324 Mr. J. E. Bicheno's Observations 



J. foliis nodoso-articulatis subcompressis, culmo enodi paniculft 

 decomposite dichotorad, calyce omnin6 acute. Compend. Flor. 

 Brit. 55. Eng. Bot. t. 238. descrip. 2143. 



J. si/lvaticus, culmo erecto, foliis nodoso-articulatis teretibus, pani- 

 cula composita, foliolis calycinis aristatis inteiioribus longiori- 

 bus. Willd. ii. 211. 



J. nemorosiis, culmo folioso erecto, foliis subteretibus, nodoso- 

 articulatis, panicula supradecomposita. Sibth. 114. 



J. articulatus, foliis nodoso-articulatis, capitulis paniculatis multi- 

 floris. Relh. 138. 



J. foliis nodoso-articulatis, floribus acutis. Ehrh. Gram. 66. 



3. foliis teretibus articulatis, panicula repetito-ramosa. Hall. Hist. 

 1323. 



J. nemorosus folio articuloso. Raii Si/n. 433. 



Gramen junceum articulatum palustre erectum et elatius. Moris, 

 s. viii. t. 9. f. 2. 



Gramen junceum sylvaticum sparsa panicula. Turk. 1189- 5. 



Gramen junceum aquaticum magis sparsa panicula. Park. 1269. 4. 



Gramen junceum sylvaticum. Ger. Em. Jig. 22 ? 



Angl. Sharp-flowered Rush. Sharp-flowered jointed Rush. 

 Greater jointed Rush. Wood Rushie Grass. 



Habitat in sylvis liumidis et aquosis. 



Teren. June, July. 



Root fibrous, creeping. Stems two or three feet high, slender, 

 erect, compressed, smooth ; joints fistulous. Leaves three or 

 four on a stem, sheathing, compressed, smooth, knotty-jointed. 

 Panicle terminal, very much divided, diffuse; branches long, 

 slender, smooth. Calyx-leafiets all acuminate and of a similar 

 consistence. Capsule three-sided, ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 light brown, a little shining, about the length of the calyx. 



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