JUNCACE^. (rush family.) 479 



2. T. ptlbens, Ait. Stem (l°-2° high) and pedicels roughened with mi- 

 nute glands ; leaves longer and narrower. — Pine barrens; New Jersey to Vir- 

 ginia and southward. July. 



T. PALtJSTEis, Hudson, a Northern species of both hemispheres, grows on 

 Isle Boyale and the north shore of Lake Superior ; but has not yet been found 

 on the United States side. 



Order 128. JU]VCACE.iE. (Rush Family.; 



Grass-like or sedge-like herbs, with jointed stems, and a regular persistent 

 perianth 'of 6 similar glumaceous sepals, 6 or rarely 3 stamens vnih inirorse 

 anthers, and a 1 - 3-celled ovary, forming a 3-valved 3 - many-seeded pod. 

 Style single. Seed anatropous, with a minute embryo enclosed at the base 

 of the albumen. — Rushes, with the flowers liliaceous in structure, but 

 grass-like in aspect and texture (excepting the ambiguous Narthecium). 



Synopsis. 



# Stigma entire. Perianth partly colored (yellowish).* 



1. NARTHEOIUM. Filaments woolly. Pod many-seeded. Seeds long-tailed at both ends. 



* * Stigmas 3, thread-like, liaiiy. Sepals glume-like. 



2. LUZULA. Pod 1-celled, 3-seeded. Leaves mostly hairy. 



S. JUNCUS. Pod 3-celled (sometimes imperfectly so), many-seeded. 



1. ]VARTHi;CIi;M, Moehrlng. Bog-Asphodel. 



Sepals linear-lanceolate (yellowish). Filaments 6, woolly: anthers linear. 

 Pod cylindrical-oblong, pointed with the undivided style tenninated by a single 

 stigma, 3-cellcd, loculicidal, many-seeded. Seeds appendaged at each end with 

 a bristle-form tail of great length. — Rootstock creeping, bearing linear equitant 

 leaves, and a simple stem or scape (6'- 10' high), terminated by a simple raceme. 

 (Name from vapdriKwv, a rod, or box for fragrant ointments ; application uncer- 

 tain.) 



1. If. Amcricanum, Ker. Pedicels of the dense raceme bearing a 

 bractlct below the middle. — Bogs, pine barrens of New Jersey. June. 



2. L,trZi;L.A, DC. "WooD-|lnsH. 



Perianth glumaceous. Stamens 6. Stigmas 3. Pod l-celled, 3-seeded. — 

 Perennials, with flat and soft usually hairy leaves and spiked-crowded or ura- 

 belled flowers. (Name said to be altered from the Italian lucdola, a glowworm.) 

 * Flowers loosely hng-pedmicled, umbelled or corymbed. 



1. li. pildsa, Willd. Leaves lance-linear, hairy ; pec/uncfes umbelled, sim- 

 ple, chiefly 1-flowered ; sepals pointed, shorter than the obtuse pod ; seeds tipped 

 with a curved appendage. — Woods and banks; common northward. May. — 

 Plant 6' -9' high. (Eu.) 



2 I., pai'viflora, Desv., var. melanociirpa. Nearly smooth ; 

 leaves broadly linear ; corymb decompound, loose ; pedicelt drooping ; sepals pointed, 



