338 



HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



\ g htf. 



■Jacq 



dan. 107-C. B. pu 22. 2, th. 185. 2-Park, 1195.3- 



J. B. ii. 521. 1. 

 Flowers from l to 4 : the former most common, the latter 



more rare. Mr. Brown.] 



Trifid Rush. Bogs on the summits of the Highland moun- 

 tains. [On the mountains about Invercauld copiously; on those 

 of Perthshire more sparingly. Mr. Brown, P. June. 



ra tus . 



eonglome- J. Straw stiff and straight : flowers in a lateral head ; egg- 

 shaped^ blunt, 3 stamens in each. 



FL dan. 1094-E* hot. 835-Matth. 1036-Leers 13. 1-,/. B - 

 ii. 520. 2-H. ox. viii. 10. 7~Park. 1191. 3. 



Stamens always 3. Seeds kidney. shaped. 



Round-headed Rush. Moist meadows and heaths. P. July, Aug. 



Used to make wicks for watch lights, and the pith in toys. 



ffu 



J. Straw stiff and straight : panicle lateral, loose : flowers 



egg-shaped, blunt, 3 stamens in each. 



F /. dan. W96-E. hot. 836-Leers. 13. 2-Dod. 605. 2-Lob. 

 43. 2-Ger. em. 35. \~H. ox. viii. 10. 4~Fari. 1191. 2* 

 J. B. ii. 521. \-C. B. th. 182. 



The loose panicle of this plant at once distinguishes it from 

 the preceding, whose flowers form a close compact head. 



Soft Rush. Common Rush. Seaves. Wet meadows and pas- 



■Aug.* 



tures. 



P. June 



Loflex'us. J. Straw stiff, crooked and somewhat membranaceous at 



panicle 



ng 



spreading ; flowers egg 



£. hot. 665-Fl. dan. 1159-Leers 13. 3-Ger. 31. 2-C. B. th. 

 184-i7. ox. viii. 10. 25~#. ox. ib. 13~Dod. 605. 3^Lah. 

 obs. 43. Z-Ger. em. 35. 4~Barr. 204- J. B. ii. 520. U 



Straw scored, glaucous green. Sheath at the base of the straw* 

 of a dark red chesnut colour, spear-shaped but blunt at the end. 

 Panicle bay colour, more upright and more diffuse than in the 

 preceding. J. effusus £ of Haller and Hudson, but certainly very 

 distinct. J. glaucus. Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 



Hard Rush. Pastures and road sides in a moist soil. P. J u v • 



* Rushes are sometimes used to make little baskets. The pith of 

 this and the preceding species is used instead of cotton to make the W c »* 



of candles which are called rush- lights. Horses and goats cat it. 







