492 JUNCACEZ. (RUSH FAMILY.) . 
$ 1. TorrELDIA proper. Racemes simple, the flowers successively opening from | 
the base upward (centripetal): anthers introrse: seeds without appendages. — 
Smooth herbs. 
1. T. glabra, Nutt. Stem leafy at the base, and sparingly above; leaves 
linear; racemes densely flowered; stamens slightly exserted ; styles very short. 
(T. glaberrima, Macbride.) — Low pine barrens, in the middle and lower dis- 
tricts of North and South Carolina. Oct. — Stem 19-29 high. Raceme 2'-4' 
Jong. Flowers white. 
§ 2. TnrawTHa. Racemes compound; the flowers successively opening from the 
apex downward (centrifugal): anthers innate: seeds with tail-like aj es 
at each end. — Pubescent herbs. 
2. T. pubens, Ait. Stem and pedicels rough-puberulent; leaves long, 
linear; racemes (3! — 6/ long) loosely flowered ; pedicels mostly three in a elus- 
ter, longer than the greenish-white flowers ; capsule as long as the perianth.— 
Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. Sept.— Stem al 
—14? high. Leaves 6/- 12! long. 
3. T. glutinosa, Willd. Stem and pedicels clammy-pubescent; leaves 
short, linear-sword-shaped ; racemes (1! long) dense-flowered ; pedicels 3 - 5 in à 
cluster, shorter than the yellowish flowers; capsule longer than the perianth. — 
Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. June.— Stem 19-13? high. 
Leaves 4! — 6! long. 
ORDER 153. JUNCACE. (Rusu Family.) 
Tough grass-like herbs, with naked or leafy and jointed stems, flat or 
terete leaves, and regular cymose-clustered or panicled flowers. — Pert- 
anth of six nearly equal calyx-like persistent divisions. Stamens 3 or 6 
inserted on the base of the sepals: anthers 2-celled, introrse, fixed at 
the base. Ovary free from the perianth, 1— 3-celled, 3- many-ovuled. 
Style single: stigmas commonly 3, hairy. Capsule septicidally s-valved. 
Seeds anatropous. Embryo minute at the base of the albumen. 
r Synopsis. 
1. LUZULA. Capsule 1-celled, 8-seeded. Leaves mostly hairy. Smooth 
2. JUNCUS. Capsule many-seeded ; the placentze separating with the partitions- ; 
.. herbs, with alternate leaves. tral col- 
8. CEPHALOXYS. Capsule many-seeded , the placentze united into a 3-winged pu 
