300 Mr. J. E. BicnENo's Observalions 



glaucous, rigid, tapering to a stiff point; sheaths at the base 

 brown, polished, even. Panicle erect, decompound, as if pro- 

 liferous, shorter than the stem ; branches very unequal, the 

 first much longer than the rest. Bracte membranous at the 

 base, spinous, subulate. Flower-scales lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Calyx-leaflets lanceolate, acute, zagged towards the point. 

 Capsule linear-oblong, triangular, three-celled, light brown. 

 Seeds ovate ; coruncle elongated at each end. 



The J. maritimus is a slenderer, lower plant, with an oblong 

 and smaller capsule than the last. The panicle is also much more 

 branched, the first branch far overtopping the others, and the 

 calyx-leaflets lanceolate and acute. The two species cannot be 

 mistaken if seen together when ripe. It is common on most 

 parts of the coast; and, like the last, prevents the sea from 

 making incursions on the land. The flower-scales in this species, 

 and in most of the others, are very much disposed to become 

 foliaceous. 



3. JUNCUS GLAUCUS. 



JuNcus aphyllus, paniculd laterali erectfi. angustA, capsulis el- 



lipticis acutiusculis calyce brevioribus. 

 J. culmo nudo glauco apice inflexo tereti, panicula laterali erecta, 



capsulis oblongis acutis. Host. Monograph. 9- 

 J. culmo nudo glauco apice inflexo, panicula laterali eifusa, ra- 



mis elongatis, floribus acuminatis. Willd. Sp. Fl. ii. 206. 

 J. culmo nudo stricto glauco, panicula laterali erecta, capsulis 



ellipticis acutis. Fng Bot. x. 665. Flor. Brit. 375. 

 J. culmo striato glauco, basi stipulis fuscis, panicula laterali 



sparsa. Sibth. Fl. Ox. 113. 



J. effusus /3. Huds. 149- 



J. inflexus. Leers 88. t. xiii.. /. 3. (char. spec, dub.) ReUi. 141. 



JVith. 345. Abbot, 78. Huds. Fl. Angl. 1st ed. 130. 



J. acutus 



