Pl.end.ph» 12. JUNCE^. 105. Juncus. 161 



3. Juncus glaucus. Sea green junk. 

 Leaves none ; panicle lateral, upright, slender ; capsule 



elliptical, rather pointed, shorter than the perigonium. 



Juncus acufus, Ger. em. 31 ; Rati Syn. 432,3. 



Juncus acutus vulg;aris. Park. 1193. 



Juncus effusus 13, Huds. Fl. Angl. 147. 



Juncus inflexus, Z/eers /ferS. 88 ? < 



Juncus glaucus, Ehr. Gram. 9, 83. 



Common hard rush. 



Pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 



Root horizontal, creeping; culm in bundles, glaucous, 

 2 feet high, streaked above the panicle, often inflexed ; 

 sheaths obtuse, blackish brown, shining ; panicle about one- 

 third below the tip, loose, branched ; peduncles very short, 

 1 or 2-flowered ; hractece 2 to each flower, ovate ; tip 

 scariose, pointed; Zoie^of the perigonium awlshape, streaked, 

 the 3 inner shortest; capsule 3-sided, shining; seeds ob- 

 long pointed. 



4. Juncus conglomeraius. Roundheaded junk. 

 Leaves none ; panicle lateral, conglomerate ; stamens 3 | 



capsules retuse. 



Juncus laevis vulgaris panicula compactiore, RaU Syn, 432,5. 

 Juncus laevis glomerato flore, Park. 1191. 

 Juncus conglomeratus. Lin. S. P. 464. 

 Rough-headed rush. 



Damp pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 



Root horizontal, creeping ; culms in tufts, rather stiff, 

 smooth, dark green, 18 in. high, slender; sheaths smooth^ 

 oblong, obtuse, minutely streaked, ending in a short awn ; 

 pa/zzc/e as it were sessile, 2or3-inches below the apex; pit 

 dilated, edge scariose ; common hracteas oblong, white ; uni-' 

 versal lanceolate, awned ; flower small ; hracteolae very 

 minute, white, ovate, acute ; lobes of the perigonium lan- 

 ceolate, 2-ribbed ; capsule obovale, small, retuse, 3-lobed, 

 shining, as long as the perigonium. 



5. Juncus effusus. Loose junk. 

 Culm naked, erect ; panicle lateral, effused, more than 



doubly branched ; capsule topshape, tip rather truncate. 



Juncus laevis vulgaris panicula sparta, Raii Syn, 432^ 4. 

 Juncus laevis panicula sparsa major, Park. 1191. 

 Juncus laevis, Ger, em. 39. 

 Juncus effusus, Lin. S. P, 464. 

 Common rush. Soft rush^ 



Moist pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 

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