302 Mr. J. E. Biciieno's Observations 



4. JUNCUS CONGLOMEIIATUS. 



JuNCUS aphyllus, paniculd lateral! conglobat<i, floribus triandris, 



capsulis retusis. 

 J. culnio nudo stricto, paniculd lateral! conglobate, capsuUs retu- 

 sis, flor!bus triandris. Flor. Brit. 376. Eng. Bot. xii. 835. 



Rost. Monograph. 7- 

 J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula laterali coarctato-capitata. 



Willd. 5p. PL ii. 205. 

 J. culrao nudo stricto, capitulo laterali. Sp. PL 464. Flor. Dan. 



1094. Leers 87- 1. xii. /. 1. Huds. 148. Relh. 140. Sibth. 113. 

 J. laevis vulgaris panicula compactiore. Raii Spi. 432. 

 J. laevis panicula non sparsa. Bauh. Pin. 12. Moris, s. viii. t. 10. 



/•7. 

 AngL Round-headed Rush. Clustered Rush. Conglomerated 



Rush. Common Rush. Soft Rush, 

 In pascuis et ad vias, locis humidioribus. 

 Peren. July, August. 



Root horizontal, creeping, fibrous. Stem two feet high, sheathed 

 at the base with large black scales, minutely striated, very acute, 

 but not pungent. Panicle lateral, many-flowered, densely con- 

 glomerate. Ca/j/;r-/efl^e/s lanceolate, two-nerved. Stamens three. 

 Stigma very much fringed. Capsule obovate, retuse, almost 

 three-lobed, about as long as the calyx. 



The dense panicle distinguishes this species at once from its 

 congeners. It is used in common with J. effusus to make the 

 wicks of rush-lights, pith in toys, mats, little baskets, chair- 

 bottoms, ropes and lines. Mr. White in his Natural History of 

 Selborne, (Letter 26.) has given a pleasing account of its uses to 

 the thrifty housewives of Hampshire. Rushes are employed by 



the 



