424 90. JUNCACE2E. 



broad, dark green, smooth, vernal. Fl. bright purple, radical, 

 with very long tubes, autumnal; germen remaining under 

 ground in winter, rises in spring with the leaves. Rarely 

 greenish spring fl. are found. Meadows. P. IX. X. E. S. 1. 



2. TOFIEL'DIA Huds. Scottish Asphodel. 



1. T. palus'tris ; (Huds.) ; pedicels with a 3-lobed bract at the 

 base but none at the top. .E. B. 536. T. borealis Wahl. St. 

 78. 8. St. 4 8 in. high. L. swordshaped, about 2 in. long, 

 in 2-ranked radical tufts. Fl. in a short dense spike, at first 

 jsessile, afterwards slightly stalked. Mountain bogs. P. VII. 



E. S. 



3. NARTHE'CIUM Huds. Bog-Asphodel. 



1. -A 7 , ossifragum (Huds.) ; 1. swordshaped, pedicels with 1 

 bract at their base and another above their middle, perianth- 

 segm. linear-oblong exceeding starn. and much falling short of 

 caps. j& B. 535. St. 78. 3. R. x. 421. St. 6 8 in. high, 

 slightly leafy, decumbent and rooting below. L. mostly in 

 radical 2-ranked tufts, half the height of the stem. FL bright 

 yellow. Turfy bogs. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



Order XC. J UNCAGED. 



Perianth of 6 glume-like scarious segments. Stam. usually 

 ft, on the base of the segments ; or 3, opposite to the outer 

 series. Anth. 2-celled, attached by base. Ovary 1 3-celled, 

 superior. Ovules 1, 3, or many in each cell. Style 1, stigmas 

 3. Fr. capsular, 3-valved, loculicidal. Embryo subcylindrical, 

 very minute, within firm albumen, near the hile. No raphides. 



1. JUNCUS. Perianth glume-like, 6-leaved. Filaments gla- 

 brous. Style undivided. Stigmas 3, filiform. Caps. 3- 

 celled, 3-valved. Seeds attached to the inner edge of the 

 dissepiments. L. mostly not flat. 



2. JUNCOIDES. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved, with dissepiments. 

 Sepcls 3, at the base of the capsule. Otherwise like Jnncus. 

 L. flat, grass-like. 



1. JUJN'CUS Linn. Rush. 



* Barren and fertile stems subulate, with sheathing radical long 

 leaves like the stem, or mucronate sheaths. Seeds with a 

 loose testa forming a sack at each end (appendaged). 



1. J. marit'imus (Lam.) ; sheaths short pale, 1. terete sharp- 

 pointed, panicle compound erect, per.-seym. equal lanceolate 



