juncacejE. 37 



acuminate, chocolate or chestnut. Seeds minute; the testa not pro- 

 duced into an appenda<^e. 



Sdb-Species I. — Juncus Gerardi. Lois. 



Plate MDLXXTV. 



Eekli. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. IX. Tab. CCCXCVm. Figs. 888, 889. 



niUof, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2146. 



J. ca?nosus. Bid: Engl. Bot. Sup. No. 2G80, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. II. p. 166. 



J. Bothnicus, Wahl. Pari Fl. Ital. Vol. II. p. 850. 



J. compressus, var. /3. Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 464. 



Rootstock very extensively creeping, its branches with the stems 

 more or less separate, one before the other. Stems scarcely compressed, 

 but somewhat trigonous in the upper half. Capsule broadly oval- 

 ovoid, shortly acuminate, mucronate, equalling or but slightly exceed- 

 ing the perianth leaves. Style usually as long as the ovary. 



In salt marshes and on sea-shores and by the banks of tidal rivers. 

 Common and generally distributed. 



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



Stems very variable in height, varying from 2 inches to 2 feet or 

 more. Leaves shorter thim the stem, very narrow, tirm, deep green, 

 slightly shining. Lowest bract leaflike, commonly shorter than the 

 panicle branches, but sometimes equalling or considerably exceeding 

 them. Lowest panicle branches i to 5 inches long. Flowers some- 

 times all separate, but more generally united in small fascicles. Peri- 

 anth leaves ^ inch long, pale, with a chocolate-coloured stripe on each 

 side, outside of which there is a pale scarious margin. Capsule some- 

 times abortive, commonly a little longer than the perianth leaves, 

 shortly acuminated into a mucro. Seeds minute, reddish-brown. 



3Iitd Bush. 



French, Jonc Bothnicus. German, Gerard's Binse. 



Sub-Species (?) II. — Juncus compressus. Jacq. 



Plate MDLXXV. 



Beicli. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Heir. Vol. IX. Tab. CCCXCIX. 



BiUot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1556. 



.T. bulbosus. Sm. Engl. Bot. No. 934. Kunth, Enum. PI. Vol. in. p. 351. 



J. compressus, var. u. Hook. & Ant. Engl. Bot. ed. viii. p. 464. 



Rootstock subcaespitose, its branches with the stems usually placed 

 close together. Stems com^jressed in the upper half. Capsule oval- 

 subglobular, very obtuse, abruptly mucronate, commonly considerably 

 longer than the perianth leaves. Style usually shorter than the 

 ovary. 



