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JUNCUS— KOELERIA. 



re'gia, (madeira nut, M. "^ .) leafets about 

 9, oval, glabrous, sub-serrate, numerous, 

 sub-eqaal, fruit globose. Ex. \as. frax- 

 inifo'Iia, has 9 or 10 leafets, oblong, ser- 

 rate, smooth, lateral lower one adnate on 

 the common petiole. 

 JUN"CUS. 6-1. (Junci.) 



effit'sjis, {11.) scape minute-striate (soft) ; 

 panicle bose, veiy branching, spreading; 

 leafets of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate, 

 rather longer than the obovate, obtuse cap- 

 sule. 2-3 f. 



tcn"rii^, (Ju. 2^.) stem erect, filifonn, some- 

 what dichotomous at the summit, nearly te- 

 rete, leaves .setaceous, channeled ; flowers 

 Bolitarj', approximate, sub-sessile ; calyx 

 longer than the obtuse capsule. 1 f. 



JioJo'siix, (Ju. 2J.-) stem somewhat leafy ; 

 leaves nodose-articulate-; heads about 2, 

 globose ; one of them lateral and peduu- 

 cled, the other sessile ; sepals mucronate, 

 shorter than the acuminate capsule ; leaves 

 few, and very slender. 8-10 i. 



bitfo'nius, (toad-rush, Ju. 0.) stem di- 

 chotomous above, panicled ; leaves filiform, 

 setaceous, channeled ; flowers sub-solitarj', 

 sessile, 1-sided; sepals very acuminate, 

 much longer than the oval-ovate capsule. 

 3-6 i. 



acnmina'tus, (Au. li-) stem leafy, erect ; 

 leaves terete, nodose-articulate ; panicle ter- 

 minal, compound; heads 3-6 flowered, ped- 

 uncled, and sessile ; sepals lance-linear, 

 somewhat awned, shorter than the acute 

 capsule. 18 i. 



poIyceph"alus, (Au. 2J[.) stem leafy, erect ; 

 leaves compressed, nodo.^e, articulate ; pan- 

 icle decompound ; heads globo.se, many- 

 flowered ; flowers triandrous ; sepals some- 

 what awned, rather shorter than the trian- 

 gular, acute capsule. 18-24 i. 



re' pens'., (J. IX) creeping; .stem genicu- 

 late, branching; leaves linear, flat'; fascicles 

 lateral and tenninal ; flowers triandrous ; 

 leaves of the calyx subulate, cariuate, veiy 

 acute. 6-10 i. »S. 



bijio'rus, (Ju. 14-.) s-tem teretft; leaves 

 linear, flat ; panicle decompound, long ; fas- 

 cicles 2-flowered. 3 f. <§. 

 JUNGERMAN"NIA. 21—3. (Hepaliccc.) [From 



John Gotlob Juncker, a learned German of 



the last century.] 



complaiia'la, stem branched, creeping ; 

 leaves roundi.sh, very entire ; ears sub- 

 ovate, flattish. On smooth bark; very 

 rarely on rocks. 



folma'ta, frond short, somewhat ascend- 

 ing, digitate-palmate, nerveless. Dark green. 

 Rotten-wood in wet places. Most of the 

 jungermannia are in fruit late in the spring ; 

 Bome, however, in the winter. 

 JUNIPE'RUS. 20—15. (Comfcra:.) [From 



juvenis, young, pario, to bring forth, because 



it produces its young berries while the old 



are ripening.] 



commu'nis, (juniper-tree,) leaves in threes. 

 Spreading, mucronate, longer than the berrj'. 



Virginia' na, (red cedar,) leaves adnate at 

 the b^ase, in tlu-ees. Small tree. Berries 

 covered w'ith a blue pow^der. 



sahi'na, (savin,) leaves oppo.site, obtusn, 

 t;laudiilar in tlie middle. Small shrub. 



JUSSI'^U 10— I. {Onagra.) Lin honor ot 



the elder Jussieu.] 



grandijlo'ra, (y. Ju. 2X-) creeping, stem 

 erect and ascending ; leaves lanceolate, en- 

 tire ; peduncles and calyx villose. 



erec'ta, (y. Au. li) erect, glabrous ; leaves 

 lanceolate ; flowers octandrous, sessile. S. 



subacau'Iis, (y. J. 2^.) creeping, glabrous , 

 leaves lance-linear, repand toothed ; flowers 

 solitary, octandrous, peduncled; alternate 

 filaments shortest ; petals obovate. S. 



Icptoca/'pa, (y. 0.) erect ; stem and ca- 

 lyx somewhat hirsute ; leaves lanceolate, 

 attenuate at each end ; flowers sessile ; cap- 

 sule slender, cylindric. S. 



JUSTI'CIA. 2—1. {Acanthi.) [In honor ol 



Justice, author of the " British Gardener's 



Director."] 



pednnculo'sa, spikes axillary ; flo-\\'ers 

 crowded, leaves lanceolate ; peduncles 

 eloncated, alternate. Water willow. 



adhato'da, (malabar nut, p. "^ .) leaves 

 lance-ovate ; helmet of the corolla concave. 

 Ex. 



hu'milis, (W. Ju. Z/.) spikes axillary and 

 terminal, few-flowered ; flowers distant , 

 bracts linear ; leaves oblong-lanceolate. S. 



brachia'ta, (r. Ju. 11.) peduncles axUlary, 

 in whorled racemes ; pedicels in pairs ; 

 bracts obovate, 3-flowered ; leaves ovate, 

 acute; petioles veiy long; stem six-angled, 

 very branching. >S. 



KAL"M1A. 10—1. (Rhododendra.) [In honor 



of its discoverer, Kalm.] 



latifo'lia, (laurel, w. and r. Ju. >> .) Iea"t'e8 

 long-petioled, scattered, and in threes, oval, 

 smooth both sides ; corj^mbs terminal, with 

 viscid hairs. 3-20 f. 



angustifo'lia, (sheep-laurel, J. ^.) leaves 

 in threes, petioled, oblong, obtuse, some 

 times ru.sty beneath ; corj'mbs lateral ; 

 bracts linear ; peduncles and calyx with 

 glandular hairs. Var. ava'ta, taller ; leaves 

 broader, sub-ovate. 2-3 f. 



glau'ca, (swamp -laurel,) branches ancipi- 

 tal : leaves glaucous beneath. 



cunea'ta, (w. r. Tp .) leaves scattered, ses- 

 sile, wedge-shaped, oblong, pubescent un- 

 derneath, at the summit slightly aw^nedj 

 corymbs lateral, few-flowered. S. 



hrsii'ta, (r. 1?.) branches, leaves, and 

 caljTC haiiy ; leaves opposite and alternate, 

 nearly sessile, lanceolate ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves. S. 



KO'CHIA. 5-2. {Atnplices.) 



denta'ta, (J. 0.) leaves lanceolate, sinu- 

 ate, toothed ; stem erect, very branching. 

 Resembling Chenopodium. 



KOELE'RIA. 3—2. (Graminca:.) [In hone* 

 of M. Kohler, a German botanist.] 

 pennsylva'nica, [11.) panicle long, very 

 slender, rather loose ; spikelets shining, the 

 terminal ones 3-flowered. 2 f. 



triinca'ta. (J. 2^.) leaves flat, smooth ; pan- 

 icle oblong, racemose ; glumes 2-flowered, 

 with a third abortive floret, unequal ; lower 

 glume a little scabrous, obtuse, paleas 

 smooth. 2-3 f. 



paaicnhj'la, panicle oblong, .smooth , 

 spikelets 2-3 flowered, shining ; glumes 



