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the straw : leaves of the calyx finely pointed. The pith of this and 

 the following species is used for rush-lights : the straws are plaited 

 into chair- bottoms and mats. Perennial : flowers in July : grows 

 in wet meadows and pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 836. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 162. 530. 



6. J. conglomerdtus. Common Rush. Straw naked, straight, faintly 

 striated ; panicle very dense, globular, repeatedly branched ; cap- 

 sule abrupt ; stamens three. Root creeping : straws soft, pliant, 



about two feet high : panicle forming a dense globular head of brown 

 flowers : leaves of the calyx pointed : the straw is larger than in the 

 last species, and the pith is consequently better for rush-lights, or 

 wicks to lamps. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in wet grounds : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 835. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 161. 531. 



7. J.filiformis. Slender Rush. Straw naked, slender, drooping : 

 panicle few-flowered, corymbose ; capsule nearly globular. Root 

 creeping : straws very slender, pliant, pale- green, "about a foot high : 

 flowers from five to eight Perennial : flowers in August : grows 

 on the margins of lakes, in the north of England : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xvii. pi. 1175. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 162. 532. 



** Plants furnished with leaves. 



8. J. squarrosus. Moss Rush, Heath Rush. Straw naked ; leaves 

 radical, numerous, bristle-shaped, channelled ; panicle terminal, 



compound ; capsule inversely egg-shaped. Root tufted : straws 



erect, about a foot high, bluntly triangular. Perennial : flowers in 

 June and July : grows on wet heaths : abundant. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xiii. pi. 933. "Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 164. 533. 



9. J.trifidus. Three-leaved Rush. Straw naked; radical leaves 

 very few ; bracteas three, leafy ; a terminal head of about three 



flowers. Root creeping : straws crowded, thread- shaped, erect, 



from four to six inches high: radical leaves one or two, very short: 

 bracteas three, at the top of the straw, resembling leaves. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July : grows in rocky places on the higher moun- 

 tains of Scotland, as Ben Lawers, Cairngorm : rare. Eny. Bot. 

 vol. xxi. pi. 1482. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 163. 534. 



10. J. compressus. Round-fruited Rush. Straw simple, com- 

 pressed, leafy below ; leaves linear, incurved at the edges ; panicle 

 eymose, terminal, shorter than the bractea ; capsule roundish, longer 



than the calyx. Root creeping : straws erect, from six to twelve 



inches high : un branched, round and leafy below, naked and com- 

 pressed above : leaves acute, channelled. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows in moist pastures : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xiii. pi. 934. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 165. A variety of this "plant, 

 common in salt marshes, with a nearly simple few-flowered panicle 

 longer than the bractea, is the /. ccenosus, Mud Rush, Eng. Bot. 

 Suppl. pi. 2680. Eng.Fl. vol. ii. p. 166. 535. 



11. J. te'nuis. Slender-spreading Rush. Straw simple, naked; 

 leaves linear, slightly channelled ; panicle terminal, compound ; 

 leaves of the calyx lance- shaped, taper-pointed, three-ribbed, longer 



than the capsule. Root fibrous : straw erect, very slender, about 



a foot high : leaves very few, radical : leaves of the calyx green, 

 three-ribbed, acute. Perennial : flowers in July : grows on the 

 mountains of Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2174. J. 

 Gesneri. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 167. 536. 



