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few-seeded, about equalling the perianth; seed obovoid, about 0.5 mm. long, retic- 

 ulated in about 24 rows. Shallow margins of lakes, ponds or streams, N. S. to 

 N. N. Y. and Md. 



27. Juncus articulatus L. JOINTED RUSH. (I. F. f. 945.) Rootstock branch- 

 ing; stems erect or ascending, 4-6 dm. high, tufted, somewhat compressed, 2-4- 

 leaved, basal blade-bearing leaves I or 2, usually dying early; stem leaves with 

 conspicuously septate blades; inflorescence rarely exceeding I dm. in height, its 

 branches spreading; heads 6-12-flowered; perianth 2-3 mm. long, the parts nearly 

 equal, lanceolate, acuminate, reddish brown with a green midrib or green through- 

 out; stamens 6; capsule longer than the perianth, brown, 3-angled, tapering into a 

 conspiciuous tip, i-celled; seed oblong-obovoid, about 0.5 mm. long, reticulate in 

 about 16-20 rows. Lab. to Mass., N. Y., Mich, and Br. Col. Also in Europe and 

 Asia. 



28. Juncus Richardsonianus Schult. RICHARDSON'S RUSH. (I. F. f. 946.) 

 Stems erect, 1.5-5 dm. high in loose tufts, from creeping rootstocks, i-2-leaved; 

 panicle 6-20 cm. high, sparse, its branches strict or slightly spreading; heads 3-12- 

 flowered; perianth 2-2.5 mm - l n g> ^ e i rmer parts shorter than the outer, obtuse, 

 the outer paler; stamens 6; anthers much shorter than the filaments; capsule ovoid- 

 oblong, slightly exceeding the perianth, with a short tip; seed about 0.5 mm. in 

 length, narrowly obovoid to oblong, apiculate, acute or acuminate at the base, 

 lightly reticulate in about 20 rows. N. S. to Br. Col., Penn., Neb. and Wash. 



29. Juncus nodosus L. KNOTTED RUSH. (I. F. f. 947.) Stems 1.5-6 dm. 

 high, erect, arising singly frrm thickenings of a slender rootstock; stem leaves 2-4, 

 and like the basal ones with long erect blades; panicle seldom exceeding* 6 cm., 

 bearing 130 heads; heads several-many-flowered, 712 mm. in diameter; perianth 

 2.43.5 mm - l n gi its parts lanceolate-subulate, the inner longer than the outer; 

 stamens 6; capsule lanceolate-subulate, 3-sided, i-celled, exceeding the perianth; 

 seed oblong, acute below, apiculate above, rarely more than 0.4 mm. long, reticu- 

 late in. 20-30 rows. N. S. to Va., Neb. and Br. Col. Also in Nev. 



30. Juncus Torreyi Coville. TORREY'S RUSH. (I. F. f. 948.) Stems 2-10 

 dm. high; rootstock slender, with tuberiform thickenings; leaf-blades stout, terete, 

 abruptly divergent from the stem; inflorescence congested, consisting of 120 heads; 

 heads 10-16 mm. in diameter; perianth 4-5 mm. long, its parts subulate, the outer 

 longer than the inner; stamens 6; capsule subulate, 3-sided, i-celled, beaked; seed 

 0.4-0.5 mm. in length, oblong, acute at both ends, reticulate in about 20 longitudi- 

 nal rows. W. N. Y. to Tex. and the Pacific coast. 



31. Juncus Caesariensis Coville. NEW JERSEY RUSH. (I. F. f. 949.) Stems 

 0.5-1 m. high, stout, erect, slightly roughened; basal leaves few, the iippermost, 

 like the cauline, with long erect terete roughened blades; inflorescence 2-10 cm. 

 high, with spreading branches, its lowest bract with a small blade; heads 2-5 -flow- 

 ered; perianth 4-5 mm. long, the parts lanceolate-acuminate, stiff, green, striate, 

 the inner longer than the outer; stamens 6; capsule lanceolate-oblong, 3-sided, 

 mucronate-acuminate, incompletely 3-celled; seed tailed at both ends, altogether 

 about 2 mm. long. Sandy swamps of S. N. J. [/. asper Engelm., not Sauzd.J 



32. Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. SHORT-FRUITED RUSH. (I. F. f. 950.) 

 Stems erect, 2-9 dm. high, terete, i-4-leaved; blades terete, 2 mm. thick or less; 

 inflorescence sometimes I dm. high and with 20 spherical heads; perianth 3-4 mm. 

 long, its parts subulate, the inner about three-fourths as long as the outer; stamens 

 3; capsule one-half to two-thirds as long as the perianth, oblong, mucronate, I-celled; 

 seed oblong, acute at both ends, about 0.4 mm. long, reticulate in about 18 longitu- 

 dinal rows. S. Ont., through the Miss. Valley to Okla., Tex. and Miss. ; also from 

 N. Car. to Md. 



33. Juncus polycephalus Michx. MANY-HEADED RUSH. (I. F. f. 951.) Stems 

 stout, about I m. high, compressed, 2 4-leaved. Leaves 0.5 m. in length or less, 

 the upper shorter; blades vertically flattened, 3-8 mm. broad; inflorescence 1-3.5 

 dm. high; heads globose, 7-10 mm. in diameter; perianth 3-4 mm. long, its parts 

 subulate; stamens 3; capsule subulate, I-celled, exceeding the perianth; seed nar- 

 rowly oblong, about 0.5 mm. long, acute at each end, with nearly straight tips, 

 reticulate in about 12 rows. In swamps, Va. (?) to Fla. and Tex. 



34. Juncus scirpoides Lam. SCIRPUS-LIKE RUSH. (I. F. f. 952.) Stems 

 2-9 dm. high, erect, terete, in clusters. Stem leaves 1-3; blades terete, 2 mm. 



