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Yar. a, zdigi7iosus. 

 Plate IiIDLXX. 

 J; uliginosus, Sihth. Sm. Engl. Bot. No. 801 ; Engl. Fl. Vol. II. p. 169. 



Stem short, erect, often swollen at the base. Stamens usually 3 ; 

 filaments as long as the anthers. 



Var. 0, subverticillatus. 



J. subverticillatus, Wulf. Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IT. p. 170. 



Stems elongate, decumbent or floating. Stamens usually 3; fila- 

 ments as long as the anthers. 



Var. 7, Kochii. Bab. 



J. nigritellus, Kocli, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. i. (non D.Don). 



Stamens 6 ; " filaments nearly twice as long as the elUptical 

 anthers " (Bah.). Capsule shorter than in vars. a and 3, impressed at 

 the apex. 



In bogs and wet heaths. Common, and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Stems 2 to 8 inches high, or in var. 3 sometimes nearly a foot long, 

 very slender, solitary or more usually several or numerous in each 

 tuft, liadical leaves channelled, showing no articulations when dried, 

 which, however, are usually more or less apparent in the stem leaves. 

 Panicle with very few branches, the lowest ones 1 to 3 inches long. 

 Perianth leaves about ^ inch long, some of the flowers- often viviparous. 



Vai's. a and 3 pass insensiblj^ into each other, and are rather states 

 than true varieties. The larger forms resemble J. lamprocarpus, but 

 may always be distinguished by the setaceous channelled radical leaves 

 and by the pale bi'own capsule scarcely exceeding the perianth leaves 

 and much blunter at the apex. 



Lesser-jointed Rush. 



French, Jonc setacb. German, Sumpfbinse. 



Section V.— PYGMiEI. 



Annual. Stems very slender, articulated when leafy, leafless, or 

 witli 1 or 2 setaceous or channelled leaves, which have transverse 

 ])artition3 often projecting and giving a jointed appearance to the 

 dried leaf. Radical sheaths with setaceous channelled leaves, which do 

 not appear jointed when dry. Flowers fascicled jmd arranged in a 

 single head, or rarely ■with 1 or 2 branches of the panicle developed 



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