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JUNCACEJE. (RUSH FAMILY.; 
13. J. Com a ill, Tuckerm. Stems slender (fr-lO' high), 
eafy branching above Into a compound diffusely spreading cymose 
panicle, bearing chiefly solitary scattered flowers in the forks and Tag 
the branches; leaves thread-form, the upper slightly knotted; seal 
—TT VT h0rte f ‘ han * he oblon S taper-beaked pod; sled no. 
' . age ( • ' * vl P aru s, Conrad, from a common condition, in 
ffe t eaTs T N Z™. int ° a tuft of ™dimentaty or man- 
■di Sore o 9 w’ 15 ’ MM ' Gram " ? and therefore J. Muhlenbdr- 
fwhfe Mon2 _ ^ ? y plaCeS> NeW Jerse y t0 Massachusetts. 
U Flowers ’ Tuckrrman ) Jely-Root fibrous, but apparently 
H.. r lowers very numerous, minute. 
u. * * * * Leai>is bootless: inflorescence terminal. 
14 1 £j: yTn ° Se V nicled: lea ™M and open: stamens 3. 
™ v. . ! ** ,ar S*natUS, Rostk. Stem leafy, erect, flattened (1° 
Ired se ’. If ,Wear ’ graS3 ' 1,ke ’ "erved; heads globose, 3-8-flow- 
Inner’oh? a g ’ ‘f 3 ° Uter With the b ™ts slightly awned, the 
r D ointed "ft r ,nt e8S ’ 38 long 38 the S' obular pedi sleds minute- 
les P comln f • (J - aristU,atus - ■*»*.) - Moist sandy pla- 
ple'or com not 'I? « N f V pn § land southward. July. —Panicle sim- 
P n . epals soft, chestnut-purplish, with a green keel. 
15 ¥ St - single: leaves channelled above: stamens 6. 
leaved bel™^**?’, L " slender, erect (6'-1(1'high), 1 - 3- 
times two 3 "t a ° ’ leaves thread-like ; head solitary or some- 
awl-n • ’ 3 ' 4 ' flowered > shout the length of the sheathing scarious 
halftl H1 \ * sepals oblong and lanceolate, scarcely more than 
loose clJ ng \ ° f ° blon S acute pod; seeds oblong, with a very 
Jefferson cCnly^New ~ Peat ‘ b ° S borderin S Perch Lake ’ 
rootatn^L* ** hidtls, L. Stems densely tufted from matted creeping 
less below' a^t -i’/ - ^ blgb )’ thread-like, sheathed at the base, leaf- 
T ed at . the SUmmU i tba 1 or 2 upper thread-like 
oblon<r acnt / 16 sessde head of 2-4 flowers; sepals ovate or 
pod • fleda ’ T r 8horter tban ,he globose-ovate beak-pointed 
MaileTym n t h ’, 3ngIed --Mpine summits of Mount Katahdin, 
'it: 
p, ** blowers and pod deep brown. 
oicei-s cymose-panicled, separate: leaves channelled or inro- 
y* T ^ l J ta d~form or almost setaceous : stamens 6. 
nle C , nniS ’ WiIld ‘ Stems slender, wiry (9 ; - 18' high), sim- 
small tL°n V the taSe ! Cyn ‘ e shor ter than the involucral leaves, 
ver, L , flowe 7 mostly one-sided, almost sessile; sepals lanceolate, 
\a Hger thanthe giobose-ovoid obtuse pod.-how 
grounds and fields, very common. _ Flowers green, shining, 
hi.?; «recnii, Oakes & Tuckerm. Stems rigid (1° - 2° 
3 , simp e, naked, 1 - 2 -leaved at the base; cyme much shorter than 
