JUNC01DES. 429 



21 . J.compres'sus(Jsicq.)-, st. with 1 leaf in the middle, 1. linear 

 channelled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually fall- 

 ing short of the bract, per.-segm. oval-oblong blunt falling short 

 of the roundly obovoid shortly mucronate capsule. E. B. 934. St. 

 36. 13. R. ix. 399. St. slender, erect, round and leafy below, 

 naked and compressed above. Floral bracts usually pale. 

 Style half the length of the ovary. Anth. oblong. [A form with 

 condensed panicle is var. coarctatus (E. Mey.)l. Damp places. P. 

 VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



22. J. Gerar'di (Lois.) ; st. with one or more leaves, 1. linear 

 channelled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually ex- 

 ceeding the bract, per. -segm. oval-oblong blunt about equalling 

 the oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. J. coenosus Bich. 

 Sra. E. B. S. 2680. St. 71. 8. R. ix. 398. St. trigonous in 

 its upper part. Floral bracts usually shining, brown. Style as 

 long as the ovary. Anth. long. Salt marshes. P. VI. VIII. 

 Mud-Rush. E. S. I. 



23. J. ten'uis (Willd.) ; st. with few 1. at the base, 1. strongly ribbt-d 

 with broad sheaths and long slender laminae, pan. terminal compound 

 much exceeded by the long slender bracts, per.-segm. lanceolate very 

 acute longer than the almost spherical shining caps., seeds very small 

 ellipsoid pointed at each end minutely reticulated. E. B. 2174. J. of. It. 

 xxiii. (1885) p. 1, t. 253. Caespitose. Fl. and fr. pale. Style very short. 

 Sandv ground and roadsides, very local, possibly introduced. P. VII. 

 IX. E. S. I. 



24. J. bufonius (L.) ; st. leafy foiked, 1. setaceous, fl. solitary 

 unilateral scattered mostly sessile, per.-segm. unequal lanceo- 

 late-acuminate exceeding the oblong blunt capsule, seeds roundly 

 oval.E. B. 802. St. 36. 12. ^.'ix. 395. St. 48 in. high. 

 Usually with only 1 leaf on the slender stems. /3. J. fascicu- 

 latus (Bert.) ; st. shorter (23 in. high) and thicker, fi. 2 or :> 

 together. Marshy and wet places. A. VII. VIII. Toad-Rush. 



E. S. I. 



25. J. pygma'us (Rich.) ; st. nearly or quite leafless, 1. sub- 

 setaceous, fl. in few small clusters sessile, per.-segm. nearly 

 equal narrowly lanceolate exceeding the oblong-acute caps'., 

 seeds fusiform-pear-shaped. J. of B. xi. 128. St. verv short. 

 Upper cluster of fl. stalked, naked ; lower with a long bract. 

 Seeds much longer than in Sp. 24, apiculate. Damp spots above 

 Ky nance Cove, Cornwall. A. V. ? E. 



2. JDXCOJ'DES Adan*. (Luzula Cand., ed. viii.) 

 Wood- Rush. 



1 . J. syhat'icwn (O. Kuutze) ; 1. linear-lanceolate hairy, 

 panicle subcymose doubly compound, clusters about 3-flowered on 



