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acute equalling the elliptic mucronate capsule, seeds fusiform. 

 E. B. 1725. R. ix. 402. St. erect, 12 feet hi<2:h. Panicle 

 long, lax. Salt marshes near the sea. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



2. J. acutus (L.) ; sheaths long- shining, 1. terete sharp- pointed, 

 panicle very compound mostly compact, per.-segm. equal half 

 the length of the roundish ovoid caps., 3 inner ones blunt with a 

 membranous border, seeds broad-ovate. E. B. 1614. St. 71. 6. 

 R. ix. 401. St. erect, rigid, with a very sharp rigid point, 3 6 

 feet high. Panicle dense, corymbose. Fr. twice as large as 

 that of Sp. 1. Sands on the sea-coast, rare. P. VI. E. I. 



** Barren and fertile stems subulate with sheaths at their bases 

 which are either leafless or bear rudimentary leaves. Seeds 

 with a close testa (not appendaged). 



3. J. effdsus (L.) ; st. faintly striate soft, pith continuous, 

 panicle close or diffuse, sheaths dull brown not inflated, caps. 

 obovate retuse not mucronate, stam. 3. E. B. 836. R. ix. 

 413. Height 1 2 feet. L. none or minute and slender at the 

 top of sheathing scales. Panicle diffuse, branched ; or more 

 or less dense, globose. Anth. oval, short. Marshy ground. 

 P. VII. E. S. I. 



4. J. conglomerate (L.) ; st. faintly striate soft, pith con- 

 tinuous, panicle close or diffuse, from inflated sheaths, caps. 

 obovate retuse mucronate, stam. 3. E. B. 835. St. 71. 3. 

 R. ix. 408. Height 1 2 feet. L. none or minute and slender 

 at the top of the sheathing scales. Panicle globose, dense ; or 

 more or less diffuse. Anth. linear. The mucro in the hollowed 

 top of the caps, resembles a little hill bearing the style. 

 Marshy ground. P. VII. E. S. I. 



5. J. inflex'us (L.) ; st. deeply striate rigid, pith interrupted, 

 panicle loose much branched erect, per.-segm. lanceolate subu- 

 late rather exceeding the elliptic-oblong mucronate capsule, stam. 

 6.E. B. 665. St. 71. 5. R. ix. 41o. J.glaucus (Sibth.) ed. viii. 

 Panicle ascending, diffuse. Fr. black. St. rigid, slender, 

 glaucous, 12 18 in. high. Sheaths dark. L. none or minute 

 and slender at the top of the scales. Wet places. P. VII. 



E. S. I. 



6. J. diffusus (Hoppe) 1 ; st. finely striate rigid, pith continuous, 

 panicle loose much branched erect, per.-segm. lanceolate-subu- 

 late exceeding the obovate-blunt mucronate capsule, stam. 6. 

 Sy. E. B. 1562. St. 77. 10. R. ix. 414. Very like the pre- 

 ceding, but the caps much smaller. St. green. In wet places, 

 rare. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



1 Now regarded as a hybrid between Sp, 3 and 5. H. & J. G. 



