Y22 Order 151.— JUNCACE^E. 



the orifico, 2 of tho anthers small, round, yellow, the other oblong, greenish. Jl, 

 Aug. (Leptanthus, Mx.) 



3. SCHOL'LERA, Schreber. (Dedicated to one Scholler, a German 

 botanist.) Spathe several-flowered ; tube of the perianth very long and 

 slender, limb 6-parted, equal ; stamens 3, with similar anthers ; capsule 

 1-celled, many-seeded. — Lvs. alternate, sheathing at base, grass-like, 

 submersed. St. floating, rooting at the lower joints. 



S. graminea Willd. A grass-like aquatic, in flowing water, ST. States. St. slen- 

 der, dichotomous, 1 to 2f long. Lvs. 3 to 6' long, 1 to 2" wide, obtuse at apex, 

 slightly sheathing at base. Flower solitary, issuiug from a short (1' spathe), tubo 

 I J' long, limb in 6 linear-lanecolate S3gm3nts, yellow. Stam. 3 (4, anthers); 

 filaments broad, one of them abortive, the other 2 with linear anthers longer than 

 the thick style. Jl., Aug. (Leptanthus, Mx.) 



Order CLI. JUNCACE^E. Rushes. 



Plants herbaceous, generally grass-like, often leaflos3, w'th small, dry, green 



flowers. Perianth more or less glume-like, regular, 6-leaved, in 2 series (sepals and. 



petals.) Stamens G, rarely 3, hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled, introrse Style 1. 



Ovary 3-carpeled, 3 (or by the dissepiment not reaching tho center l)-celled. Cap- 



iule 3-valved, with tho dissepiments from tho middle of tho valves. Saeds few or 



many, with a fleshy albumen. Fig. 377. 



Genera 15, species 200, chiefly natives of tho cool parts of tho earth. Properties unim- 

 portant. 



GENERA. 



Perianth yellow (greenish outside). Stigma 1. Capsule co-seeded Naktiiecium. 1 



Perianth green or brownish. Stigmas 8. — Capsule 3-seeded Luzula. 2 



— Capsule co-seeded Juncus. 8 



1. NARTHEXIUM, Moehr. (Gr. vdpdrj^ a rod or wand ; in allusion 

 to the slender inflorescence.) Perianth 6-parted, colored, spreading, 

 persistent ; stam. G ; filaments hairy ; caps, prismatic, 3-celled ; seeds 



oo, ovate-oblong, appendaged at each extremity. — 2f. Root fibrous. 

 Lvs. ensiform. Scape nearly naked. Fls. yellowish. 



N. Ainericanum Ker. Lvs. radical, striate, narrow-ensiform ; rac. lax, inter- 

 rupted ; pedicels with a bract at base, and a setaceous bracteole near the flower. 

 — An interesting little plant, in pine barrens and sandy swamps of N. J. Also 

 in Can. Scapes 8 to 12' high, terete, with 2 or 3 subulate bracts. Leaves nu- 

 merous, much shorter than the scape. Pedicels 3 — 7" long. Perianth green- 

 ish externally, yellow within, about half as long as the yellowish, mature capsule. 

 Aug. 



2. LITZULA, DC. Wood Rush. (Italian lucciola, a glow-worm ; 

 from the dew glistening upon its flowers.) Perianth persistent, bibrac- 

 teate at base ; stamens G ; capsule 1 -celled, 3-seedcd ; seeds fixed to 

 the bottom. — Stem jointed, leafy. Lvs. grass-like, on entire sheaths. 

 Fls. terminal, green or brownish. 



8 Flowers separate, pedicellate, in umbels or paniculate, cymes Nos. 1, 3 



§ Flowers aggregate, — in pedunculate beads forming an umbel or cyme Nos. 3, 4 



— in sessile heads forming a nodding black spike No. 5 



1 L. pilosa "Willd. Lvs. pilous ; umbel cymous, spreading, consisting of subequal 

 l-flowered, simple pedicels; caps, obtuse, shorter than tho sepals. — Common in 

 woods and groves, N. S. and Can. St. 4 to 16' high. Radical lvs. numerous, 2 

 to 4' long, linear-lanceolate, veined, fringed with long whito hairs. Umbels 8 to 

 12-flowered, with a leafy bract. Pediceh 5 to 10 ' long, finally deflexed. Peri- 

 anth brown, with 2 green braetlets. May. 



