JUNCEiE. 



375 



quite erect. Corymb about 7-flowered. Sep. 

 without mucro ; the inner subobtuse. Style 

 evident. Caps, oblong, obtuse, mucronate. 

 p. 6, 7. Very high micaceous. Matterhorn. 

 Monte Moro. Schlehern and Doronthal in s. 

 Tyrol. Belluno. 



13. filiformis. Stem smooth, not stiff. 

 Corymb nearly simple, about 7-flowered. Sep. 

 lanceolate, acute. Style hardly any. Caps, 

 nearly spherical, with a short mucro. p. 6, 

 7, 8. Lakes and 'peaty mountain meadows. 

 Br. Loire. Pyr. iMps. also in the plains of n. 

 G The scales at the base of the stalk some- 

 times end in a little L. 



B. No barren Stems. Seeds with appen- 

 dages. 

 i. Bracts short. Head evidently terminal. 



14. stygius. Stem with 1 or 2 setaceous 

 L. Heads 1-2, terminal, 3 -flowered. Sep. 

 acute, half as long as oblong, acute capsule. 

 Anthers 6, much shorter than filaments. 

 Root fibrous, p. 8. Vej'y high boggy, s, 

 Tyr. Carn. 



15. castaneus. Root creeping. L. chan- 

 neled, sheathing at base. Stem simple, with 

 2 or 3 L. Heads mostly in pairs, many -flow- 

 ered, with leafy bracts. Sep. lanceolate, acute, 

 shorter than oblong, obtuse capsule. Fil. 

 twice as long as anthers, p. 7, 8. Mountain 

 pastures. Sc. Tyr. Carinthia. 



16. biglumis. L. somewhat channeled, 

 sheathing base of otherwise naked, channeled 

 stem. Head solitary, of 2 unilateral flowers, 

 surmounted by a leafy bract. Kl. capillary. 

 Anthers short. Caps, refuse, p. 8. Moun- 

 tain rills. Highlands of Sc. 



17. triglumis. L. somewhat channeled, 

 sheathing base of otherwise naked, terete stem. 

 Heads solitary, of 2-4 erect flowers. Bracts 

 membranous ; one of them sometimes termi- 

 nated by a leafy point, p. 7. Mountains. 

 Not in the Pyr. or Apenn. 



ii. Bracts or floral L. 2 o?' 3, long, setaceous. 



18. trifidus. Stem filiform, 1-3 -flowered, 

 sheathed at base ; the upper sheath bearing a 

 very short L. (Caps, with a long beak, Bert.) 

 p. 7, 8. Fissures of high moist rochs. 



19. Elostii. Stem filiform, 1— 3-flowered, 

 sheathed at base. L. of the upper sheath half 

 as long as stem. p. 7, 8. High calc. rocks. 

 Tyr. Salzb. Styria. Aust. 



C. No barren Stems. Seeds without 

 appendages. 



i. Flowers clustered. 



a. L. terete, fistulose, without partitions. 



20. multiflorus. Root creeping. Culm 

 leafy, scaly at base. L. terete, pungent. Co- 

 rymb supradecompound, long, straight, spike- 

 like, n. solitary, approximate. p. 6. 

 Marshes. Lecce. s. SicHy. Sardinia. Cor- 



b. L. compresso-terete, fistulose, divided by 

 horizontal partitions. 



21. obtusiflorus. Stem and sheaths te- 

 rete. Pan. decompound. Lateral Branches re- 

 fract. Sep. obtuse, without mucro, equalling 

 ovate, acute capsule, p. 7- Wet. 



22. alpinus. Sheaths of L. with acute dor- 

 sal angle. Pan. compound, erect. Sep. equal, 

 very obtuse, shorter than ovato-oblong, mu- 

 cronate capsule ; the outer with a mucro 

 below the summit, p. 7, 8. Moist. Alps. 

 Pyr. n. G. 



23. lamprocarpus. Stem and L. com- 

 pressed, without an edge. Pan. decompound, 

 very spreading. Sep. of equal length, mucro- 

 nulate : inner obtuse ; outer acute, shorter 

 than ovato- lanceolate, mucronate, polished 

 capsule, p. 7, 8. Wet. 



24. anceps. Stem 2-edged at base. L. 

 somewhat compressed, slightly 2-edged. Heads 

 in an erect decompound panicle. Inner Sep. 

 obtuse ; outer acutely mucronate, shorter than 

 ovato- ellipsoid, 3 - edged, rostrate capsule, p. 

 Mtp. Bayonne. Le Mans. — Duby. 



25. lag'enarius. Heads in a cymose 

 panicle. Sep. lineari-lanceolate, nearly equal, 

 acute, shorter than tm'binate, somewhat 3- 

 edged capsule, p. s. Pr. — Dubt. 



26. nigritellus. (L. nearly cylindrical, 



Sm.) Pan. terminal. Branches long, nearly 

 simple. Heads remote, many-flowered. Sep. 

 lanceolate, nearly equal : outer acuminate ; in- 

 ner acute, rather shorter than oblong, abruptly 

 rostrate capsule. Anthers 6, half as long as 

 filaments, p. 7. Highlands of Sc. 



27. striatus. Pan. decompound, divaricate. 

 Sep. equal, lanceolate, acuminate, about equal- 

 ling the oblong, 3 -edged, acuminate capsule. 

 p. 4, 5. Marshy. Sic. — Parl., wJw refers 

 to this the J. CasteUi of Guss. 



28. acutiflorus. Pan. repeatedly com- 



