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XV. — JUNOE^. 



Juncus tenuis, Willd. Eush. 

 Common in moist places. 



J. maritimuSj Lane. Large marsh rush. 



IS'ati ve ; common in the wetter portions of the marshes. 



XVI. — COMMELYNE^. 



Tradescantia discolor, Herit. Spider-root. Oyster-plant. 

 Common in gardens. 



Tinantia Sprucei, C. B. Clarke. 



This plant appeared as a seedling in some partly West India soil at 

 Mount hiington=TradssGantia erecta, Jacq. 



Commelyna agraria, Kth. Day-flower. (C. Cayennensis, Hich.) 



Native; and very general in wet places, to which its bright blue 

 flower is an ornament; sometimes called "Chicken-grass." 



Cyanofis discolor', L'Herit. 

 Common in gardens and window-boxes. 



XVII. — Cyperaoe^. 



Cy perns rotundtis, Linn. Nut-grass. 

 Native; according to Moseley there are 10 or 12 species. 



C.flexuosus, Vahl. 

 Nativeii. 



C alter nifolius, Linn. Variegated cypems. 



Introduced ; common in gardens. The name comes from Oypris, a 

 title of Venus. 



Kyllingia monocephala, Linn. Sedge. 

 In Pembroke marsh. 



Scirpus ralidus, Vahl., {S. lacustris id). Club-rush. 

 Common in Pembroke marsh. 



S. plantagineus, Roxb., Sw. 



In Pembroke marsh, {Eleocharis, E. Br.) 

 S. tnelanocarpus, Gr. 



Cladium occidentale, Schrald. Prickly sedge. 

 In Pembroke marsh. 



