162 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



pets. For the former purpose indeed, as well as for chair-bot- 

 toms and hassocks, Scirpus lacustris, v. I. p. 56, has superseded 

 their use. 



5. J. effusus. Soft Rush. S^-oj^ 



Stem naked, straight. Panicle loose, repeatedly compound, 

 very far below the summit. Capsule obtuse. 



J. eflFusus. LinK. Sp. P/. 464. Willd. v. 2.205. Fl. Br.376. Rel. 



Rudb. 24./. EngJ. Bot. v. 12. t. 836. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. 



V. 12. 303. Hook. Scot. 105. Ehrh. Calam. 75. Leers 87. t. 13. 



/. 2. " H.Dan, t. 1096." 

 J. n. 1311 |3. Hall. Hist. v.2.\67. 

 J. laevis vulgaris, panicula sparsa nostras. Rail Syn. 432. 

 J. laevis, panicula sparsa, major. Bauh. Pin. 12. Theatr. 182./. 



Scheuchz. Agr. 341. Moris, v. 3.231. sec^ 8. t. 10./. 4. 

 J. Isevis. Ger.Em.35.f. Dad. Pempt. 605./. 

 /3. J. Isevis alter. Moris, v. 3. 231. n. 5. 



In wet pastures, and boggy places by road-sides, common. 



Perennial. Juhj. 



Root somewhat creeping. Stems like the last, but rather paler, 

 very soft and pliable. Panicle loose and spreading, very much 

 branched, with a great multitude of small green^owers. Calyx- 

 leaves finely pointed ; the 3 outermost with a broad obtuse keel ; 

 innermost with 2 distant ribs. Siam. usually 6 ; rarely 3 only. 

 Caps, small, obtuse, but rather less abrupt than in J. conglome- 

 ratus. This species is as useful as the last, for various econo- 

 mical purposes, being even more soft and flexible, with a greater 

 quantity of pith. 



/3, preserved in Bobart's herbarium at Oxford^ is a slight variety, 

 with a less diffuse panicle. 



6. 5 . Jilifortrds. Least Rush. 



Stem naked, thread-shaped, droophig. Panicle nearly 

 simple, coi-ymbose, of few flowers, very far below the 

 summit. Bractea taper-pointed. Capsule almost glo- 

 bular. 



J. filiformis. Linn.Sp.Pl.A55. Willd.v.2. 207 . Fl.Br.377. Engl. 



Bot. V. 17. t. 1 175. Spicil. 2. t. 3. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 12. 



304. Dicks. Dr. PL 32. H. Sicc.fasc. 14. 16. Hook. Scot. 105. 



Ehrh. Calam. 95. Leers87. t. 13./. 4. FL. Dan. t. 1207. 

 J. n. 1313. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 168. 

 J. parvus, calamo supra paniculam compactam longiiis producto. 



Rail Syn. 432. Pluk. Almag. 200. Phyt. t. 40. f. 8. 

 J. laevis, panicula sparsa, minor. Bauh. Pin. 12. Theatr. 183. 



Scheuchz. Agr. 347. ^ 7./. 1 1. Moris, v. 3. 231 . 

 About the margins of lakes in the North, but very rare. 



