JUNCACE^, (rush family.) 49/) 



* * Leaves terete, knotted : stamens 6 ; flowers clustered. 



11. J. caudatus, n. ep, Rij^id thronghout ; stem stout, from a thick and 

 creeping rhizoma ; leaves commonly 3, short and pungent ; panicle erect, com- 

 pound, mostly contracted; clusters numerous, more or less crowded, 2-4-flow- 

 cred ; sepals lanceolate, acute, unequal, the inner ones half as long as the oblong 

 obtuse-angled acute capsule ; seeds with a long and tail-like appendage at each 

 end, white and shining. — Pine-barren swamps and bogs. Middle and West 

 •JFlorida, Aug. and Sept. — Stem 2° high. Leaves 2' - 6' long, strongly knotted. 

 Capsules light brown, turning almost black. 



* * * Leaves terete, obscure! ij knotted: stamens 6 : flowers solitan/, in slender 1-sided 

 cymose panicles, oflen transformed into a tuft of rudimentary leaves. 



12. J. abortivus, n. sp. Rhizoma creeping, thick and woody; stems 

 slender (l°-2° high), terete; leaves filiform, rather rigid; panicle compound, 

 diffuse, the branches almost hair-like ; flowers minute, scattered ; sepals oblong, 

 the inner ones obtuse, with membranaceous margins, as long as the (immature) 

 subulate capsule ; style slender. — Grassy margins of ponds, near the coast. 

 West Florida. July - Sept. — Plant deep green. Flowers all abortive or bud- 

 like. 



13. J. Conradi, Tuckerm. Rhizoma creeping, filiform ; stems slender 

 (6' -10' high); leaves filiform, tender; panicle compound, diffuse; the small 

 flowers somewhat scattered ; sepals acutish, shorter than the oblong taper-pointed 

 capsule ; seeds without appendages. — Sandy margins of ponds and swamps. 

 South Carolina, and northward- July. — Leaves more slender, and the divis- 

 ions of the panicle shorter and more rigid than those of the preceding species. 



* * * * Leaves hnotless, concave or flattened. 



14. J. marginatus, Rostk. Stems flattened (1°- 2'' high); leaves linear, 

 flat or concave ; panicle mostly simple ; heads few - many-flowered, rarely soli- 

 tary or by pairs ; flowers triandrous ; exterior sepals lanceolate or ovate-lance- 

 olate, awn-pointed ; the interior oblong, obtuse, broadly margined, about as long 

 as the globular dark brown capsule ; seeds oblong, acute at each end. (J. aris- 

 tulatus, Michx. J. cylindricus, Curtis, the many-flowered heads cylindrical.) — 

 Var. BiFLOKUS. (J. biflorus, £//.) Stems taller (2° -3° high) ; panicle decom- 

 pound, diffuse; heads very numerous, 2-4-flovvered; seeds narrower and more 

 pointed. — Ditches and low grounds, Florida, and northward. July -Sept. — 

 The variety is confined to the pine barrens of the lower districts. 



15. J. bufonius, L. Annual; stems low (2'-8' high), tufted; often 

 branched; leaves vei-y nan-ow; panicles forking; flowers solitary or 3-6 in a 

 cluster; sepals whitish, lanceolate, acute, longer than the oblong obtuse pale 

 capsule. — Damp cultivated ground, apparently introduced. April and May. 



3, CEPHALOXYS, Desv. 



Flowers as in Juncus. Stamens 3, Capsule many-seeded, 3-celled, the par- 

 titions separating from the valves at maturity, and forming, with the united 

 placentfE, a free 3-winged central column. Seeds ovoid, without appendages. — 



