38 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Ill marshy places and by tlic sides of rivers, but apparently never 

 by brackish waters. Apparently rare. I have seen specimens only 

 from Surrey, where I have gathered it by the Thames side at 

 Moulsey Hurst. I have also specimens collected by Mr. H. C. Watson 

 by the roadside between Chesington and Epsom ; but m the " Flora of 

 Surrey" he says, that "in li-'GO the little pool or splash in Avhich it 

 grew was filled with rubbish, and the species is probably lost there." 

 The recorded habitats of this species would extend its range from the 

 south of England to Shetland ; but this is one of those cases in which 

 records unaccompanied by specimens cannot be trusted. 



England. Perennial. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Very similar to J. Gerardi, differing only in its more cajspitose 

 habit, with the stems closer together and more compressed in the 

 upper part; in the shorter panicle branches, rarely above 2 or 3 inches 

 loiiii::, and often less, the secondary brandies having a slight tendency to 

 become scorpioid ; also in the longer style, but above all in the larger, 

 rounder, and more obtuse capsule. The length of the lowest bract, 

 compared with that of the panicle branches, varies so much in J. 

 Gerardi and J. compressus, that it is utterly useless as a distinguish- 

 ing character, and the relative length of the perianth segments and 

 capsule is but little to be relied upon. 



If J. compressus and J Gerardi can be proved to be mere varieties, 

 the species should bear the name of J. compressus instead of the 

 inappropriate name of J. bulbosus, which Linnajus appears to have 

 bestowed on it, through a confusion in the synonymy. 



Round-fruited Hush. 



German, ZusamtnengedrucMe Bi7ise. 



SPECIES Xrx.— JUNCUS SQUARROSUS. Linn. 



Plate MDLXXVI. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. IX. Tab. CCCC. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1345. 



Ca3spitose. Rootstock not creeping. Stems rather slender, tough, 

 wiry, ri""id, more or less compressed, furrowed, solid, leafless or veiy 

 rarely with a single leaf. Radical leaves very numerous, sheathing 

 the base of the stems and in separate barren tufts, spreading, semi- 

 cyluidrical, deeply channelled above, shorter than the stem, not ap- 

 pearing jointed when dry. Flowers few, in fascicles of 2 to 5 (rarely 

 solitary), arranged in an umbellato-corymbose panicle, with the lower ■ 

 branches once or twice branched, erect, longer than or shorter than 

 the lowest bract ; ultimate branches very short, spreading in flower, 



