350 89. jtJNCACE^;. 



Tlie jnucro in the hollowed top of the caps, resembles a little hill 

 bearing the style.— Marshy ground. , P. VII, E. S. I. 



5, J. glaucus (Sibth.) ; st. deeply striate rigid, pith interrupted, 

 panicle loose much branched erect, segments of perianth lan- 

 ceolate-subulate rather exceeding the ettiptic-oUong mucronate 

 capsule, stam. 6.—^. £. 666. St. 71. 5. S. ix. 415. — Panicle 

 ascending, diifuae. Fr. black. St. rigid, slender, glaucous, 12 — 

 18 in high. Sheaths dari. L. none or minute and slender at 

 the top of the scales.^-Wet places. P. VII. E. S. I. 



I 6. J. diffusus (Hoppe) ; St. Jmely striate ligii, pith continuous, 

 panicle loose much branched erect, segments of perianth lan- 

 ceolate-subulate exceeding the obovate-blunt mucronute capsule, 

 stam. 6. — St. 77. 10, H. ix. 414, — Very like the preceding, but 

 the caps, much smaller! St. green.— In wet places, rare. P. 

 VII. vin, E. S. ? I. 



7. J. idl'tious (Willd.) ; st.' very faintly striate rigid, pith 

 continuous, panicle erect slightly Ijranched, segments of peri- 

 ahth ovate-lanceolate acute, caps, elliptic scarcely trigonous 

 blunt mucronate.— j;. £.. 8. 2621. St. 71. 2. S. ix. 411.— Creep- 

 ing widely. L. none or very minute points at the top of the 

 sheathing scales. — Distinguished from J. arcticus by its rounded 

 not trigonous capsules ; from J. glaucus by its far-creeping rhi- 

 zome, scarcely striate st. and continuous pith. — Sandy and wet 

 sea-coasts of Scotland. P. VII. S. 



8. J.Jilifor'mis (L.); st. filiform faintly striate, ^amefe .Si'mpfe 

 of few (about 7)_/?. placed near the middle of the st., segments 

 of perianth lanceolate acute, caps, roundish-obovate blunt 

 mucronate.— .&. £. 1175. St, 36. 10. iJ. ix. 412.— L. none or 

 as in the preceding plants. St. remarkably slender, about 1 ft. 

 high"; small panicles placed very low. Rhizome creeping. — 

 Stony mfl,rgins, of lakes in the North. P. VII. E. S. 



*** Stems mostly leafy, none barreti. 

 t Fl. capitate or solitary and terminal. Seeds appendaged. 



9. J. cast&neus (Sm.) ; st. with • 2 — 3 channelled I., heads 

 terminal solitary or 2 or 3, segments of perianth elliptic-lanceo- 

 late aciite half as long as the ovate-oblong pointed trigonous 

 capsules, creeping.-^K B. 900. St. 71. 14. R. ix. 893.— St. 8—12 

 in. high. Root with lax runners. Leaflike bract exceeding the 

 flowers. Caps, chocolate-coloured. Filaments about twice as 

 lon^ as the anthers. — Micaceous moimtain bogs at a gTcat ele- 

 vation, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. ? S. 



10. J. triglumis (L.) ; st. lea/less round, I. radical subulate chan- 

 nelled bitubular, head solitary terminal of 1 — 3 erect fl. usually 



