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JUNCACEAE. 



2. Juncus maritimus Lam. Sea 

 EuSH. (Fig. 94.) Stems 3° high or less, 

 from a stout horizontal rootstock. 

 Outer basal leaves reduced to bladeless 

 sheaths, the innermost Avith a long terete 

 stout blade about equalling the stem; 

 leaf of the inflorescence erect, some- 

 times 1° long; panicle 3'-8' high, its 

 branches stiff, erect ; heads 2-6-flow- 

 ered; perianth IV' long, its parts green, 

 lanceolate, with hyaline margins; flow- 

 ers perfect; stamens 6, two thirds as 

 long as the perianth; filaments about 

 as long as the anthers; capsule l^'long, 

 narrowly oblong, acute, mucronate, 

 brown above, 3-celled; seed brown, the 

 body narrowly and obliquely oblong, 

 tailed at either end. 



Salt marshes, uncommon, but locally 

 forming large colonies, especially at 

 Spittle Pond. Native. Europe, and very 

 locally on the coast of the eastern United 

 States. Probably transported to Bermuda 

 by floating. 



3. Juncus bufonius L. Toad Rush. 

 (Fig. 95.) Plant branching from the 

 base, annual, erect, seldom exceeding 

 8' in height ; leaf -blades flat, ?"-i" wide, 

 in low plants often much narrower; in- 

 florescence with blade-bearing leaves at 

 the lower nodes; flowers inserted singly 

 on its branches; perianth-parts 2"-3i" 

 long, lanceolate, acuminate, equal; sta- 

 mens usually 6, sometimes 3; anthers 

 shorter than the filaments; capsule 

 about two thirds as long as the perianth, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 3- 

 celled; seeds broadly oblong, with 

 straight tips, minutely reticulate in 30- 

 40 longitudinal rows. 



Pembroke Marsh, and in cultivated 

 ground, Harrington House, 1909. Nat- 

 uralized. Native of the north temperate 

 zone. Flowers in spring. 



Juncus tenuis Willd., Slender Eush, a similar perennial North American 

 species, recorded as Bermudian by Eein, Eeade, Lefroy and H. B. Small, has 

 not been found by recent collectors. Eeade states that it occurs in the marshes. 

 A specimen of a Juncus collected by Eein but not named by him proves to be 

 J. hufonius, and all Bermudian references to J. tenuis are probable errors for 

 J. 'bufonius. 



