COMMON SlvA RrsH 



207 

 as tile c.iijsulf, 



I Here 



DVCT. 



uc () stanu-ns, a sliort 

 I lie llowtTS last lor a 



2 perianth-segments, which are as spiny ami as Ion;, 

 which is uhlono-acute. The ilry pi-rianth is rei,nilar. 



The plant is 4 ft. hi^h. It (lowers in An^usi. Sea Rush is peren- 

 nial and propaj^aied by .seed. 



1 he sti-nia nialures before the anihers, and self-pollination is dnis 

 nnderid inii)ossil)le. As in tin- other species oi the ^enns the llowers 

 are pollinated by the agency of the w ini 

 style, 3 stiomas, with wart-like knobs a 

 day and a half the female condition 

 only a day. The (lowering is inter- 

 mittent. 



The capsule splits when rij)e, 

 and the seeds are nnnierons antl 

 dispersed close to the parent plant, 

 this species orowin!.^- in clumps 

 covering W'ide areas. 



The plant is a salt-lover, and 

 grows in .saline soil, being at the 

 same time a sand plant, and ad 

 tlicted to sand soil. 



Sea Rush is liable to attack 

 by a fungus, Sclcrotiitia lurrtvaiia. 

 Rushes, maritime and inland, are 

 the resort of numerous Coleoptera, 

 e.g. Agonium nticans, ./. puclliis, 

 Dciiietritis nnipiiiictiilatus. Oiicdiits 

 seuiitcneiis, CiTpidodcra transversa, 

 CcrcHS rujilabris, Tclcpliorits ofa/is ; 

 Heteroptera, Tcratocoris Saimdersi, 



Mccomma amdulans, Cyi'tori'liinus caricis, C. pygnucus; I lomopura, 

 Libiirnia venosa, L. limbata, L. doiig/asi, Livia jituconini. 



/linens, Pliny, is the Latin for rush. The second Latin name here 

 refers to the maritime habitat. 



The roots strike deep into the sand, and a clump forms a regular 

 network or matted mass, and is excellent for reclaiming shilting sands. 

 Hence it has been planted for coast protection with /. acn/ns. Sec. 

 The stems are cut down when ripe, and dried like corn, anil used 

 for bedding, fodder, &c. 



Essential Si-Kciric Cii.\r.\cti;rs:— 



305. Juncns maritimus. Lam. — .Stem tall, erect, lea\ es terete, acute, 

 long, flowers in long lax raceme, perianth-segments as long as capsule. 



CoMMO.v Sk.\ Risk (Juncus marilinius, 

 I.am.) 



