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816. JUNCUS. 



pound, forked. Sep. acuminate, awned; the 

 inner longer ; all shorter than ovate, somewhat 

 rostrate capsule. L., when dry, finely striate. 

 p. 7, 8. IFet. 



j8. brevirostris, Nees ab Es. The Heads 

 larger and fewer. 



29. atratus. Pan. decompound, spreading, 

 Sep. acuminate; inner longer, nearly equal- 

 ling ovoid, acuminato -rostrate capsule. L. 

 furrowed when di-y. p. 7, 8. Wet. Sax. 



80. repens. " Stem creeping. L. not 

 placed at divisions of branches. Heads in a 

 simple panicle. Sep. lanceolate, acute, p. 

 Moist ted of Durance. Cherbourg. Perhaps 

 a var. of acutifolius." — Duby. 



c. L. setaceo-subulate, channeled. 



31. supinus. Stem and L. indistinctly 

 fistulose and partitioned. Heads lateral and 

 terminal, about 3-flowered. Sep. lanceolate, 

 exceeding oblong, obtuse, mucronate capsule. 

 HI. about as long as anthers. 



32. pygmseus. Root fibrous. L. filiform, 

 dilated into a sheath at base. Stem-L. or 1. 

 Heads sessile and stalked, with very small ovali- 

 scariose bracts. Stamens 3. Sep. linear, 

 acute, exceeding long, acute, 3-edged capsule. 

 a. 6. Wet pastures, s. and w. Fr. 



33. bicephalus. " Root fibrous. Stem 

 terete. L. filiform. Stem-L. solitary, dilated 

 into a sheath at base. Heads 2 or 3, one of 

 which is sessile and one stalked. Bracts sca- 

 riose, ovato-lanceolate. Fl. at last cylindrical, 

 exceeding the acuminate capsule. Sep. nearly 

 equal, narrow lanceolate, many-nerved, a. 4, 

 5. Marshes. Bonifacio." — Bert. 



34. triandrus. " Stem naked. Root-L. 

 setaceo-subulate, channeled. Heads 1 or 2, 

 sessile and stalked when in fruit : the lower 

 Bract spreading or ascending. External Sep. 

 ovato - lanceolate, acuminato - cuspidate, ex- 

 ceeding ovoid, obtuse capsules, p. 4, 5. Moist. 

 s. Istria." — Bert. 



35. capitatus. Stem angular, leafless. L. 

 sheathing base of stem. Heads 1-3. (Outer 

 Bracts strictly erect, Koch.) Sep. ovate, acu- 

 minato-cuspidate, exceeding the ovoid capsule. 

 a. 6-8. Sandy fields. Jersey, s. and w. Er. 

 Rhine. It. 



ii. Mowers solitary [except in a variety of 

 J. bufonius). 



36. compressus. Stem compressed. L. 



linear. Branches of Pan. ei'ect, corymbose. 

 Sep. ovato-ohlong, very obtuse, shorter than 

 subglobose capsule. (Style as long as germen, 

 Kocii.) (Pan. shorter than bracts, Sm.) p. 

 7, 8. 3Ioist meadows. 



37. Gerardi. Stem nearly terete. L. li- 

 near. Branches of Pan. erect, corymbose. 

 Sep. ovate, obtuse, nearly equalling the oblongo- 

 oval, somewhat 3-edged capsule. Style as 

 long as germen. (Pan. exceeding bracts, Sm.) 

 p. 7, 8. Salt marshes. Eng. G. Frobably 

 a var. of the preceding. 



38. squarrosus. L. numerous, linear, 

 channeled, sheathing the base of the stem. 

 Pan. terminal, compact. Outer Sep. ovato- 

 lanceolate, rather abruptly acute, equalling 

 obovate, mucronate capsule. Anthers four 

 times as long as filaments, p, 6, 7- Peaty 

 heaths. Br. Fr. m. and n. G. Not in It. 



39. Tenageya. L. filiform. Corymb di- 



chotomous. Fl. solitary, remote, sessile. Sep. 

 ovato-lanceolate, (equalling, Duby) (rather 

 exceeding, Koch) subrotundo -turbinate cap- 

 sule, a. 6, 7. Splashes. Fr. Rhine. Pdm. 

 MR. Tusc. Cors. 



40. sphserocarpus. " Culm with 1 or 2 

 L. I;, setaceous, channeled at base. Branches 

 of Pan. long, bifid, erect. Fl. remote. Sep. 

 oblongo-lanceolate, acuminate, mucronate, ex- 

 ceeding obtuse, subrotund capsule, p. 6, 7- 

 Wet. Franc. Vienna. A different species- 



from Tenageya." — Koch. 



41. tenuis. "Stem sheathed at base, but 

 without L. L. linear, channeled, erect. Pan. 

 crowded. Branches cymose, spreading. Sep. 

 lanceolate, attenuato -acute, 3 -nerved, rather 

 longer than ovato-oblong capsule. Fil. longer 

 than anther, p. 6, 7- Bushy borders. Upper 

 Swabia. Holstein. neai' Hamburg." — Koch. 



42. bufonius. L. setaceous. Pan. forked, 

 exceeding bracts. "Upper Fl. usually approxi- 

 mate. Sep. lanceolate, acuminate, exceeding 

 the oblong, obtuse capsules. Fl. usually soli- 

 tary, a. 7, 8. Moist. 



/8. insulanus, Guss. Fl. clustered. Inner 

 Sepals acute ; outer acuminate. 



43. ambi^aus. " Glaucescent. Root fi- 

 brous. Culm leafy at base. Corymb sub- 

 dichotomous. Fl. solitary, approximate, sessile. 

 Outer Sep. acute ; inner obtuse, equalling ob- 

 long, obtuse capsule. a. 4, .5. Piana de' 

 Greci, Monreale, Marshes si Spaccaforno, Sic." 

 — Bert. 



