96 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



dric, tapering, naked. Fl. very numerous, thick-set, green, 

 seldom met with. 

 Dried root in ague. 



JUNCUS.' Rush. 



* Leaves none. 

 J. glaucus. Hard R. Stem naked, straight, glaucous. 

 Panicle upright, far below the summit. Capsule ellip- 

 tical, pointed, rather shorter than the awl-shaped-leaved 

 calyx. E. B. QQ5. J. acutus. G. E. 35. 



ff^et pastures, moist, waste ground. 



Per. Jtdy. 



Stem slender, somewhat crooked, about one and a half f, upright, 



naked, stiff, slightly furrowed, tapering to a sharp point, at the 



base brown, shining, sheathing scales, dark-chestnut below. Pan. 



from the side of the stem, branched, spreading upwards. CaL- 



Is. awl-shaped. 

 Discrim. by its glaucous green colour, and hard texture from J. 



conglom. and J, effusus : in J. conglom. the stam. are only 



three. 



J. conglomerdtiis . Globular-headed R. Stem naked, 

 straight. Panicle compact, globular, far below the 

 summit. Capsule broadly egg-shaped, blunt. E. B. 

 835. 



Pastures, road-sides. 



Per. July. 



Stems simple, slightly furrowed, about two f., not pungent at the 



end, but pointed. Panic, from a membranous, bordered, fissure, 



or chink, brownish-green. 



Wicks for watch-lights ; pith for toys. Stems for mats and chair 

 bottoms, like J. effusus. Rushes used in Edward the Fourth's 

 reign, and later, for strewing floors, before the introduction of 

 carpets : a cover for a vast deal of filth : in making the wicks, two 

 ribs of stalk should be left to support the pith. See PVhite's Sel- 

 borne. Let. 26. 



J. effusus. Loose Panicled R, Stem naked, not rigid, 

 straight. Panicle diffuse, repeatedly compound, very 

 far below the summit. Capsule blunt, inversely egg- 

 shaped. E. B. 836. J. Iffivis. G. E. 35. 



Wet pastures, boggy places. 



Per. July. 



Stem about two f, paler than in J. conglom., softer, and more pithy. 



Panic, a multitude of pale-green flowers. Cal.-ls. narrow, 



pointed. 



' See Davies in Linn. Trans, v. 10, p. 10. &c. and Bicheno, v. 12. 



