RUSH TRIBE. 623 



Bulrush belongs to the Sedge Tribe, the Club-rush to 

 the Order Typhacece, and the Flowering Rush to the 

 Order Butomacece. 



1. JUNCUS (Rush). Perianth chaffy; filaments 

 smooth ; stigmas 3 ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; seeds 

 numerous. (Name, the Latin name of the plant, and 

 that from jungo, to join, the stems having been woven 

 into cordage.) 



2. LUZULA (Wood-rush). Like Juncus, except that 

 the capsule is 1 -celled, and only 3-seeded. (Name sup- 

 posed to have been altered from the Italian lucciola, a 

 glow-worm, from the sparkling appearance of the heads 

 of flowers when wet with rain or dew.) 



3. NARTHECIUM (Asphodel). Perianth of 6 coloured 

 sepals and petals ; stamens downy ; stigma 1 ; capsule 

 3-celled; seeds numerous. (Name from the Greek 

 narthex, a rod, to which, however, the only British 

 species bears little resemblance.) 



1. JUNCUS (Rush). 

 * Stems cylindrical, tapering to a point ; leaves none. 



1. J. e/usus (Soft Rush). Stems not furrowed ; 

 panicle below the summit of the stem, branched and 

 spreading ; capsule blunt. Marshy ground, common. 

 This and the following species are well known as the 

 rushes of which mats and the wicks of candles are 

 made. Fl. July. Perennial. 



2. J. conglomeratus (Common Rush). Stems not fur- 

 rowed ; panicle below the summit of the stem, crowded ; 

 capsule ending in a point. Marshy places, common. 

 Only distinguished from the last by its dense panicle of 

 flowers, anol pointed capsule. Fl. July. Perennial. 



3. J. glaucus (Hard Rush). Stems deeply furrowed, 

 rigid ; panicle below the summit of the stem, branched 

 and spreading. Marshy places, and roadsides, common. 

 Very distinct from the two last, from which it may be 

 distinguished by its more slender, furrowed, glaucous 



