304 Mr. J. E. BiciiENo's Observations 



This plant is better adapted than the last for use in all the little 

 arts of weaving and platting : — 



" Viminibus moUique detexere junco." 



It is cultivated in Japan for the purpose of making mats of an 

 extremely delicate texture, -which are used in the place of car- 

 pets. Both this and conglomeratus indicate a better soil where 

 they grow than glaucus. From the latter it is easily separated by 

 the absence of the glaucous hue about the stems, and the obtuse 

 capsule : and its effuse and decompound panicle at once distin- 

 guishes it from J. congloineratus. There are intermediate appear- 

 ances when young, between effusus and conglomeratus, Avhich are 

 most easily disposed of by observing the distance the panicle 

 breaks forth from the summit ; the former having frequently one- 

 third of the stem above the panicle, while the latter has not more 

 than three or four inches. When further advanced, the shape of 

 the capsule is a sure criterion. The J. Icevis alter of Moris, s. viii. 

 231. 5. is probably nothing more than this " brevior et crassior." 



6. JUNCUS FILIFORMIS. 



JuNCUS apbyllus, culmo filiformi nutante, panicula laterali sub- 

 simplici pauciflord, capsulis subrotundis. 



J. culmo nudo filiformi nutante, umbella laterali subsimplici pau- 

 ciflora, pedunculis subbifloris, capsulis obtusis. Rost. Mono- 

 graph. 12. 



J. culmo nudo filiformi nutante, paniculd laterali bracteatd sub- 

 simplici, capsulis subrotundis. Flor. Brit. 377. E^g- Bot. xvii. 

 1175. 



J. culmo filiformi nudo, paniculd. brevissirad pauciflord laterali. 

 Lamarck Enct/cl. iii..254!. 



J. cuirao 



