164 105. Juncus. 12. JUNCEiE. Pl.end.ph, 



0. viviparus. Capsule gemmiparous. 

 y. minimus. Plant not 2 in. high. 



Juncus q. Gramen juncoides minimum Anglo-Britannicum, holosteo 

 Matthioli congener, aut bufonis gramini I'landrico Lobelii, DiWen in JJaif 

 Syn. 434, 13. 



11. Juncus macer. Slender junk. 

 Leaves linear; cidm 2-forked, vvLcemo^e ', flowers solitary, 



sessile ; sepales equal, setaceous, longer than the capsule. 



Juncus gracilis, Eng. Bot. 31,2174; not of Brown. 

 Sknder rush. 



Alpine bogs; perennial; July. 



Root fibrous, woolly; culm slender, 18 in. high, termi- 

 nating in a few racemose forked branches, with 2 or 3 

 leaves at the base ; radical leaves 1 or 2, much shorter than 

 the culm, narrow, flat ; edges rather involute, not chan- 

 nelled ; flower solitary ; bractece linear, leaflike, round ; 

 valves of the capsules blunt, nicked. 



12. Juncus trifldus. Three-cut junk. 

 Culm naked at bottom; capsule oblong, as long as the 



perigonium ; hractece foliaceous, channelled ; flowers 3, 

 terminal. 



Juncus trifidus, Lin. S. P. 465. 

 Juncus monantiios, Jacq. Obs, 33. 

 Three-leaved rush, 



Alpine bogs ; perennial ; July. 



Root tufted ; culms upright, numerous, slender, thread- 

 like, 12 in. high; sheaths broad, streaked; upper long^ 

 adpressed, cut, slender, the tip ending in a leafiike awn ; 

 ligula membranaceous, fringed; leaves 3, terminal, upright, 

 bristlelike, unequal, short, sheathing ; Scpales blackish 

 green, edge broad and scariose ; the outer lanceolate, niu- 

 cronate; the inner short, broad, blunt; capsule oblong, 

 large, shining, pointed. 



13. Juncus tdiginosus. Bog Junk. 

 Leaves bristlelike, channelled ; head 3-flowered, flowers 



sessile ; capsule obtuse, longer than the perigonium ; culm 

 bulbose, rooting. 



Juncus q. Gramen junceum, capsulis triangulis, minimum, Raii Syn, 

 434,11. 



Gramen Junceum minor, Ger. em. 4. 

 .Juncus uliginosus, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 113. 

 Bulbous rush. 



Moist sandy heaths ; perennial ; July and August. 



