-seeded : stigmas generally 

 three, sometimes one. Pericarp capsular, 3-valved, with the 

 valves bearing the dissepiments in the middle, sometimes with- 

 out valves, and by imperfection, 1-seeded. Seed with a testa, 

 which is neither black nor crustaceous. Albumen dense and 

 fleshy or cartilaginous. Embryo included. — Herbaceous plants, 

 very generally distributed, with fascicled or fibrous roots. Leaves 

 flat, with parallel veins, or fistular and harsh. Flowers gene- 

 rally brown or greenish ; yellow in Narthecium. 



1. Jcncus. Linn. Rush. 



Perianth inferior, of six leaves, glumaceous. Capsules 3-celled, 

 3-valved, valves with the seed-bearing dissepiments in their 

 middle. (Leaves rigid, mostly rounded, rarely plane, gla- 

 brous.) — Name from juit go, to join, the leaves and stems of 

 this genus having been employed as cordage. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



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