RUSHES. 435 
Juncus canadensis J.Gay; La Harpe, Monogr. June. 134. 1825. CANADA RUSH. 
Juncus canadensis longicaudatus Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:474. 1868. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario; New England west 
to Minnesota, south to Ohio, eastern Tennessee, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn (Ff. 8. 
Karle). October; infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus trigonocarpus Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 308. 1855. 
TRIANGULAR-FRUITED RUSIL. 
Juncus caudatus Chap. Fl. 495. 1860. 
Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Pine-barren bogs. Escambia County, Wallace. 
Washington County, Yellowpiue. Mobile County, Grandbay. September, October; 
not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus elliottii Chap. F1. 494. 1860. ELLiott’s Rusu. 
Juncus acuminatus Ell. Sk. 1: 409. 1817. Not Michx. 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida and eastern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Damp pine barrens, springy places, 
ditches. Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County. Most common in the 
coast plain. April, May. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Bogs and ditches, Florida to North Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus elliottii polyanthemus var. nov. ELLIoTT’s MANY-FLOWERED RusH. 
Mr. Coville first pointed ont this remarkable form as a possible variety of J. elli- 
ottii, from which it is at once distinguished by the robust habit of growth and the 
large inflorescence, resembling in this respect J. robustus. Stem 2 to 24 feet high; 
leaves from 10 to 15 inches long, flat, long-acuminate; branches of the lateral and 
terminal panicle erect, spreading, having the very numerons (100 to 200) 4 to 6 flow- 
ered heads on very short or longer branchlets, by intergrading forms insensibly pass- 
ing into the type. 
Lonisianian area. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low pine barrens, border ditches and swamps. Baldwin 
County, Point Clear. Mobile County, with thetype. Frequent. 
Type locality: Mobile. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. * 
Juncus acuminatus Michx. FI]. Bor. Am. 1: 192. SHARP-FRUITED RusH. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,544. Chap. F1.494. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 449, 
MEXICO. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontario; New England (Mount 
Desert Island) to Tennessee and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Mountain region. Tuscaloosa County (Dr. FE. 4. 
Smith). Lee County, Auburn (F. S, Larle). Rare. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Carolina inferiore.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus acuminatus debilis (Gray) Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2:463. 1868. 
Wrak Rusu. 
Junens debilis Gray, Man.506. 1848. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,544, Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 521. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to South Carolina, west to Louisi- 
ana, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Pine belt. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J: 
Earle). Tuscaloosa County. St. Clair County, flat woods in open miry or exsic- 
cated ground. Mobile County, Springhill, springy places. May, June. 
Type locality: -‘‘ Wet swamps, common southward and westward.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus diffusissimus Buckl. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862: 9. 1862. Dirrvuse Rusit. 
Juncus acuminatus var. difusissimus Engelm. Trans. St. Lonis Acad. 2:466. 1868. 
Chap. FI]. ed. 3,521. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:449. ; 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Tennessee, west to Kansas; Alabama to Loui- 
siana, Arkansas, and eastern Texas. 
