JTTNCUS. — LTJZTJLA. 373 



naked and compressed above. Floral bracts usually pale. 

 Style half the length of the ovary. Anth. oblong:. — Damp 

 places. P. VI.— VIII. E. 8. 1. 



21. /. Gerar'di (Lois.) ; st. vfith 1 or more leaves, 1. linear 

 channelled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually ex- 

 ceeding the bract, per.-segm. oval-oblong blunt about equalling 

 the oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. — J. ccenosus Bich., 

 Sm. E. B. S. 2680. St. 71. 8. B. ix. 398.— St. trigonous in 

 its upper part. Floral bracts usually shining, brown. Style as 

 long as the ovary. Anth. long. — Salt marshes. P. VI. — VIII. 

 Mud-Btesh. E. S. I. 



22. J. bufdnius (L.) ; st. leafy forked, 1. setaceous, fl. solitary 

 tmilateral scattered mostly sessile, per.-segm. uneq^ual lanceo- 

 late-acuminate exceeding the oblong blunt capsule, seeds roundly 

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

 Usually with only I leaf on the slender stems — /3. J. fascicu- 

 latus (Bert.) ; st. shorter (2 — 3 in. high) and thicker, fl. 2 or 3 

 together. — Marshy and wet places. A. VII. VIII. Toad-Rush. 



E. S. I. 



23. J. pygmce'us (Rich.) ; st. nearly or quite leafless, 1. sub- 

 setaceous, fl. in few small clusters sessile, per.-segm. nearly 

 equal narrowly lanceolate exceeding the oblong-acute caps., 

 seeds fusiform-pear-shaped. — /. of B. xi. 128. — St. very short. 

 Upper cluster of fl. stalked, naked ; lower with a long bract. 

 Seeds much longer than in Sp. 22, apiculate. — ^Damp spots above 

 Kynance Cove, Cornwall. A. V.? E. 



2. Ln'zTJLA Gand. Wood-Eush. 



1. L. sylvat'ica (Biohen.) ; 1. linear-lanceolate hairy, ^amoZe 

 subcymose doubly compound,, clusters about 3-flowered on long 

 stalks, per.-segm. bristle-pointed equalling the ovoid-muoronate 

 capsule, filaments very short, seeds minutely tubercled at the 

 end.— .E. B. 737. -St. 36. 14. R. ix. 390. i. maxima DO., 

 Koch. — Rhizome woody. St. 12 — 18 in. high. L. broad, shin- 

 ing, striate, with hairy edges. Panicle much exceeding the 

 leaflike bracts.— Sandy places. P. IV.— VI. E. S. I. 



2. X. Fors'teri (DC.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle subcymose only 

 slightly branched, ped. 1-Jlowered erect with bothfl. andfr., style 

 equaUiug stam., filaments about as long as the anth., caps, acute 

 scarcely falling short of perianth, seeds with a straight blunt 

 crest.— E. B. 2193. St. 77. 2.— St. slender about a foot high. 

 Caps, with 3 acute angles, not suddenly contracted above. — 

 Thickets, rather rare. P. V. E. 



