on the Genus J uncus of Linnceus. 505 



the cleanly peasantry to strew their floors; and Shakespeare, 

 whose observation was alive to the most insignificant incidents, has' 

 many allusions to this custom. 



5. JUNCUS EFFUSUS. 



JuNccs aphyllus, panicuia laterali effus^ supradecompositS, cap- 



sulis turbinatis apice subtruncatis. 

 J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula laterali supradecomposita effusa, 



capsulis clavatis apice truncatis. Rost. Monograph. 10. 

 J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula laterali efFusd, floribus obloneis 



Willd. Sp. PL ii. 205. 

 J. culmo nudo stricto, panicula laterali efFusd supradecomposita, 



capsulis obtusis. Flor. Brit. 376". Eng. Bot. xii. 836. 

 J. culmo nudo stricto, panicuM laterali. Sp. PI. 464. Flor. Dan. 



1096. Zeer5 88. ^xiii./.2. Huds. \m. Relk. UL Sibth.113. 

 J. laevis vulgaris, paniculd spars^, nostras. Rati Syn. 432. 

 J. laevis vulgaris, panicula sparsd, major. Park. II91. 2. Moris, 



s. viii. t. 10. /. 4. 

 J. laevis. Ger. Em. 35. 



Angl. Soft Rush. Common Soft Rush. Common Rush. Seaves. 

 In pascuis humidis, copios^. 

 Peren. July, August. 



Root creeping, black. Stem two feet or more high, pale-green, 

 soft, pliable, very finely striated. Pajiicle effuse, divaricate,' 

 very much branched, with numerous flowers. Calyx-leafiets 

 subulato-lanceolate, acuminate, two-nerved. Tlowers frequently 

 triandrous. Capsule small, obovate, slightly retuse, nearly 

 truncate, pale brown, with no persistent style. 



This 



