144 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. {JuncitS. 



subulate nearly equal, longer than the elliptical capsule. E. 

 Bot. <. 665. 



Wet pastures and by road-sides. Fl. July. 1/. — Hoot creeping. 

 Scapes 1 — 2 f. liigli, glaucous, rigid, at the base covered with deep 

 purple-brown, membranaceous, shining sheaths. Panicle lax, erect. 

 Floivers slender, pale brown, with a broad green line down the middle 

 of each leaflet of the perianth. Bractcas also small and acuminate. 



2. J. effusiis, L. {soft Rush); scape very faintly striated soft, 

 panicle loose very much branched, spreading leaflets of the pe- 

 rianth lanceolate nearly acuminate rather longer than the obo- 

 vate obtuse capsule. E. JBot. t. 836. 



Marshy ground, common. Fl. July. If. — Distinguishable from the 

 last, by its soft, pliable, almost smooth (scarcely striated) scapes, and 

 spreading denser and shorter panicles, in which particulars it approaches 

 the following species. Stam. 3 or 6. — Excellent, as is the following, 

 for plaiting into mats, chair-bottoms, &c. Wicks of candles arc made of 

 the pith. 



3. J. conglomerdtus, L. (common Rush) ; scapes very faintly 

 striated (soft), panicle much branched very dense globose, leaf- 

 lets of the perianth lanceolate acute nearly equal about as long 

 as the broadly ovate very obtuse capsule, stamens 3. E. Bot. 

 t. 1835. 



Marshy ground, frequent. Fl. July. If. — Panicle very dense. Scape 

 resembling the last, and employed for the same purposes. 



4. J. Bdlticus, Willd. (Baltic Rush) ; scapes very obscurely 

 striated, panicle erect branched, leaflets of the perianth nearly 

 equal very acute as long as the elliptical capsule, stamens 6. 

 Hook, in E. Bot. Siippl. t. 2621. — J. arcticus, Hook, in Fl. Lond. 

 t. 151. E. Fl. V. u.p. 163, (?iot Willd.) 



Sandy sea-shores in Scotland ; near Dundee. Air T. Drummond. 

 Farr, and Cape Wrath, Sutherland. Dr Graham. Aberdeenshire. 

 Stotfield, 6 m. from Elgin ; and between Findhorn and Spey, on the 

 banks of the Lossie, 7 ra. from the sea ; and at St Andrew's Llanbridge, 



where the sea formerly reached. Fl. July. If This comes so near 



the true J. arcticus, that I had myself considered it as the same, or only 

 a large var. of it. It is, however, assuredly the J. Balticus of Willde- 

 now, and differs from J. arcticus in its much taller and more rigid scapes, 

 larger and decidedly branched panicle, and rounded, not trigonous, 

 capsides. Both have exceedingly creeping roots, more so than any 

 other species I am acquainted with. Floivers dark brown, with a pale 

 line down the centre of each segment. 



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5. J.Jilifdrmis, L, (thread Rush); scapes filiform, panicle simple 

 of few flowers from near the middle of the scape, leaflets of the 

 perianth lanceolate acuminate nearly equal larger than the obo- 

 vate capsule, stamens 6. E. Bot. t. 1175. 



Stony margins of lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lanca- 

 shire. l3en-Lawers, and several parts of Scotland ; but I have never 

 seen Scottish specimens. Fl. July, Aug. If. — iioo^ creeping. Plant 

 remarkable for its slender scapes, greatly extended beyond i\\Q panicle ; 

 for its pale ^xeGnis,\\ flowers and short capsules. 



