306 Mr, J. E. BiciiENo's Observations 



the production of leaves ; a circumstance which is seen more 

 completely developed in J, trifidus. The English name, by which 

 it is generally known, is objectionable on account of its having 

 been applied by the old botanists to Scirpus setaceus ', but it is 

 better to retain the commonly-received name, if it is at all tole- 

 rable, than to introduce a new one. 



** Folia canaliculata. 



7. JUNCUS SQUAREOSUS. 



JuNCUs culrao nudo, foliis setaceis canaliculatis, paniculi termi- 

 nali elongate, capsulis obovatis. 



J. culmo nudo, panicula terminali elongata, capsulis obtusis, fo- 

 liis setaceis canaliculatis. Host. Monogi-aph. 17- 



J. culmo nudo, foliis setaceis, panicula terminali composite glo- 

 merate. Flor. Brit. 378. Eiig. Bot. xiii. 933. 



J. culmo nudo, foliis setaceis, capitulis glomeratis aphyllis. 

 Sp. PL 465. Flor. Dan. t. 430. Huds. 149. EeM. 142. Sihth. 

 114. 



J. montanus palustris. Baii Spi. 432. 



Gramen junceum palustre humilius, folia et spica Junci. Moris, 

 s. viii. t. 9. f. 13. 



J. acutus Cambro-britanicus. Park. 1193. 2. 



Angl. Moss Rush. Heath Rush. Welsh Rush. Ragged Rush. 



Goose Corn. 

 In montosis et ericetis sterilibus, praecipue solo spongioso, copios^. 

 Peren. June, July. 



Root fibrous. Stem a foot or more high, straight, rigid, striated, 

 leafless. Leaves in tufts, setaceous, channelled, rigid, pointed, 

 smooth, dilated and sheathing at the base, not half so long as 



the 



