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JUNCACEAE. 



Vol. I. 



4. Juncus gymnocarpus Coville. Pennsylvania Rush. Fig. 11 69. 



Juncus Smithii Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 444. 



1866. Not Kunth, 1 841. 

 /. gymnocarpus Coville, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 106. 1894. 



Stems erect, i°-2j° high, about 1" thick, arising at 

 intervals from a creeping proliferous rootstock about 

 ii" in diameter; basal leaves reduced to bladeless 

 clasping sheaths; panicle commonly 7"— 15" high, 

 spreading, its subtending leaf usually 4'-io' long; peri- 

 anth 1" in length or a little less, its parts with a green 

 midrib, equal, lanceolate, the outer acute, the inner 

 obtuse; stamens 6, nearly as long as the perianth, the 

 anthers shorter than the filaments; capsule almost twice 

 as long as the perianth, broadly ovoid, conspicuously 

 mucronate, brown and shining, barely dehiscent, 3- 

 celled ; seed obliquely obovoid or oblong, somewhat mis- 

 shapen by compression in the capsule, about J" long, 

 none with perfect markings seen. 



In swamps, mountains of Schuylkill and Lebanon coun- 

 ties, Pennsylvania, and in Florida. 



5. Juncus balticus Willd. Baltic Rush. 

 Fig. 1 170. 



Juncus balticus Willd. Berlin Mag. 3: 298. 1809. 



Stems erect, 8-36' high, i"-ii" thick, arising at 

 intervals from a stout creeping rootstock i"-ii" 

 thick; basal leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths; 

 panicle commonly i'-2i' high; perianth ii"-2l" 

 long, its parts lanceolate, acute, or the inner some- 

 times obtuse, nearly equal, brown with a green mid- 

 rib and hyaline margins; style i"-i" long; stigmas 

 a little snorter; stamens 6, about two-thirds the 

 length of the perianth; anthers about I" in length, 

 much longer than the filaments; capsule about as 

 long as the perianth, pale to dark brown, narrowly 

 ovoid, conspicuously mucronate, 3-celled ; seeds usu- 

 ally with a loose coat, nearly i" long, oblong to 

 narrowly obovoid, oblique, about 40-striate. 



On shores, Newfoundland and Labrador to Alaska, 

 Pennsylvania, Missouri and Nebraska ; far south in the 

 western mountains. Also in Europe and Asia. Consists 

 of many races. 



6. Juncus Roemerianus Scheele. Roemer's Rush. Fig. 1171. 



Juncus Roemerianus Scheele, Linnaea 22 : 348. 1849. 



Stems 20-4 tall, erect, arising singly from a 

 tough scaly horizontal rootstock 2i"-5" thick; inner 

 sheaths bearing erect blades of about the same length 

 as the stem; inflorescence 2i'-6' high, diffusely 

 spreading, its leaf 4'-io' long; heads 2-6-flowered ; 

 perianth pale brown, i"-ii" long, the parts linear- 

 oblong, the outer acuminate, the inner shorter and 

 bluntly acute ; flowers imperfectly dioecious ; stamens 

 6, on fertile plants reduced to sterile staminodia; 

 capsule brown, about as long as the perianth, nar- 

 rowly obovoid, obtuse or truncate, mucronate, 

 3-celled ; placenta very thick and spongy, about one- 

 third as broad as the valve; seed dark brown, i"-f 

 long, obovoid, abruptly apiculate, indistinctly re- 

 ticulate or distinctly 20-26-ribbed and the intervening 

 spaces imperfectly cross-lined. 



In brackish marshes, New Jersey(?), Virginia to Flor- 

 ida and Texas. 



