292 JUNCE/E. [Juncus. 



leaves bristle-shaped; panicle nearly simple, irregular; clusters 

 few or many-flowered ; leaflets of the perianth equal, oblong, 

 subacute, nearly as long as the elliptical capsule. Br. Ft. J. 

 p. 162. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 169. E. Bot. t. 801.—./. subverticil- 

 latus, Wulf. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 170. 



Bo.«gy and swampy places, and often partly floating in small pools. 

 Fl. Aug. %. — A very variable plant, depending much for its appear- 

 ance on soil and situation. When growing in water, often viviparous. 



* * % * Stems leafy, heaves plane or grooved above, not dis- 

 tinctly jointed. 



10. J. comprcssus, Jacq. Round-fruited Rush. Stem erect, 

 compressed; leaves linear, setaceous, grooved; panicle ter- 

 minal, compound, subcymose, generally shorter than the 

 bracteas; capsules roundish, ovate, longer than the obtuse, in- 

 curved leaflets of the perianth. Br. Fl. 1. p. 163. E. Fl. v. ii, 

 p. 165. — J. bulbosus, E. Bot. t. 934. 



/3. panicle nearly simple, few-flowered, longer than the brac- 

 teae. Br. Fl. 1. p. 163. — J. cainosus, Bich. in Linn. Trans. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 166. Bich. in E. Bot. Svppl. t. 2680. 



Wet marshy places. (3. in salt marshes, frequent. Fl. Aug. %. — • 

 I concur with Doctor Hooker in uniting J. ccenosus of Bicheno with 

 J. compressus. 



11. J. bufonius, Linn. Toad Rush. Stem dichotomous 

 above, panicled ; leaves filiform, setaceous, grooved ; flowers 

 solitary, unilateral, mostly sessile ; capsules elliptical, ovate, 

 much shorter than the acuminated leaflets of the perianth. Br. 

 Fl. I. p. 164. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 168. E. Bot. t. 802. 



Frequent in moist, or watery places, especially such as have been 

 over-flowed with water in winter. FL Aug. 0. — From four to six 

 inches high. Leaves few, slender, only one on the stem, generally 

 near the middle. Whole plant very pale-coloured. Flowers green, 

 with white membranous margins to the leaflets of the perianth. 



* * * * * Leaves all radical. Floivers terminal. 



12. J. sqiiarrosus, Linn. Heath Rush. Leaves setaceous, 

 (rigid,) grooved ; panicle terminal, elongated, compound ; cap- 

 sules elliptical, ovate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 164. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 164. 

 E. Bot. t. 933. 



Moory and heathy ground, abundant. Fl. June, July. %. — Whole 

 plant exceedingly rigid, six inches to a foot high. Leaves subsecund, 

 about half as long as the scape. Bracteas lanceolate, membrana- 

 ceous. Leaflets of the perianth ovato-lanceolate, glossy-brown, with a 

 pale line down the middle, scariose at the edges. 



