98 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 



J. ul{(/in6sus. Little Bulho%is R. Stem leafy, bulbous 

 at the base. Leaves bristle-shaped, channelled. Heads 

 from the side of the stem, and terminal, about three- 

 flowered. Capsule blunt, rather longer than the calyx. 

 E. B. 801. 



Moist, sandy, or turfy heaths. 



Per. July. 



Stems clothed at the base with the broad, red sheaths of the root-Is. 

 FL reddish ; in wet seasons often Adviparous, var. $. three toge- 

 ther, in a kind of proliferous cluster. Bract, small, acute. Ca/.- 

 Is. acute, three-nerved, chocolate-coloured in decay. Caps, pris- 

 matic. 



J. acutiflorus. Sharp-Jlowered Jointed R. Leaves 

 apparently jointed, slightly compressed. Panicle re- 

 peatedly compound, forked. Calyx-leaves all bristle- 

 pointed, somewhat shorter than the taper beak of the 

 capsule. E, B. p. 2143, at the bottom. J. articula- 

 tus. E. B. 238. J. nemorosus. Sb. 114. Gramen 

 junceum sylvaticum. G. E. 22. 



TVet woods, watery places. 



Per. July. 



Stem obliquely ascending at the base, smooth, one f., or more than 

 three. Ls. alternate, few, sheathing, curved backwards, pointed, 

 their cavity divided by partitions. Panic, terminal, branches 

 long, slender, smooth. 

 This with J. lampocarpus, and some other species, produce 



bundles of slender leaves, instead of flowers, or intermixed with 



thefl. 



J. lampocarpus. Shining-fruited Jointed R. Leaves 

 apparently jointed, compressed. Panicle erect, com- 

 pound, forked. Inner calyx-leaves bordered. Cap- 

 sule egg-shaped, coloured, highly polished, longer than 

 the calyx. E. B. 2143. J. compressus. Sb. 114. 

 Gramen aquaticum. G. E. 13. 



Boggy meadows, watery places, frequent. 



Per. July. 



Panic, branches, strong, lengthened out; heads of/, remote, one 

 above another on each simple branch. Caps, remarkable for its 

 size, dark-chocolate, varnished. Stem about one f. 

 Discr. when early in/., its more simple panicle, and somewhat 



blunt cal. Bicheno. 



Var. Ls. fasciculated, (in bundles.) 



J. ohtusiflorus . Bliint-fiowered Jointed R. Leaves 

 apparently jointed, cylindrical. Stem with internal 



