RUSH FAMILY. 



Forest Wood -rush. 



2. Juncoides nemorosum (Poll.) Kuntze. 



Juncus iiemorosus Poll. Hist. PI. Pal. i: 352. 1776. 

 Juncoides nemorosum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 724. 1891. 



Loosely tufted or somewhat stoloniferous. Stems 

 slender, i-2> high, i-6-leaved below the inflor- 

 escence; leaf-blades i^ // -3 // wide, ciliate, flat, ta- 

 pering to a slender sharp tip; inflorescence diffusely 

 paniculate or corymbose, the few lower bracts foli- 

 ose, and the lowermost branch often inserted 4' be- 

 low the next or more; flowers in clusters of 3-8, the 

 bractlets ovate, entire or sparingly denticulate 

 above, about one-third as long as the perianth; 

 perianth about i%" in length, its parts from red- 

 dish brown with pale margins to dirty white 

 throughout, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the outer about 

 one-fifth shorter than the inner; capsule ovoid, 

 acuminate, barely equalling the perianth; seed 

 obliquely ovoid about f " long. 



A Kuropean species, naturalized at Riverdale, X. V. 



3. Juncoides parviflorum (Khrh.) Coville. Small-flowered Wood-rash. 



(Fig. 961.) 



Juncus par:-irt,>iu* \ : .\\i\\ It. ur 6 iw. 1791. 



<Ic ' 



v J,,urn. 

 J. pannjtorum C>vill< 



Stems single or few in a tuft, toloniferooft, < 

 ic/-3c/ high, 2-5-leaved; leave* glabroo*. their 

 blades \%"-$" wide, tapering to a torpor blaat 

 apex; inflorescence a nodding deconpooad pa* 

 icle, commonly i<i'~4' high. lt * !<* bract 

 foliose, seldom more than one-fourth the leagth of 

 the panicle; flowers borne singly, or tomrtiatea a 

 or 3 together, on the branches of the iafloreaccacc. 

 on slender pedicels; bractteU ovate, retire or 

 rarely somewhat lacerate, perianth in 



length, its parts ovate, acuminate, alight! jr i 

 by the green to brown ovoid capsule; 

 rowly oblong, #"-.V" n length, attached to to 

 placenta by slender implexed fiber*. 



Labrador to British Columbi 

 York and Minnesota; in the tnoi; 

 California. Also in Kuropr and Asia. 



4. Juncoides spicatum (L,.) Kuntze. vSpikt-d W.xxl-ruxh. 



Juncus spicatus L. Sp. PI. 330. 1753. 



Juncoides spicatum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 725. 1891. 



Luznla spicata DC. Fl. Fr. 3: 161. 1805. 



Closely tufted, without rootstocks. Stems erect, 4'- 

 16' high, distantly i-3-leaved, tapering to a filiform 

 summit; leaf-blades J^'-i^" broad, often involute, 

 especially above, tapering to a sharp apex, sparingly 

 webby, especially at the base; inflorescence a nodding, 

 spike-like, often interrupted panicle, commonly %'- 

 i' in length, usually exceeded by its lowest involute- 

 foliose bract; bractlets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 equalling the perianth, sparingly lacerate; perianth 

 brown, with hyaline margins, i"-i#" long, its parts 

 lanceolate, aristate-acuminate; capsule broadly ovoid. 

 bluntly acute, about two-thirds as long as the peri- 

 anth; seed narrowly and obliquely obovoid, about 

 :ong. 



Labrador to Alaska, mountains of New England, Colo- 

 rado and California. Also in Europe and Asia. 



