498 JUNCACE^ 



■^ Perennial ; stems cylindrical, tapering to a point ; leaves solid 

 I. /. effusus (Soft Rush). — One of the commonest species, with 

 soft, faintly striate siejns, 1—3 feet high ; flowers olive-green, in a 

 loose, spreading, branched panicle ; perianth-leaves lanceolate, longer 

 than the blunt capsule ; stamens 3. — Marshy ground ; abundant. — 

 Fl. July. Perennial. 



2. /. conglom rdtus 

 (Common Rush). — Mainly 

 distinguished from /. 

 effusus by its usually more 

 densely crowded, globose 

 panicles of browner flowers 

 and by its capside ending in 

 a point. — Marshy ground ; 

 abundant. — Fl. July. Pe- 

 rennial. 



3. /. infiexus (Hard 

 Rush). — Distinguished by 

 its rigid, slender, deeply 

 furrowed, glaucous sterns^ 

 12 — 18 in. high; and very 

 loose, much-branched, erect 

 panicle of brown flowers, 

 below the apex of the stem ; 

 perianth-leaves narrow, as 

 long as the oblong, mucro- 

 nate capsule ; stamens 6. — 

 Marshy places and road- 

 sides ; common. — Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



■^y. di^usus, closely re- 

 sembling /. infiexus, but 

 with softer, less furrowed 

 stem, continuous pith, and 

 obovoid capsule, is probably 

 a hybrid between the two 

 preceding species. 



4. /. bdlticus (Baltic Rush). — A widely creeping species, with 

 few, rigid, very faintly striated stems, i — 2 feet high; flowers 

 brown, in small, flat-topped, slightly-branched, erect panicles ; 

 perianth-leaves ovate-lanceolate, as long as the ovoid, mucronate 

 capsule; stamens 3. — Sandy shores in the north-east of Scot- 

 land ; rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. /. filij6r?7iis (Thread Rush).— A very slender, pale green 



j6ncus EFFiisus {Soft R7{sh). 



