jUNcus. 351 



equaUjnp the memliranous bract,, segments of perianth elliptic- 

 objong blunt falling rather short of the ovaterOhlong bltmt mu- 

 cronate caps., caspitose.—K B. 809. -Si!. 28. 2. R. ix. 392.— 

 St. several from one root, 3 — 6 in high, perfectly round. Leaf- 

 like bract equalling or falling short of the flowers. • Caps. 

 che8tnut-cblDured.^-Boggy places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. 



11. J. bigMmis (L.) st. hc^ess channelled on one side, /. radi- 

 cal subulate compressed (notsehannelled, nor hitubular),'he&i bo. i- 

 tary terminal of 2 unilateral fl. one of which is stalked but 

 usually falls short of the leaflike bract, segments of peripith 

 oblong bhmt falling rather short of the turbinate retuse caps., 

 root fibrous. — B. S. 898. — St. 2—4 in.' high, seldom more than 

 one from each root. Caps, light brown with puiple margins. — 

 Boggy spots on mountains, rare. P. VIII. S. 



12. J. trifidm (Jj.) ; st. with 1 haf on its upper part, basal 

 sheaths a-mied, upper sheath with a short 1., head terminal of 1 — 3 

 fl. with two setaceous leqfiike bracts, segments of perianth acute 

 falling short of the rounded elliptic beaded caps., creeping. — 

 K 5. 1482. St. 71. 12. S. ix. 394.— St. crowded, erect, Sender, 

 2 — 6 in. high. Occasionally ]the stem-1. is waiting, and some- 

 times it has a sepond head in its ' axil. Perianth and caps, 

 dark brown. — Damp rocky places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. 



' ' ,■ ' S. 



tt Flowers in a terminal head, or 2 heads one abore the other, 

 or in pauicled heads. Seeds not appendaged. 

 [/. eapitdtus (Weigel) ; st. naked erect simple, 1. radical fili- 

 form, head terminal mostly solitary falling short of the seta- 

 ceous bract, segments of the periantfi unequal, outer ovate-Ian- 

 ceols-te acuminate-aristate twiiee as long as the tnmcate apicutate 

 caps., stam. Z.—K B. S. 2644.— Plant 1—4 in. high. L. half 

 as long as the stems. , Heads l^i;ge,,of 3 — 10 sessile flowers.- — 

 Sandy groimd in Guernsey and Jersey. A. VI. VII.] 



13. X obtusifi^r^^s (Ehih.); l-leaved st and internally jointed 

 /. terete, panicle repeatedly compound spreading divaricate, seg- 

 ments of perianth equal blunt equalling the ovate acute 'trigonous 

 (pale brown) capsule.— JB. B. 2144. '' B.. ix. 404.— Erect, 2—3 

 feet high. St. and 1. not compressed. Segm. of perianth pale, 

 often purplish, quite blunt or vt-ith a small inflexed point. — 

 Marshes, rather rare. P. VII.— IX'. E. S. 1. 



14. J.acuCjfl&rus^EhA.); 8 — '4-leaved stand internally jointed 

 /. subcompressed, panicle compound pyramidal, segments of peri- 

 anth acute inner ones longest all fftUing rather short of the narrow 

 ovate-acuminate rostrate /triquetrous (pale brown) capsule.^ — 



