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JUNCACEAE (kUSH FAMILY) 



574. J. dichotomus. 

 Inflorescence x %. 



575. J. Betaceas. 

 Inflorescence x % 

 Seed X 25. 



beaked light mahogany-colored obscurely 1-celled cap- 

 sule ; anthers nearly as long as the filaments. — Low 

 sandy grounds, L. I. to Fla. (Trop. Am.) Fig. 574. 



Var. platyph^llus Wiegand. Leaves 

 flat or merely involute as in J. tenuis ; 

 auricles less cartilaginous, often nearly 

 soarious ; cyme loose. ■ — Along the 

 coast, Mass. to Tex. 



10. J. set^ceus Rostk. Scape slen- 

 der (0.3-1 m. high) ; cyme loose, rather 

 few-flowered ; flowers greenish (3-4 

 mm. long) ; sepals and petals lanceo- 

 late, sharp-pointed, especially the 3 

 shining sepals; capsule beak-pointed, 

 greenish or light brown ; anthers as 

 long as the filaments ; style conspicu- 

 ous ; seeds (0.6-0.8 mm. long) irregu- 

 larly oboonic, long-stipitate, ribbed 

 and cross-lined. — Low usually brack- 

 ish ground, Del. and Mo. to Fla. and La. June-Sept. Fig. 575. 



11. J. Vas6yi Engelm. Stems rigid (2.5-8 dm. high), densely tufted; leaves 

 nearly terete, very slightly channeled on the inner side ; cyme 1-4 cm. long, 

 often longer than the involucral leaf ; flowers few, often one- 

 sided ; capsule oblong, greenish ; sepals lanceolate, acute, ap- 

 pressed ; anthers as long as the filaments ; style very short ; 

 seeds slender (1 mm. or more long), the tails half as long as 

 the dark body. — Damp thickets, shores, etc., 

 n. N. B. to Sask., s. to centr. Me., n. N. Y., 

 Mich., 111., la., and Col. July-Aug. Fig. 

 576. 



12. J. oron^nsis Fernald. Similar; of 

 paler straw-color throughout ; the inflores- 

 cence elongate, 2.5-9 dm. long, subdichoto- 

 mous, the flowers secund and distinct along 

 the secund suberect branches ; capsule oblong- 

 trigonous, truncate-emarginate, the sides flat 

 or a little concave toward the tip, much 

 shorter than the sepals; seeds 1 mm. long, 

 the tails J as long as the 

 body. — Thickets, Me., local. 

 Fig. 577. 



13. J. GreSnei Oakes & 

 Tuckerm. Stems rigid (2-8 

 dm. high) ; leaves nearly 



576. J. Vaseyi. 

 Inflorescence X %, 

 Seed X 10. 



577. J. oronensis. 

 Inflorescence x %. 

 Fruiting flower x 3. 



terete, very deeply channeled (almost involute) on the inner 

 side ; cyme 1-6 cm. long, usually much shorter than the prin- 

 cipal erect involucral leaf, generally dense, the numerous 

 flowers often one-sided (4-5 mm. long) ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, light brown, appressed ; anthers as long as the filaments ; 

 style very short ; seeds ovoid (0.5 mm. long) , ribbed and deli- 

 cately cross-lined. — Sandy or barren soil. Me. to Vt. and N. J. ; 

 locally about the Great Lakes. June-Sept. Fig. 578. 



* * Inflorescence appearing lateral ; the involucral leaf erect, 

 similar to and continuing the naked scape ; leaves wanting. 678. J. Greenei. 



14. J. bdlticus Willd., var. littoraiis Engelm. Scapes rigid ^^^^^'^^ 

 (0.3-1 m. high) ; cymes loose or dense (1-9 cm. long) ; flowers 

 chestnut-brovjrn with green ; sepals ovate -lanceolate, sharp-pointed, petals 

 obtusish ; capsule ellipsoidal, rather triangular, obtuse and mucronate, deep 

 brown ; anthers much longer than the broad filaments ; style about the length 



