Juncus.] JUNCE.E. 289 



1. ERIOCAULON. Linn. Pipework 



Flowers collected into a compact, scaly head. Barren fl. in 

 the centre. Perianth single, four to six-cleft, the inner seg- 

 ments united to their summit. Stamens four to six. Fertile 

 fl. in the circumference. Perianth single, deeply 4-parted. 

 Style one. Stigmas two to three, Capsules two to three- 

 lobed, two to three-celled. Cells 1 -seeded. Name ; epiov, 

 wool, and /cavXos, the stem ; in allusion to the downy stems 

 of the species first known. Mon&cia. Hexandria. 



1. E. septangulare, With. Jointed Pipewort. Scapes stri- 

 ated, longer than the cellular, compressed, subulate, glabrous 

 leaves ; flowers four-cleft, hairy at the extremities as well as the 

 scales; stamens four; capsule 2-celled. Br. Fl. I. p. 404. E. 

 Fl. v. iv. p. 140. E. Bot. t. 733. 



Lakes in Cunnarnara, where it was first observed by Doctor Wade, 

 abundant. FL Aug. 1. Roots creeping-, and throwing out innu- 

 merable, white, curiously articulated fibres, which penetrate deep into 

 the mud. Leaves pellucid, beautifully cellular, as is the scape. Head 

 of numerous, compact, minute flowers ; each with an obovate, mem- 

 branous, concave scale-, nearly as long as itself. 



ORD. 88. JUNCE^. Juss. (in part.) Rush Family. 



Flowers perfect or separated. Perianth free, of six divisions, 

 somewhat glumaceous. Stamens six, inserted at the base of 

 the segments of the perianth; sometimes three, and opposite 

 the exterior segments : anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1 3-celled, 

 1- or many-seeded, or 1-celled and 3-seeded : stigmas generally 

 three, sometimes one. Pericarp capsular, 3-valved, with the 

 valves bearing the dissepiments in the middle, sometimes with- 

 out valves, and by imperfection, 1-seeded. Seed with a testa, 

 which is neither black nor crustaceous. Albumen dense and 

 fleshy or cartilaginous. Embryo included. Herbaceous plants, 

 very generally distributed, with fascicled or fibrous roots. Leaves 

 flat, with parallel veins, or fistular and harsh. Flowers gene- 

 rally brown or greenish ; yellow in Narthecium. 



1. JUNCUS. Linn. Rush. 



Perianth inferior, of six leaves, glumaceous. Capsules 3-celled, 

 3-valved, valves with the seed-bearing dissepiments in their 

 middle. (Leaves rigid, mostly rounded, rarely plane, gla- 

 brous.) Name from jungo, to join, the leaves and stems of 

 this genus having been employed as cordage. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



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