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XCVII. JUNCACEiE 



(slender spreading B.) 



[.Juncits. 



stem above 



shortly dichotomous panicled, leaves linea^^etaceou^g^ooved' 

 flowers solitary unilateral aBnroxmiat.P mn.+l„ .„„„;i,. °__ ,'^' 



, ., ir'^'^^ unilateral approximate mostly sessile, capsule; 



broadly elliptical obtuse mucronate shorter than the 8vl 



lanceolate very acuminate leaflets of the perianth J frv^oS' 



Moist mountains of Clova; G.Bon. If. 7. -^ We have specimens 

 from Don s garden at Forfar, but we doubt much if the roots ZZ 

 foundm C ova. _ It is a common N. American species, and has been 

 long in cultivation in this country and on the Continent : it is <ai, 

 to grow m Belgium, but we fear it is there onlv the outcast of a ^ar 

 den; specimens have, however, been sent us from various partfof 

 Europe, although scarcely noticed in any botanical work as a native 

 of the Continent. It is allied to /. bu/onins, yet really distinct. Radical 

 leaves several ; stem bare of leaves up to the division near tlie ton 

 where IS one leaf immediately beneath the foliaceous ir«c/e«s. In 

 the axils of the forks are 2 or 3 large, nearly sessile>«,m, and 2 or", 

 unilateral ones on the branches. "'' . . " - 



that of the following species. 



18. J. 



The capsule is very different from 



_ bufomus L. (Toad B.) ; stem dichotomous above 



panicled leaves filiform setaceous grooved, flowers solitary 

 unilateral mostly sessile, capsules oblong obtuse much shorter 

 tlian the very acuminate leaflets of the perianth. jE. B. t. 802. 



Frequent in moist watery places, especially such as have been over- 

 flowed m wmter. 0. 8. -_ Stem 4-6 inches high. Leaves few, 

 slender, only one on the stem, generally near the middle. The 

 divisions or ramifications of the stem, as they are called, belong more 

 properly to the panicle, at the base of which are foliaeeous bracteas. 

 Whole plant very pale coloured. Flowers green, with white mem- 

 branous margins to the leajlets of the perianth. 



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***'^* -Leaves all radical. Flowers terminal 



f Seeds without an appendage. 



squarrosus L. (Heath B.) • leaves setaceous ri-rid 

 grooved, pamcle terminal elongated compound, capsules ellipti- 

 cal-ovate. jE. ^. t. 933. ^ 



Moory and heathy ground abundant. 2|. 6, 7— Whole plant 

 exceedingly ngid, 6 inches to 1 foot high. Leaves subsec.md, about 

 half as long as the scape. Bracteas lanceolate, membranaceous. Leaf- 

 lets of the permnth ovate-lanceolate, glossy brown with a pale line 

 down the middle, scariose at the edges. Capsule, as in almost all this 

 genus, tipped with a short mucro, the remains of the st^le, palish- 



20. J. capitdfusWeigelt (capitate B.) ; leaves filiform (soft) 

 plane or grooved above, heads of flowers sessile terminal 

 Shorter than the setaceous bractea, sepals ovate-lanceolate 



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