352 89. JTTNCAeE^. 



K 5/288. ■ R. ix. 406.— St-ereet, 1^—2 feet high. ' L. slightly 

 compressed. Clusters 5^— 6-fl6W6red. — Boggy places;- P. VI. 



— vin. ;- "'■ •■■■ - ■ • - ■■ 'E. s. I. 



, l0( J. l(//m,prfjcar'f%i:i (Ehrji.) ;,, Si— f3-leiave4;Si. a»i^ internally 

 jointed; i compress&d, paiiicle repea;tedly cofripound, erect forked, 

 segments of perianth equal acute the inner ones hlunt all falling 

 short of the ovate-attenuate mucronate triquetrous (dark brown.) 

 capsiale.^E B. 2143. E. jxi 405^— St. erect, 12^18 in. high. ■ L. 

 compressed : many internal transverse divisions. Clusters' 4 — =8- 

 flowered.— Boggy places. P. WI. VIII. E. S. I. 



\p'. alpinus (Vill.), R. ix. 403, having an acute, doj'sal angle to 

 the ,sheaths of its 1. and Sfemi! perianth-segm. mucronate below 

 their^ summit,— J. atrdtus (Krock.)^ R. ix. 407,, having ".more 

 deeply striate 1." than either of the 2 preceding species and the 

 inner acute perianth-segm. about equalling the ovate-sittemiate 

 capsulej — andi^ nig'ricans (Drej,), iJ. ix. 407, with unequal 

 acute perianth-segm. and a suhglobose capsule, ' will perhaps 

 be found.] 



16. J. nigritel'his (D. Don) ; 3 — 4-leaved st. ' and internally 

 jointed I. nearly cylindrical, panicle , slightly compoiind erect, 

 segments of perianth nearly equal (3 inner' rather longer and 

 broader) (V.^i aaite falling short of the linear -ohlong trigonous 

 beaked (black) capsule. — E. B. iS. '2643, 'not of 'Koch or Kunth. 

 — ■-Sst. erect, 6 — 12 in. high. L. scarcely compressed. Clusters 

 of 'more fl. than in Sp. IS. - Caps, brown, atlength black and 

 glossv, more abruptly pointed than in J. Inmprocarpus.- — Boggy 

 plaqe^ in .the North. P. VII. yill. . E.S.I. 



17. J! supinus (Moench) ; St. filiform, 1. setaceous slightly 

 channelled faintly j ointed internally, panicle nearly simple ir- 

 regular long with few distari;t clusters, s6'gmfehts of .the perianth 

 equal acute (3 inner rather blunt) nearly equalling the oblong 

 very blunt mucronate (pale brown) capsule, auth. as long as their 

 filaments. — E: B'. 801. JR. ix. 397. J. uliginosus and J. siibrerti- 

 cj7?(JsteiSni.^E:^tremely va,riable in size and ^he, direction of its 

 stems, SQmetimes erect, at others prostrate and rooting at every 

 joining,, or .floating. Fl. often viviparous. Stam. 3 or 6. — fi. 

 Kochii-j.csepB. shorter, stam. 6, filaments nearly twice as long 

 as the, elliptic anthers. J. nigritellus -SbcA.! St. 78. 2. — Boggy 

 and wet places., ;|8. Ivy Bridge, Devon i(in a bog). Mr. Keys. 

 Connemara, Galway. P. VI,.— VllI. - , , E. S. I. 



ttt n,0W3r8 soliJ;ary, remote, or corymbose ^nd forming a ter- 

 ,, ,iain,al panicle. Seeds n,Qt appendaged. 



18. /. squamous (L.) ; st. leafless simple, 1. linear channelled 

 radical, panicle terminal compound with cymose branches, seg- 



