JUNCACEZ 159 
Mey.), conglomeratus, L., glaucus, Ehrh., obtusiflorus, L., 
compressus, Jacq., and lamprocarpus, Ehrh. 
The following are not British, or are more or less 
alpine :— 
A. Stem leafless :—/. filzformzs, L. ; flowers brownish- 
green, cyme in nearly the middle of the stem; wet places, 
high, frequent. /. arctzcus, Willd. ; flowers dark brown, 
cyme in the upper part of the stem; moist, local; Upper 
Engadine, Saas, Zermatt, Tirol, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. //. 
triglumis, L.; cyme terminal, flowers few (2-4), sur- 
rounded by brown bracts, stem slender, 3-5 in.; moist 
alpine pastures, frequent. /. sguarrosus, L.; flowers 
numerous, in branched terminal cymes, stem 8-12 in., 
rigid ; Ormonds, St. Gothard, Jura, Lombardy, Pyrenees. 
j/. capitatus, Weig.; annual, sepals and petals acuminate, 
longer than the fruit; rare; Valais, Jura, Pyrenees. 
£. Stem more or less leafy :—/. trifidus, L.; leaves 
with a slit and ciliate ligule at the mouth of the sheath, 
radical leaves very short; high, frequent. /. Hoszzz, 
Tausch.; resembling the last, but radical leaves much 
longer, stem-leaf often only one; high, frequent. /. 
alpinus, Vill. ; leaves hollow, septated, branches of cyme 
erect, perianth-leaves all blunt ; moist meadows, common. 
J. Wulfenz, Saut.; resembling the last, but perianth- 
leaves acuminate, the inner ones longer, curved down- 
wards; Salzburg, rare. /. affinzs, Gaud.; similar, but 
stem more leafy, perianth-leaves nearly equal, outer ones 
acute, inner blunt; Tirol, Salzburg, rare. /. Jacquznt, 
L.; cyme single, 4-10 flowered, stem with a single linear- 
subulate septated leaf; dry, frequent.. /. stygzus, L.; 
stem slender, cymes I-3, leaves flat, flowers pale-green ; 
peat-mosses, very rare; Einsiedeln, Zug, Tirol, Carinthia. 
