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HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 175 



G. junceum avticulatum palustre, erectum et elatius. Moris, v. 3. 



227. sect. S. t.d.f. 1. 

 G. junceum sylvaticum. Ger. Em. 22. f. 



In wet woods, and watery places, common. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root somewhat creeping. Stems erect, straight, with from 4 to 6 

 joints, 2 or 3 feet high, slender, a little compressed, smooth, hol- 

 low, leafy ; scaly at the base. Leaves 3 or 4 on each stem, alter- 

 nate, distant, upright, cylindrical, somewhat compressed, taper- 

 pointed, hollow, divided internally by numerous, transverse par- 

 titions, which give a jointed appearance, especially to the dried 

 leaves. Panicle terminal, erect, of 2 or 3 principal branches, 

 which are once or twice forked, and partly racemose, with nu- 

 merous, sessile, lateral or terminal, round, rusty-coloured heads 

 of Jlowers. Bracteas solitary, leafy, under the panicle, or its 

 main branches ; the interior ones smaller, membranous, taper- 

 pointed ; innermost, under each head, crowded, ovate, short and 

 filmy. Calyx-leaves lanceolate, all bristle- pointed, and uniform, 

 of a rusty brown. Caps, lanceolate, taper-pointed, acutely tri- 

 angular, with concave sides, of the colour of the calyx, and but 

 little longer, not very conspicuous. Seeds minute, elliptic-ob- 

 long, not tunicated. 



Gerarde's figure seems to me a better representation of this than 

 of the ohtusiflorus. Our aciitiflorus is probably to be met with 

 in Switzerland, but I find no traces of it in Haller, nor in any 

 collection from that country. 



21. 3. lampocar'pus. Shining-fruitedJointed Rush. 



Leaves apparently jointed, compressed. Panicle erect, 

 compound, forked. Inner calyx-leaves bordered. Cap- 

 sule ovate, coloured, highly polished, longer than the 

 calyx. 



J. lampocarpus. Ehrh. Calam. \2G. Davies Tr. of L. Soc. v. 10. 13. 



Comp. 5.5. Engl. Bot. v. 30. ?. 2143. Bicheno Tr. ofL. Soc.v. 12. 



325. Hook. Scot. 109. 

 J. articulatus. Linn. Sp. Pl.46ij, a, j3. Willd.v.2.2\\ , a. Fl. 



Br. 379, a. Huds. 149, a. mth.347, var. 1. Leers 88, a. t. 13. 



/.6. 

 J. compressus. Relh. ed. 1. 142. Sibth. 1 14. Abbot 79. 

 J. n. 1322. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 171. 

 J. ramulosus. Gesn. Ease. 10. t. 4.f. 12. 

 J. foliis articulosis, floribus umbellatis. Tourn. Inst. 247. Raii 



Syn. 433. 

 J. foliaceus, capsulis triangulis. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 521. f. 

 Arundo minima. Dalech. Hist. lOOl.f. 

 Gramen junceum, folio articulato, aquaticum. Bauh. Pin. 5. Prodr. 



12./,/. Theatr.76.f.and77.f. Scheuchz. Agr. 331,333. 



