370 90. JUNCACEiB. 



late exceeding the obovate-blunt mucronate capstde, stam. 6. — 

 Sy. K B. 1562. St. 77. 10. R. ix. 414.— Very like the pre- 

 ceding, but the caps, much smaller. St. green. — In wet places, 

 rare. P. VII. VUI. E- S. I. 



7. J. hal'ticiis ("Willd.) ; st. veiy faintly striate rigid, pith 

 continuous, panicle erect slightly branched, per.-segm. ovate- 

 lanceolate acute, caps, elliptic scarcely trigonous blunt mucro- 

 nate.— ^. -B. & 2621. St.n.% iJ.ix. 411.— Creeping widely. 

 L. none or very minute points at the top of the sheathing 

 scales. — Distinguished from J. articus by its rounded not tri- 

 gonous capsules ; from J. glaucus by its far-creeping rhizome, 

 scarcely striate st. and continuous pith. — Sandy and wet sea- 

 coasts of Scotland. P. VII. S. 



8. J. filifm-'mis (L.) ; st. filiform faintly striate, panide simple 

 of few (about 'l)fi. placed near the middle of the St., per.-segm. 

 lanceolate acute, caps, roundish obovate blunt mucronate. — 

 K B. 1175. St. 36. 10. R. 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 

 margins of lakes in the North. P. VII. E. S. 



*** Stems mostly leafy, none barren. 

 t ¥\. capitate or solitary and terminal. Seeds appendaged. 



9. J. castdneus (Sm.) ; st. with 2 — 8 channelled I., cymes 

 terminal solitary or 2 or 3, per.-segm. elliptic-lanceolate acute 

 half as long as the ovate-oblong pointed trigonous capsules, 

 creeping.— E. B. 900. St. 71. 14. R. ix. 393.— St. 8—12 in. 

 high. Hoot with lax runners. Leaflike bract exceeding the 

 flowers. Caps, chocolate-coloured, about ^ inch long. Fila- 

 ments about twice as long as the anthers. — Micaceous mountain 

 bogs at a great elevation, rare. P. VII. VIII. S. 



10. J. triglumis (L.) ; st. leafless round, I. radical subulate 

 channelled bitiilMlar, 2 or 3 fl. terminal erect usually equalling 

 the membranous bract, per.-segm. elliptic-oblong blunt falling 

 rather short of the ovate-oblong blunt mucronate caps., ccespitose. 

 —E. B. 899. St. 28. 2. R. ix. 392.— St. several from one 

 root, 3 — 6 in. high, perfectly round. Leaflike bract equalling 

 or falling short of 'the flowers. Caps, chestnut-coloured. — 

 Boggy places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



11. J. biglumis (L.) ; st. leafless channelled on one side, I. radi- 

 cal subulate compressed {not channelled,nor bittibular) , &. 2 uni- 

 lateral upper which is stalked usually falls short of the leaflike 

 bract, per.-segm. oblong blunt falling rather short of the turbi- 



