328 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



T. maritimum is very near this, but is usually rather stouter, 

 with more succulent leaves, and the ripe fruit is ovoid or ob- 

 long. — Salt marshes, 



(296) Juncus. Rush. 



* Leaves none ; han^en and fertile stems subulate^ with sheath- 

 ing scales at the base. 



t I*anicle lateral. 



J. communis: stems leafless, densely tufted, cylindrical, 

 2-4 feet high, erect but soft and pliable, sheathed at the base 

 by a few brown scales ; some barren resembling leaves, others 

 bearing towards the top a panicle of flowers ; the flowers brown 

 in close dense clusters (/. conylomeratus) , or paler in loose 

 open panicles (/. ejfusus) ; perianth-segments very pointed; 

 capsule about as long, very obtuse or even notched. — Wet 

 situations. Fl. July. 



J. glaucus: stems seldom two feet high, thin, hard, stifi*, 

 often glaucous ; panicle erect, loose, branched ; perianth-seg- 

 ments lanceolate-subulate ; capsule shining brown, rounded 

 or almost pointed. — Wet places. Fl. July, August. 



tt Panicle terminal. 



J. maritimus : stems 2-3 feet high, tufted, rigid, and sharp- 

 pointed; flowers numerous, in loose, irregularly compound 

 panicles; perianth- segments lanceolate, acute; capsule ellip- 

 tical, rather shorter. — Maritime sands. Fl. July, August. 



J. aeutus : stems 3-6 feet high, very rigid, prickly-pointed ; 

 flowers numerous, in compound panicles ; capsule roundish- 

 ovate, considerably longer than the perianth-segments. — Ma- 

 ritime sands. Fl. July, August. 



** Stems all leafy. 

 t Leaves rounded or suhcompressed, jointed internally. 



J. articulatus : stems erect, 1-3 feet high ; leaves sheathing 



