Pl.end.ph, 12. JUNCE^. 105. Juncus. 167 



Juncus siibvertirillatiis, Willd. S. P. 2,212. 

 Lesser jointed wood rush-grass. Park. 1189. 



Marshy places ; perennial ; July, August. 



Cubn slightly bulbose at bottom, sarmentose; 4 in. high, 

 cylindrical, fistulous ; radical leaves threadlike, jointed ; 

 stem-leaves larger, awlshape, knotty, jointed; sheaths sca- 

 riose ; flowers in a corymbus, appearing proliferous, light 

 bro\7n ; sepales lanceolate, pointed, stiff; capsules light 

 brown, shining, mucronated. 



20. Juncus acutiflorus. Pointed-flower junk. 



Leaves knotty, jointed ; panicle terminal, very much di- 

 vided: sepales lanceolate, pointed, capsule pointed, as long 

 as the perigcnium. 



Juncus nemorosus, folio articuloso, Rail Syn. 433, 9. 



Gramen juriceuin svlvatioum, Ger, em. 2'2. 



Grameii junceuni aqiiaticuni magi? sparsa panicula, Park. 1269,4. 



Juncus acutiflorus, Ehrh. Gram. 66 



Juncus articula(us, Rclhan Ff. Cant. 138. 



Juncus neraorosius, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 114, 



Juncus sjlvatica, Willd. S. P. 2, 211. 



Watery places in woods; perennial; June, July. 



Root fibrous, creeping; culm rather hard, leafy, slender, 

 upright, slightly compressed, smooth, 3 feet high, joints 

 fistular; leaves 3 or 4, on the stem, sheathing, compi'essed, 

 smooth; panicle diffuse; branches long, slender, smooth; 

 capsules 3-sided, ovate, oblong, light brown, shining. 



21. Juncus lampocarpus. Famished junk. 

 Leaves compressed ; panicle terminal, compound, up- 

 right; sepales unequal, inner obtuse; capsule 3-sided, acute, 

 shining, longer than the perigoniura. 



Juncus foliis articulatis, floribus umbellatis, Maii Sijn, 433, 8. 



Gramen aquaticum, Ger. em. 12. 



Gramen junceum aqnaticum Bauhini, Park. 1270. 



Juncus lampocarpus, Davis 2\ L. S. 10, 13. 



Juncus articulatus, TFilld. S. P. 2, 21 1. 



Juncus compressus, Relh. Fl, Cant. 141-. 



Shining-fruited rusk. 



Boggy places ; perennial ; July, August. 



Root creeping; culm 1 foot high, compressed, many- 

 leaved ; leaves compressed, sheathing, distinctly jointed, 

 stiff, pointed; pa?iicle terminal, upright; branches stiff, 

 nearly simple ; flowers 5 or 6 together, sessile. 



