342 89. juncacejE. 



21. J. Gerardi {l,o\s.) ; st. with I or more leaves, 1. linear 

 channeled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually ex- 

 ceeding the bract, segments of perianth oval-oblong obtuse 

 about equalling the oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. — J. 

 canosus Bich., Sm., E. B. S. 2680. St. 71. 8. R. ix. 398.— 

 St. trigonous in its upper part. Floral bracts usually shining 

 brown. Style as long as the ovary. Anth. long, at least twice 

 as long as the filaments. — Salt marshes. P. VI. — VIII. Mud 

 Rush. 



[22. J. tenuis (Willd.) ; " st. above shortly dichotomous pa- 

 nicled, 1. linear-setaceous grooved, fl. solitary approximate mostly 

 sessile, caps, nearly spherical shorter than the very acuminated 

 leaves of the perianth." — E.B. 2\7i. — Clova Mountains. Mr. G, 

 Don. P. VII.] 



23. /. bufonius (L.) ; st. leafy dichotomous, 1. setaceous, fl. 

 solitary unilateral scattered mostly sessile, segments of the peri- 

 anth unequal lanceolate-acuminate exceeding the oblong obtuse 

 capsule.— E. B. 802. St. 36. 12. R. ix. 395.— St. 4—8 in. high, 

 usually with only 1 leaf on the slender stems. — ^.fasciculatus 

 (Koch) ; St. shorter (2 — 3 in. high) and thicker, fl. 2 or 3 to- 

 gether. — Marshy and wet places. A. VII. VIII. Toad Rush. 



[J. pygmaus (Thuil.), J. triandrus (R. ix. 391) with a pyrami- 

 dal caps., and like J. bufonius /3, will probably be found in sandy 

 places near the sea in Britain.] 



3. LuzuLA Cand. Wood-rush. 



1. L. sylvatica (Bich.); 1. linear-lanceolate hairy, panicle 

 subcymose doubly compound, peduncles long, clusters about 3- 

 flowered, segments of perianth bristle-pointed equalling the 

 ovate-mucronate capsule, filaments very short, seeds minutely 

 tubereled at the end.— JS. B. 737. St. 36. 14. R. ix. 390. L. 

 maxima DC, Koch. Juncus sylvaticus Huds. — Underground st. 

 woody. St. 12 — 18 in. high. L. broad, shining, striate, with 

 hairy edges. Panicle much exceeding the leaflike bracts. — 

 Shady places. P. IV.— VI. 



[Jj. nivea (DC.) ; pan. patent overtopped by bract, ped. mostly 

 4-fl., segm. of perianth acute exceeding caps., anth. subsessile. — 

 Fl. whitish. — Bromhall Woods, Dunfermline ; planted.] 



2. L. Forsteri (DC.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle subcymose only 

 slightly branched, ped. \-flowered erect with bothfl. and fr., style 

 equalling stara., filaments i as long as the anth., caps, acute 

 scarcely falling short of perianth, seeds with a straight blunt 

 crest.— E. B. 1293. St. 77. 2.— St. slender, about a foot high. 



