'Plend.ph. 12. JUNCE^. 105. Juncus. 16S 



8. Juncus compressus. Flattened junk. 

 Culm not branched, leafy, compressed ; leaves linear, 



edge incurved ; capside roundish, longer than the perigo- 

 nium ; panicle terminal, shorter than the bracteae. 



JuDCus parvus cum pericarpiis rotundis, Rati Syn, 433, 10. 



Juncus bulbosus, Lin. S, P. 466. 



Juncus compressus, J'acg. i(^j!ndo&. 235. 



Round fruited rush. Russia water-grass. 



Moist fields ; perennial ; July. 



Root creeping; culm upright, 12 in. high, simple; base 

 cylindrical; tip compressed, smooth, leafy; leaves linear, 

 snorter than the culm ; sheaths cut, edge and tip scariose ; 

 panicle above decompound, erect, many-flowered ; floral 

 leaves upright, shortly sheathing ; lowermost longer than 

 the corymbus; flower single, at the division ; sepales equal, 

 brown, obtuse, shorter than the capsule, edge scariose ; 

 capside round, very obtuse, mucronate. 



9. Juncus ccenosus. Mudjimk. 

 Culm simple, leafy ; leaves bristlelike, channelled ; capsule 



obovate, obtuse, the length of the perigonium ; panicle ter- 

 minal, nearly simple, longer than the bracteae. 



Juncus CEEHosus, Bicheno T.L.S, 12,309. 

 Mud rush. 



Salt marshes; perennial; July and August. 

 Darker green than the preceding ; leaves stiffer than it ; 

 edge of the inner sepales scariose; capsule rather one-sided. 



10. Juncus lufonius. Toad junk. 

 Culm 2-forked, leafy ; leaves angular ; floiuers solitary, 



sessile ; perigonium bristlelike ; sepales unequal ; outer twice 

 the length of the capsule. 



Juncus palustris humilior erectus, Raii Syn. 434, 12. 

 Graraen junceum, Ger. em. 4. 



Gramen juuceum parvum sive Holosteum Matthioli et Gramen bufonium 

 Flandrorum, Park. 1190. 



Juncus bufonius, Lin. S. P. 466. 

 Toad rush. Toad grass. 



Damp watery places ; annual ; June to August. 



Root fibrous, tufted ; culm below simple, above forked, 

 round, leafy, 12 in. high; leaves shorter than the culm, 

 slender, pale green, acute, upright ; sheaths angular, edges 

 whitish; panicle 2-forked, long; flowers solitary, 1 -rowed, 

 remote, lateral, and at the foot of the branches; sepales 

 blackish green, ribless, edge scariose; the outer keeled; 

 inner broad, ovate, flat ; capsules elliptical, obtuse, half as 

 long as the perigonium. 



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