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'^1 and hard), persistent : Stamens 6, inserted into the base of the 



sediments, or sometimes 3, and then opposite the outer segments. 

 *^:* Ovary free, imperfectly 3-celled, and many-ovuled, or 1-celled 

 '^: and 3-ovuled. Style 1. Stigmas usually 3, sometimes 1, Fruit 

 %f capsular, with 3 valves, bearing the dissepiment in the middle, 

 hii[ i*arely closed and by abortion 1 -seeded. Embryo minute, cylin- 

 ^^dtj drical, at the base of a hard fleshy or cartilaginous albumen. — 



Herbs. Leaves grassy or subulate^ with parallel nerves or veins^ 



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1, JuNCUS. Perianth glumaceous. Filaments glabrous. Stigmas 3, 



Capsule mostly S-celled, many-seeded, 



'Mfe, 2. LuzuLA. Perianth glumaceous. Filament glabrous. Stigmas 3. 

 4^' Capsule 1-celled, 3-seeded. 



p'' 3. Nakthecium. Perianth coloured. Filaments hairy. Stigma 1. 



Capsule 3-celled at the base, many-seeded. 



1. JuNCus Linn. Rush. 



Perianth of 6 leaves, glumaceous. Filaments glabrous. 

 Stigmas 3. Caps. 3-ce!led, 3-valved ; valves with the seed- 

 bearing dissepiments in their middle- Seeds numerous. (Leaves 

 I rigid, mostly rounded^ rarely plane^ glabro7is.) — 'Named from 

 I j^^go, to join; the leaves and stems of this genus having been 

 ' employed for cordage. 



'\ * Leaves none. Barren scapes resembling leaves. Panicle lateral, 

 ^^H Flowers scattered. Seeds with their coat cfose, not appendaged. 



mH ^ 1. J.efusus L. (soft E.) ; scapes very faintly striate soft, 

 ovate,f "pith continuous," panicle branched, sepals spreading lanceolate 



nearly equal acuminate rather longer than the obovate retuse 

 I not aplculate capsule. — • a. panicle diffuse branched. F. B. 

 ft''! t. 836. — ft, panicle more or less dense, globose* 



Marshy ground, common; — jg. Near Bath. %. , 7. — This and 

 the next are distinguished from /. glaiicus by their soft, pliable, 

 almost smooth (scarcely striate) scapes. It is more difficult to dis-' 

 tinguish it from /. conglomeratus, with which indeed E. Meyer and 

 niost foreign botanists now unite it. Stam. 3 or 6. — Excellent, as 

 is the following, for platting into mats, chair-bottoms, &c. Wicks of 

 candles are made of the pith. 



2. J. conglomeratus L. (common R.) ; scapes very faintly 

 striate soft, '' pith continuous," panicle branched, sepals 

 lanceolate acute nearly equal about as long as the obovate 

 retuse apiculate capsule, stamens 3,— a. panicle dense, globose. 

 •£'. -B. t. 835.-/3. panicle more or less diffuse. 



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Marshy ground, frequent. %. 7. — Panicle usually very dense. 



^cape resembling the last, and employed for the same purposes. Some- 



'mes onW to be distinguished from the last by the apiculate capsule. 



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