Original Articles. 
JUNCUS PYGM AUS, Rich., AS A BRITISH PLANT. 
By Henry Tren, M.B., F.L.S. 
: (Tas, 128.) 
HAVE great satisfaction in being able to fulfil my promise 
f 
of giving a description of one of the most interesting additions to 
our flora in recent years. The discovery of this pretty little Rush by 
Mr. W.H. Beeby was recorded in this Journal (vol. x. (1872), p. 337), 
where I also briefly indicated the grounds upon which I considered it 
mai 
plant, has also fully confirmed the opinion of continental authors, 
who consider it quite distinct from the allied species. 
pyemaxus, Richard.—Annual, cespitose, 1 to 2 ins. high. Root 
id, 
linear, sheathing at the base, channelled, with faint distant articula. 
tions, acute; stem-leaf single, with an auricled sheath ; flowers nearly 
ile, wi b of e 
n 
is 
io) 
® 
3 
Z 
= 
n 
° 
$ 
Q 
2 
> 
ico) 
