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Juncus acuminatus Michx. (taper-pointed). 



Frequent. Open swamps and wet meadows. Fruit July — 

 Sept. 



Often proliferous. 



Juncus debilis Gray (weak). 



Juncus acuminatus Michx., var. debilis Engelm. 



Rare. Pond shores and borders of swamps : Waterford 

 and Ledyard (Graves). Fruit Aug. 



Juncus articulatus L. (jointed). 



Low and moist, mostly sandy places. Occasional to fre- 

 quent in New London County; rare or occasional in Middle- 

 sex, Hartford and Litchfield Counties ; not reported elsewhere. 

 Fruit July — Sept. 

 Juncus articulatus L., var. obtusatus Engelm. (blunt). 



Rare. Low moist ground : Stafford and Glastonbury (Bis- 

 sell) . Fruit July — Sept. 



Juncus marginatus Rostk. (with a distinct border). 



Frequent. Grassy places, mostly in moist ground. Fruit 

 July — Sept. 



LUZULA DC. Wood Rush. 



Luzula saltuensis Fernald (of forests) . 



Luzula vernalis Gray's Manual ed. 6, not DC. 

 Juncoides pilosum Coville, not Kuntze. 

 Hairy Wood Rush. 



Rocky or moist open woods. Occasional in the north- 

 western part of the state (Bissell). Rare elsewhere: Guilford 

 (G. H. Bartlett), North Branford and Watertown (Harger). 

 April — May ; fruit May. 



Luzuk campestris (L.) DC. (of fields), var. nniltiflora (Ehrh.) 



Celak. (many-flowered). 

 Luzula campestris of American authors, not DC. 

 Juncoides camfestre of American authors, not Kuntze. 



Common. Woods and fields, in either dry or moist ground. 

 April — May ; fruit June —July. 



