JUNCACE^.. (rush family.) 81 1 



ellii'ticaJ, obtuse, mucronate, — April to July — "Wet place?, common 

 throughout, even in Sinai and the other deserts. 



2. J. glaiiciis, Ehr. 2f 1 to 1.5; root-stock horizontal; stems 

 ligid, terete, glaucous, with glossy brown sheaths at base, and inter- 

 mptedpith. Inflorescence pseudo-lateral, branches condensed or spread- 

 ing; divisions of perigonium hroioitsh-straio-colorcd, lanceolate, acute; 

 stamens six; capsule elllptical-oblong, obtuse, mucronate — April to 

 August — Common from coast to subalpine regions, 



1 1 Stems toithout nodes, hut u'ith Icaf-learing sheaths at base. Leaves 

 terete, pungent, not septate. Seeds caudate. Stamens sU. 



3. J, acntiis, L. 2X Saumar. Sammdr. Sumr. .G to 1 or more; 

 tnmks clustered; stems numerous, terete, firm; leaves and bract longer 

 than inflorescence, jDungent. Panicle pseudo-lateral, much branched, 

 many-flowered, cymose-corymJjose, more or less crowded; divisions of 

 perigonium pale to brownish, the outer lanceolate, obtusish, the inner 

 ovate, scarious-tipp}ed, retme ; capsule ovate-globular, acute, imperfectly 

 3-celled, twice as long as perigonium — April to August — Common 

 along coast, and salty places in interior. 



4. J. iiiaritiiiiii§, Lam. 2^ Saumar. Sammdr. Sumr. 1 or 

 tnore ; root-stock horizontal ; culms numerous ; leaves and bract as long- 

 as panicle or shorter. Panicle pseudo-lateral, the cymes 2-7-flowered, 

 crowded; divisions of perigonium pale, somewhat unequal, the outer 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the inner oltusish: capsule elliptical, 

 obtusely o-angled, as long as perigonium or longer — April to August — 

 Syrian coast. 



Yar. Arabicii§, Ascli. et Buch. Capsule elliptical-lanceolate; 

 divisions of perigonium not acuminate — About Dead Sea. 



f ft Stems leafy. Leaves terete, hollow, not scptated. Panicle terminal. 

 Capsule o-cclled. Seeds not caudate. Stamens sir. 



5. J". §ubulatii§, Forsk. 2^ Halein. .5 to 1; root-stock hori- 

 zontal, creeping to long distances; culms numerous, terete. Panicle 

 with a leaf, often reduced to a sheath at its base, imich compounded ; 

 flowers solitarj^ in few-flowered cymules; perigonium pale, divisions 

 lanceolate, scarious-margined, mucronate; capsule elliptical, .somewhat 

 3-angled, oUuse, mucronate, .003 long, about as long as perigonium - 

 Spring and summer — Around Dead Sea; Syria. 



1 1 1 t Steins leafy. Leaves linear, grooved, not septate, rmdrle termi/mL 

 Capsule ^-celled. Seeds not caudate. 



0. J. Oerardi, Loisel. If Black Grass. .4; root-stock creep- 

 ing; culms filcnder, somewhat fattened, leafy toward l)ase, and with 

 usually one leaf about middle. Panicle thyrsoid, .Oo to .1 long, 

 moderately compounded, branches erect; flowers solitary in corymbs: 

 divisions of pale or brownish perigonium nearly of equal length, ovate- 

 oblong, oZ/^z/.sy', scarious-margined; capsule oblong, .00:> long, about as 

 long as perigonium — Spring and summer-- Ali)ine summits of Leba- 

 non ; interior plains. 



■\- ■]■]■ i i Stems leafy. L^cavexfat. Seeds caudate. Stainetis si.v. 



7. 3. §pars:aiiifoliuiti, Boiss. ct Ky. 21 .4 to.;*); root-stock 

 lorizontal, stoloniferous; stems tall, ilattened, sheathed at base, leafy 



