JUNCACE^ 159 



Mey.), conglomeratuSy L., glaucus, Ehrh., obtusiflorus , L., 

 compressus, Jacq., and lainprocarpus, Ehrh. 



The following are not British, or are more or less 

 alpine : — 



A. Stem leafless : — J. filiformis, L. ; flowers brownish- 

 green, cyme in nearly the middle of the stem ; wet places, 

 high, frequent. J. arctzcus, Willd. ; flowers dark brown, 

 cyme in the upper part of the stem ; moist, local ; Upper 

 Engadine, Saas, Zermatt, Tirol, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. J. 

 triglumis, L. ; cyme terminal, flowers few (2-4), sur- 

 rounded by brown bracts, stem slender, 3-5 in. ; moist 

 alpine pastures, frequent. /. squarrosus, L. ; flowers 

 numerous, in branched terminal cymes, stem 8-12 in., 

 rigid ; Ormonds, St. Gothard, Jura, Lombardy, Pyrenees. 

 J. capitahLSy Weig. ; annual, sepals and petals acuminate, 

 longer than the fruit ; rare ; Valais, Jura, Pyrenees. 



B. Stem more or less leafy : — J. trifidus, L. ; leaves 

 with a slit and ciliate ligule at the mouth of the sheath, 

 radical leaves very short; high, frequent. /. Hostii, 

 Tausch. ; resembling the last, but radical leaves much 

 longer, stem-leaf often only one; high, frequent. J. 

 alpinuSy Vill. ; leaves hollow, septated, branches of cyme 

 erect, perianth-leaves all blunt ; moist meadows, common. 

 J. Wulfeniy Saut. ; resembling the last, but perianth- 

 leaves acuminate, the inner ones longer, curved down- 

 wards; Salzburg, rare. /. affinis, Gaud.; similar, but 

 stem more leafy, perianth -leaves nearly equal, outer ones 

 acute, inner blunt ; Tirol, Salzburg, rare. /. Jacquini, 

 L. ; cyme single, 4-10 flowered, stem Vv^ith a single linear- 

 subulate septated leaf; dry, frequent. /. sty gins ^ L. ; 

 stem slender, cymes 1-3, leaves flat, flowers pale-green ; 

 peat-mosses, very rare ; Einsiedeln, Zug, Tirol, Carinthia 



